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| the physical, psychological, and social processes associated with growing older |
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| a person's age based on date of birth |
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| a term used to describe observable individual attributes such as physical appearance, mobility, strength, coordination, and mental capacity that are used to assign people to age categories |
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| an estimate of the average life time of people born in a specific year |
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| a group of people born within a specified period of time |
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| the study of aging and older people |
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| the study of the social aspects of aging, including such topics as the societal consequences of an aging population and the personal experience of aging |
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| the number and type of positions available to each age level |
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| the inequalities, differences, segregation, or conflict between age groups |
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| certain benefit payments made by the government |
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| a term used to describe physical abuse, psychological abuse, financial exploitation, and medical abuse or neglect of people age 65 or older |
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| the proposition that older persons make a normal and healthy adjustment to aging when they detach themselves from their social roles and prepare for their eventual death |
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| the proposition that people tend to shift gears in late middle age and find substitutes for previous statuses, roles and activities |
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| an organization that provides a homelike facility or home-based care for people who are terminally ill |
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| detachment and preparation for death are normal and healthy adjustments for older individuals |
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| people are more satisfied in old age if they remain active and find new statuses, roles, and activies |
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