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Increase in life expectancy due to
-Decrease in orality in children/young adults
-Decrease of mortality in agine
-Change in depenency ratio
ration in late adulthood
-young-old: 65-75
-Middle -old: 75-84 (needs some support)
-Oldest old: 85+ (95+ disability rate 91% |
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Definition
-Cumulative effect of health disparities
-Fertility rates, mortality rate
-Whites expects to live 5.5 years longer
-Hispanic: fastest growing sub population in elderly
-More women outlive men
-Poverty Rates increase with age across late adult years
-97% (65-74) ---- 12% (75-84)----14%(85+
-Men lower poverty than women
-2007, 9% elderly lived below povert ling
-Racial difference |
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Definition
Incident of disease increases while mortality increases
-Care for others, remain open to new ideas
-Cheerful tolerance of indignities of old age
-Maintain hope and sense of humor, play
-Take sustenance from past accomplishments while remaining curious continuing to learn from the next generation
-Maintaining contact and intimacy with old friend |
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Term
Disengagement vs. Activity Theory
Continuity vs. Social Construct
Continuity |
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Definition
-Coping reacting stays same as earlier years
-Many factors
-Achieve equilibrium
-See consistancy
-Know how their coping works |
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Disengagement vs Activity Theory
Continuity vs Social Construct
Social Construct |
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Definition
-Social environment shapes aging conception
-Seniors evaluate life in terms of how much time they have left |
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Disengagement vs Acitivity theory
Life course and Social Exchange
Life Course |
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Definition
-Aging is a dynamic process
-Many factors
-Accumulation of human captitol (skills, talent, emotional capacity) |
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Disengagement vs Acitivity theory
Life course and Social Exchange
Social Exchange |
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Definition
-Exhange resoursces
-What do you bring to the table |
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Disengagement vs Acitivity theory
Age Stratification and Feminist Theory
Age Stratification |
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Definition
-Society creates social hierarchies with varying amounts of power, privilege, status
-Depending on age
_Cohort differences affect calue assignment |
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Disengagement vs Acitivity theory
Age Stratification and Feminist Theory
Feminist Theory |
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Definition
-Gender key to understanding aging experience
-power
-Privileg
-Status |
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Term
| Multiple Interfacing Factors of Aging |
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Definition
-Early poverty
-Lifetime of poverty
-poor environment
-Poor education
-Race
-Gender
Not a simple linear causal track
-People are complicated |
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