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| a measure of the role of religion & its positive impact on individual mental health |
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| the idea that aging can be understood as gradually becoming more and more mechanical in response to the environment, a process that can begin early in life. |
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| a process of reminiscence involving return of past memoires so that individuals can work through conflicting feelings about the past. |
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| the potential for retaining and learning new skills |
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| a practice where people are forced to retire from work at a fixed, uniform age. |
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| idea that interaction in social groups is based on the reciprocal balancing of rewards depending on actions performed |
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| people, usually women, who have obligations to care for children as well as older parents or in-laws |
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| temporary care for dependent older people to allow the caregiver some time off |
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| complete range of relatives & not simply nuclear family (parents+children) |
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| "world-we-have-lost" myth |
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| the view that family life has disintegrated in contrast to its state in a golden age when the extended family lived under one roof. |
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| minimally sized family structure needed for reproducing one generation from another: mother, father, & children. |
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| description of the way many multigenerational families remain in close social context even though family members are separated geographically. |
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| the obligation of adult children to provide care for aged parents |
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| a phrase that refers to the assumption that there is latent demand for long-term care services that would not otherwise be provided or that family might not have provided |
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| a legal requirement that a spouse pay for the medical or long-term care expenses of a married partner |
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| the requirement that people divest themselves of assets down to a minimal level in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care |
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| effects brought about by the physiological process of aging, along with social response by others to those effects |
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| events or issues affecting all age groups in society at the same time |
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| events affecting groups of people during the same years |
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| Americans born b/w 1946-1964 |
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| combination of good health, social connections, and a sense of purpose |
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| the idea that by making products accessible for people with disabilities, the same products can become easier to use for the whole population |
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| Created National Aging Network to provide assistance in the development of new and improved programs & Administration on Aging. |
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| area of healthcare that focuses on relieving the suffering of patients. Unlike hospice care, palliative care is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, even curable. |
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| an age-population ratio of those not in the labor force (dependent) and those in the labor force (productive). It is used to measure the pressure on productive population |
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| Japanese for "purpose in life" |
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| concept to identify a demographic/geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives e.g. Loma Linda, CA & Okinawa, Japan. |
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