THE NUMBERS
THE AILMENTS
THE BASICS
WHAT THEY SAID
WILD CARD
100
THIS GROUP REPRESENTS 26% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION AND 40% OF THE ECONOMY
Who are the Baby Boomers?
100
PAINFUL INFLAMATION AND STIFFNESS OF THE JOINTS
What is Arthritis?
100
SERVICE THAT PROVIDES FOR CARE TO DISABLED PERSONS TO ALLOW CAREGIVER TO HAVE A BREAK FROM THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
What is Respite Care?
100
This County voted to provide a Senior Millage at a full mil for 20 years
Who is Hillsdale County
100
TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A PERSON THAT STANDS UP FOR THEMSELF OR ANOTHER PERSON
What is an advocate?
200
APPROXIMATELY $7,000
What is the average cost of a month's stay in a Nursing Home?
200
INCREASED AGITATION & CONFUSION THAT OFTEN HAPPENS TO OLDER ADULTS IN THE EVENING HOURS
What is Sundowners Syndrome?
200
HELPS PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS AND HOSPITAL EXPENSES FOR OLDER ADULTS
What is Medicare?
200
Governor Schneider recently expressed this as his vision of senior services in Michigan
What is a No Wait State
200
TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE STEREOTYPING OR UNFAIR TREATMENT OF GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF AGE
What is Ageism
300
FOR MALES IT'S 75 FOR FEMALES IT'S 80
What is the Average Life Expectancy?
300
THIS CAUSES LOSS OF CENTRAL VISION
What is Macular Degeneration?
300
THE MENTAL PROCESS CHARACTERIZED BY KNOWING, THINKING, LEARNING AND JUDGING
What is Cognition?
300
This state program is still operating at the same budget levels as they did in the 1980's
What is the Ombudsman Program
300
THE BABY BOOM BEGAN AS A RESULT OF SOLDIERS RETURNING HOME FROM WWII. THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE END OF THE BOOMER YEARS
What is the invention of birth control?
400
100 DAYS
What the number of days that Medicare will pay for a nursing home stay?
400
AN AGE RELATED DISEASE THAT CAUSES BONES TO BE COME FRAGILE, POROUS AND MORE LIKELY TO BREAK?
What is osteoporosis?
400
FIELD OF SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE ISSUES, PROBLEMS AND DISEASES SPECIFIC TO OLDER ADULTS
What is Gerontology
400
421,000 citizens are currently enrolled in this program
What is Health Michigan
400
CLASSIFICATION GIVEN TO MIDDLE AGED PARENTS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRYING TO CARE FOR THEIR AGING PARENTS AND THEIR OWN CHILDREN
What is the Sandwich Generation?
500
BABY BOOMER YEARS
What is 1946 to 1964?
500
MOST RECENT STUDIES SAY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, GENETIC FACTORS, A FAMILY HISTORY OF DOWNS SYNDROME CAN ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRESENCE OF THIS
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
500
ACT OF CONGRESS THAT PROVIDES FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION
What is the Older American's Act (OAA)
500
This term is used to describe efforts to identify signs and signals of unsafe conditions in the workplace
What is Situational Awareness
500
ACT OF CONGRESS THAT PROTECTS OLDER ADULTS FROM JOB DESCRIMINATION
What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act?
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