Vocabulary Chapter 13
Questions 13
Vocabulary Chapter 14
Questions 14
Chapter 13 & 14
100
What is the major source of nongovernmental income support for retirees, in which the individual worker and employer put a portion of each paycheck into an account to help finance retirement?
Private Pensions
100
At what age period do people start having memory lapses?
After the age of 65, 75, or 80
100
What is the main hands-on care provider in a nursing home who helps elderly residents with basic ADL problems?
Certified Nurse Assistant or Aide
100
Roughly ________ of the U.S. population possesses two copies of the APOE-4 marker
15 percent
100
T/F Older people are more at risk of being poor
True page 414
200
What is a difficult memory challenge involving memorizing material while simultaneously monitoring something else?
Divided-Attention Task
200
T/F Men tend to have more trouble adjusting to widowhood than women.
True
200
What is a service for impaired older adults who live with relatives, in which the older person spends the day at a center offering various activities?
Day-Care Program
200
List 3 out of the 7 Tips for Helping People with Dementia
Page 444
200
T/F The typical retirement age is 65
False 66
300
What is Erik Erikson's eighth psychological stage, in which elderly people decide that their life missions have been fulfilled and so accept impending death?
Integrity
300
List the Four Questions to Ask to Predict If a Relative Will Be Happy as a Retiree
Did this person want to retire, or was he forced out of the workforce? Is this person married, in good health, and does she have sufficient income? Is this person generative and open to experience? Does this person have an absorbing hobby, plan to use this time giving back to the community, or have fulfilling "bucket list" goals?
300
What is nursing-oriented and housekeeping help provided in the home of an impaired older adult (or any other impaired person)?
Home Health Service
300
T/F Younger people can also develop a dementing disease if they have a brain injury or an illness such as AIDS.
True page 439
300
Middle adulthood ages are?
Forties to sixties
400
What is illegally laying off workers or failing to hire or promote them on the basis of age?
Age Discrimination
400
In the U.S. the decline in pension income and savings is the immediate threat to retiring at?
60 or 65
400
What is the U.S. government's program of health insurance for elderly people?
Medicare
400
What are dementia two main causes?
Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
400
T/F People can arrive at age 85 or 90 virtually disability free
True page 425
500
What is a widowed person's ongoing sense of the deceased spouse's presence "in spirit."?
Continuing Bonds
500
What was the average monthly check for Social Security in 2011?
$1177
500
What is a residential institution that provides shelter and intensive care giving, primarily to older people who need help with basic ADLs?
Nursing Home/Long-Term-Care Facility
500
During the early twenty-first century, the odds of successfully aging physically declined by a full ___
25 percent page 429
500
T/F About 50 percent of people over 65 live in nursing homes
False
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