What is one common feeling older adults may experience after retirement?
What is loneliness or loss of purpose
What show explores the lives of four older women in Miami as they navigated challenges like widowhood, divorce, sexuality, and romance after 50, and it tackled timely issues like aging and societal issues such as the AIDS epidemic?
The Golden Girls
White males aged 85 or older have the second highest suicide rate of any group.
True
What is considered Elder Abuse?
Neglect, Emotional, Financial, Physical and Sexual Abuse.
What TV show has an iconic whistling theme song, "The Fishin' Hole"?
Andy Griffith Show
16.5 % of the population consist of Older Adults
True
One way to reduce the prevalence of elder abuse and neglect in families is to?
Increase awareness through public education.
What are 4 fictional murder mystery characters?
Perry Mason
Murder She Wrote
Columbo
Matlock
1 in 10 adults 71+ have dementia?
False!
1 and 7 adults 71+