Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions
A new spin on an old concept to give an older relative both privacy and proximity to family.
What is an accessory dwelling unit?
Elder abuse that involves refusal or failure to fulfill any part of a person’s obligation or duties to an older adult.
What is neglect?
Sleeping problems, decreased energy, and/or sleeping more or less.
What are the symptoms of depression?
A degenerative disease and most common form of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's?
The ordinary and familiar things people do every day; activities people engage in throughout their daily lives to fulfill their time and give life meaning.
What is occupation?
Physical, interpersonal, or social demands that environments put on people.
What is environmental press?
Sujata is a very frail 85-year-old woman who depends on her daughter entirely for her care. Her daughter is stressed by caregiving and sometimes lashes out at her mother.
What is emotional abuse?
Antidepressant medications such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), Serotonin-Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs), Tricyclics, Mirtazapine, Vortioxetine
What is a treatment for depression?
Form of neurocognitive disorder that signifies that the individual may be at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
A new pattern in which time and space are not organized around paid work.
What is retirement?
Balancing environmental press and competence through selection nd compensation; being able to maintain independence; feeling at "home".
What is aging in place?
Families headed by a grandparent.
What are grandfamilies?
Staying away from harmful substances (drugs and alcohol); staying connected to family and friends, and exercise.
Difficulty completing familiar tasks.
What is one of the warning signs of Alzheimer's?
Desire to maintain a daily routine, give life an external structure; Make use of one’s knowledge and capabilities.
What are two reasons older individuals continue to work after retirement?
The theoretical upper limit of an individual’s capacity to function in areas such as motor skills, cognitive skills, and ego strength.
What is competence?
Middle-aged people caring for both aging parents and their own children.
What is the sandwich generation?
What are the symptoms of anxiety?
More than 11 million Americans.
Who are the caregiver's of people with Alzheimer's?
Workers ages 75 and older.
What is the fastest growing age group in the workforce?
Designed to provide support, companionship, and certain services during the day.
What is adult Day Care?
Most adult children feel a responsibility to care for their parents if necessary.
What is filial obligation?
Alcohol or drug (including prescription and over-the-counter) misuse or abuse; Physical limitations in daily activities; Stressful life events
What are two risk factors specific to late-life anxiety?
Dementia with Lewy bodies.
What is one type of dementia?
Provides physical trainers on the factory floor, has new, softer floors, offers chairs that rise up and down to make tasks easier, uses larger print fonts on computer screens, and provides special shoes.
How is BMW meeting the needs of older workers?