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100
True or False. All 5 senses (sight, hearning, taste, touch, smell) decline with age.
What is TRUE.
100
What percentage of the United States population is 65 and older?
What is 14.5%. In 2014, 46.2 million people were 65 and older.
100
The Age Discrimination in Employment ACT (ADEA) only forbids age discrimination against people who are age ___ or older.
What is 40. It does not protect workers under the age of 40, although some states do have laws that protect younger workers from age discrimination.
200
True or False. The majority of people 65 and older have Alzheimer's Disease.
What is FALSE. Even among those who live to be 8- or older, only 20-25% develop Alzheimer's Disease or some other incurable form of brain disease.
200
In what year did the “baby boomer” generation begin?
What is 1946. Between 1946-1964 (baby boomer generation), 76.4 million babies were born in the United States.
200
The MN Human Rights Act protects any individual over the age of ___.
What is 18.
300
True or False. At least 25% of all elderly live in a nursing home.
What is FALSE. Only 5% of people 65 and older are living in a nursing home at any given time. Even among those 75 and older, only 10% are residents in a nursing home.
300
People 25 and under are ___ times more likely to experience ageism compared to other age groups?
What is 2 times. Perceptions towards those aged over 70 were more positive than towards those in their 20s. With older people viewed as being more friendly, having higher moral standards and as being more competent than their younger counterparts.
300
True or False. The City of Saint Paul protects individuals against age discrimination in employment, education, real property, public accommodations, public services, contract, and franchise areas.
What is TRUE.
400
True or False. More women than men live to be 65 or older.
What is TRUE. Women tend to outlive men by 8 years.
400
58% of workers believe that age discrimination typically begins when workers reach their ___.
What is 50s.
400
In the City of Saint Paul Legislative Code Chapter 183, the term "Elderly Person" means a person who is at least ___ of age.
What is 55. Also, the term Age refers to, prohibitions of discriminatory practices with regard to age shall be limited to persons who have passed the age of majority, which is 18.