Death and Dying
What is grief?
A psychological, emotional, and social response to death.
When does elder abuse occur?
When the caretaker of an elder deprives them of care or harms them while the elder is in care.
How long did people work up until the 19th century?
About 60 hours a week.
What is Social Security?
Government-run retirement program funded primarily through payroll taxes.
How may people look at death?
A long-fulfilled life, a natural conclusion, while others may find death and dying frightening to contemplate.
How many Elders have suffered from elder abuse?
Roughly one in ten elderly people surveyed had suffered at least one form of elder abuse
What happens when people retire from familiar work routines? (Positive Things)
Seek new hobbies, interests, and forms of recreation. Many find new groups and explore new activities.
How many boomer households have not accumulated enough savings to maintain their lifestyles?
Approximately two-thirds
What does Symbolic Interactionism assume?
People develop a sense of identity through their social interactions, their sense of self is dependent on those interactions.
What are the stages of processing death?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
What is Self-Neglect?
Untreated medical conditions, unclean living area, lack of medical items like dentures or glasses.
What happens when people retire from familiar work routines? (Negative)
Find it more difficult to adapt to new routines and loss of social roles, losing their sense of self-worth in the process.
What will happen as baby boomers age?
they will put increasing burdens on the entire Canada healthcare system.
Who is the psychologist that observed the process of dying?
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Signs of Emotional/Psychological Abuse
Being upset or withdrawn, unusual dementia-like behaviour (rocking, sucking).
What is the final stage of Erikson's view of socialization?
Integrity and Despair
What system will collapse by the year 2037?
Social Security System.
What three theories fall under Symbolic Interactionism?
Subculture of aging theory
Selective optimization with compensation theory
Gerotranscendence
Why did humans struggle to survive?
Low amounts of necessities and very limited medical technology
5,777 people aged 60 and older have suffered from what types of abuse?
5.2 percent was financial abuse 5.1 percent had said they'd been neglected, and 4.6 percent endured emotional abuse.
What is the difference between widows and widowers?
widows (surviving female spouse of a deceased male partner) and widowers (surviving male spouse of a deceased female partner)
What will happen with aging boomers?
bring economic growth to the healthcare industries, particularly in areas like pharmaceutical manufacturing and home healthcare services.