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Healthy/Helpful Environments
Death and Bereavement (1)
Looking to the Future
Death and Bereavement (2)
Miscellaneous
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a term that refers to how a person operates in any given environment
What is person-environment congruence.
100
The state of being in a coma with severe brain damage and no detectable signs of awareness but a sleep-wake cycle and functioning of the autonomic nervous system for at least a month is
What is persistent vegetative state
100
One of the four major research issues in gerontology, focusing on the relative contributions of genetics and environment
What is nature-nurture
100
a program that advocates and provides better care for the terminally ill
What is hospice
100
a new field that uses technology to delay, or compensate for declines and to support or enhance opportunities for communication, lesiure, learning service, and artistic expression for older adults
What is Gerontechnology
200
list the three types of person-environment congruence
What are social congruence, physical congruence, and psychological congruence.
200
A document that specifies the types of treatments that an individual wants and those the person does not want if that individual becomes incompetent or enters a coma of PVS and death is imminent
What is a living will
200
findings of great life satisfaction among older adults has been regarded as surprising. This is known as
What is the paradox of well being
200
a term referring to the emotions experienced and the ways in which one copes with loss
What is grief
200
a type of advance directive that specifies another individual as the decision maker for emergency and any other health care decision
What is health care durable power of attorney
300
A term that refers to the fact that only 5 percent of people choose to move from their homes after retirement
What is aging in place
300
a type of advance directive that specifies that no procedure should be performed to save the person's life in the event of cardiac or respirator arrest.
What is do not resuscitate (DNR)
300
a term used to refer to declining health and increasing disability
What is morbidity.
300
a term referring to the use of literature in therapy.
What is bibliotherapy
300
these are typically composed of people who share common experience, such as loss of a spouse, and generally meet reguarly to assist each other in coping with that experience
What are self help groups
400
What is the difference between activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
ADL are everyday physical tasks such as getting around, bathing, eating, etc. IADL are more complex tasks like preparing meals, shopping, cleaning, and managing medications.
400
what is the difference between active and passive euthanasia
passive euthanasia is when there is a refusal to accept life-sustaining technology. Nothing is done to prolong life. Active euthanasia refers to cases where specific actions are taken to end life.
400
list the four major developmental issues that guide research in gerontology
What are nature-nurture mechanistic or organismic stability- change continuous- discontinuous
400
studies have shown that those who lose a spouse have higher rates of this than those still married
What is mortality
400
a home design that incorporates a central wiring system hooked to an electronic gateway system
What is the smarthouse
500
The basic goal of this model is to assure that homes are set up so that people can function better in older age. This technique often utilizes ergonomic design
What is the human factors approach
500
List the three forms of active euthanasia, according to the textbook
someone killing another person because they believe they'd be better off dead, suicide, and physician-assisted suicide.
500
the theory that people will begin living healthier longer, and health will decline in a shorter period of time
What is compression of morbidity
500
In what U.S state does the textbook say physician assisted suicide legal? Oregon Indiana California New York
What is Oregon
500
The oldest recorded living person was Jean Calment. How old was she?
What is 122