Meaning of Aging in Late Adulthood
What are positive emotions?
It is called this when older adults choose to live at home so they can feel a sense of independence.
What is aging in place?
Participation in this increases with age, especially due to understanding meaning of their life (or afterlife)
What is increase in religious activities?
This is related/ correlated to the way people spend their time in retirement.
What is one's socioeconomic status?
Jerry is the go-to person who organizes the yearly family picnic, checks on family members in other countries through Facebook. He is known as this.
What is a kinkeeper?
This researcher expanded the stages of Erikson's psychosocial stages by including 3 more tasks of development in older adulthood.
Name developmental researcher and the 3 tasks
Who is Robert Peck?
What are 1) Differentiation 2) Body Transcendence
and 3) Ego Transcendence?
This is known when older adults are able to do simple tasks like caring for personal self- eating, bathing etc.
When tasks such as scheduling doctor appointments, shopping for meals, or taking care of finances become difficult, it is called this.
What is activity of daily living (ADL)?
What is instrumental activity of daily living (IADL)?
According to this theory, older adults focus on one or a few skills, engaging and practicing those specific skills so as to overcome the loss of other, non-focused, or declining skills
What are selection, optimization, and compensation?
What is 66 years?
This term uses the comparison of truck drivers who help each other out on trips, such as sharing routes, good places to each. Some may stay for the long haul and others may drop out.
What is social convoy?
Type of discrimination experienced in older adulthood and experienced by more woman than men.
What is ageism?
According to research, average cost of living in a private nursing facility in the US is this.
What is $9,000?
These are two "tools" that can help with successful "emotional" aging in older adulthood.
What are gratitude and resilience?
This was the previous way to save for retirement. Currently, this is the new way, which was instituted by Congress.
What is by pension plan?
What is a 401(k) plan?
In regards to relationships in older adults, it is thought that family relationships serve these types of goals, while distant friendships serve these types of goals.
What are emotional goals with family relationships?
What are informational goals with friendships?
What are extroversion and conscientiousness?
These are two the types of elder abuses reported among older adults.
What are physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect, financial abuse?
This is known as one's ability to feel that are able to manage and be in charge of one's outcomes in life.
What is locus of control?
Aside from financial barriers, these are also a reason why people continue to work after retirement. Name 2 of them.
What are prevent loss of identity (found through their job), social responsibilities (ex. raising children), health problems (cannot continue working, affects income)?
Name 3 of them reported in readings.
What is companionship, financial resources, assistance with daily life tasks?
Name 3 of the 7 characteristics mentioned on how older adults focus or define the "self".
What are cognitive, psychological characteristics, interpersonal relationships, social roles, appearance, physical functioning, attitudes?
These are the differences between assisted living and nursing homes.
What is living outside of home and getting medical needs cared, skilled nursing around the clock (nursing home)?
These are predictors of successful cognitive aging.
What are physical activity can improve scores on memory and cog tasks? (physical)
What is findings that those that who decrease or are free of depression have lower cognitive decline (emotional)?
What is increased social interaction increased positive life feelings (social)?
This occurs when a full time university professor retires but then begins teaching courses at the local community college.
What is bridge employment?
Although Sara is 80 years old and expects to pass away in the upcoming years, she lost close relationships and numerous friendships as she approached her current age. This left her isolated and alone.
According to this theory, as people age it is normal for one to feel isolated the closer they get to death.
What is the disengagement theory?