Age Groups
What is the term for the age group of 0 - 2?
Infancy
What is the first most viable sign that a person is aging?
The skin: It becomes thinner, loser, drier, unevenly pigmented, and wrinkled.
There a numerous places this disease can be in your body, often time results in death. We have yet to find a cure for many of the types of this...
cancer
The belief that people in a particular age category are inferior to people in other age categories.
ageism
Which gender is most likely to die first?
men
What is the term for the age group of Ages 2-12?
childhood
Name another sign that a person is aging
Grey hair/loss or thinning of the hair
When there are high levels of sugar in the blood.
diabetes
The scientific study of death and dying.
Thanatology
What is the "golden age" to retire?
60-65
What is the term for the age group of Ages 12-late teens?
adolescence
What is a sign that a person is aging?
Becoming shorter (When the spinal disks compress the elderly can lose 2 to 3 inches in height.)
You gradually forget your memory, lose thinking, and lose previous known behaviors.
Alzheimer
The scientific study of aging and the elderly.
Gerontology
Any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income is called
social security
What is the term for the age group of Ages 21-60?
adulthood
Women are especially susceptible to ___________ a weakening of a the bones that may lead to stooping or hunchback and makes bones so brittle that they break from the slightest pressure.
osteoporosis
This happens when blood flow to a part of the brain is stopped.
stroke
A society in which the elderly control most of society's wealth, power, and prestige.
gerontocracy
This is a common phrase that people associate with the elderly.
"old and senile"
What is the term for the age group of Age 60-85+?
the elderly
The body begins to lose these 5 things as it begins to age.
The 5 senses become less acute as the body ages and succumbs to senescence, the natural deterioration of cells and organs as a result of aging.
When blood flow to your heart is blocked
heart attack
The natural deterioration of cells and organs as a result of aging.
senescence
Well known famous actress who is 94.
Mirtha Legrand