Older Adult Test 1 review Set I with verified solutions

Psychologists have divided the "old" into three groups correct answersYoung-old, Middle-old, Old-old Young-old, roughly ____ to ___ years correct answers65 to 74 Middle-old, __ to ___ years correct answers75 to 84 Old-old, or those over _____ correct answers85 years Aging in the United States correct answersThose who are identified as elderly are determined by society and culture and influenced by history and gender 3 contemporary Implications of Older Adults correct answersGerontological Explosion, ethnically diverse, Need to increase the number of health care providers from different cultures Global Aging correct answersWestern Europe and Japan, More older people than young people Asia, Latin America, and Africa correct answersHome to more than two thirds of the world's older people Which countries continue to have the longest life expectancies? correct answersJapan (81.5 years) and Sweden (80.1 years) Even in the poorest countries, life expectancy is ____________, and the number of older people is _________ correct answersincreasing Healthy People 2010 Goals correct answersIncrease the span of healthy life for Americans, Reduce health disparity among Americans