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1. Sub-stages of Infant, toodler, preschool, school age, and adolescence
childhood?
2. Geriatric pertaining to treatment of older people
3. Gerontology study of the aging process
4. Gerontics Coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and services
provided to older adults
5. Chronological the number of years a person has lived
age
6. What is the age 65 or older
requirement for
retirement?
7. What category is Older
ages 55-64?
8. What category is Elderly
ages 64-74?
9. What category is Aged
ages 75-84?
10. Does the Ameri- No, the US is a youth-oriented society
can society value
its older adults?
11. Gerontophobia the fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of
society
Examples: teens buy anti-wrinkle creams, 30 year old women consider facelifts,
etc.
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12. Ageism The disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes
people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
*it is an emotional prejudice/discrimination against people based solely on their
age
13. Can ageism have Yes
a negative ef- *can in turn result in poor health care outcomes and poor pt care
fect on the way
health care work-
ers relate to older
pts?
14. Nursing Compe- Started in 2002
tence in Aging Focuses on enhancing competence in geriatrics by expanding nurses' knowledge,
(NCA) skills, and attitudes
15. Age discrimina- different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
tion Examples: refusing to hire older people, not approving them for home loans, and
limiting the types or amounts of health care they can receive
*AGE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL
16. Demographics statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
Demographers are concerned with a population's size, distribution, and vital
statistics (birth, death, age at death, marriages, race)
17. Life expectancy the number of years a person can be expected to live
Projected from the time of birth
18. The life expectan- -environmental hazards
cy throughout -wars
history has been -accidents
low because... -food and water scarcity
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-inadequate sanitation
-contagious diseases
19. During biblical 20 years
times the life ex- Some people did live longer, but 40 years was considered a good and long life
pectancy was...
20. By 1776 the life 35 years
expectancy was... Was not uncommon for people to live into their 60s
*the Declaration of Independence was signed in this year
21. By 1860s the life 40 years
expectancy was... 2.7% of the American population was older than age 65 at this time
*the American Civil War was going on at this time
22. By the beginning 47 years
of the 20th cen- 4% of the American population was age 65 or older
tury the life ex-
pectancy was...
23. During the 20th 77.4 years
century the life
expectancy was...
24. Individuals old- 4%
er than age 85
now make up
what percentage
of the US popula-
tion?
25. Do women out- Yes, by 2.6 years
live men?
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1. Sub-stages of Infant, toodler, preschool, school age, and adolescence
childhood?
2. Geriatric pertaining to treatment of older people
3. Gerontology study of the aging process
4. Gerontics Coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and services
provided to older adults
5. Chronological the number of years a person has lived
age
6. What is the age 65 or older
requirement for
retirement?
7. What category is Older
ages 55-64?
8. What category is Elderly
ages 64-74?
9. What category is Aged
ages 75-84?
10. Does the Ameri- No, the US is a youth-oriented society
can society value
its older adults?
11. Gerontophobia the fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of
society
Examples: teens buy anti-wrinkle creams, 30 year old women consider facelifts,
etc.
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12. Ageism The disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes
people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
*it is an emotional prejudice/discrimination against people based solely on their
age
13. Can ageism have Yes
a negative ef- *can in turn result in poor health care outcomes and poor pt care
fect on the way
health care work-
ers relate to older
pts?
14. Nursing Compe- Started in 2002
tence in Aging Focuses on enhancing competence in geriatrics by expanding nurses' knowledge,
(NCA) skills, and attitudes
15. Age discrimina- different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
tion Examples: refusing to hire older people, not approving them for home loans, and
limiting the types or amounts of health care they can receive
*AGE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL
16. Demographics statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it
Demographers are concerned with a population's size, distribution, and vital
statistics (birth, death, age at death, marriages, race)
17. Life expectancy the number of years a person can be expected to live
Projected from the time of birth
18. The life expectan- -environmental hazards
cy throughout -wars
history has been -accidents
low because... -food and water scarcity
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-inadequate sanitation
-contagious diseases
19. During biblical 20 years
times the life ex- Some people did live longer, but 40 years was considered a good and long life
pectancy was...
20. By 1776 the life 35 years
expectancy was... Was not uncommon for people to live into their 60s
*the Declaration of Independence was signed in this year
21. By 1860s the life 40 years
expectancy was... 2.7% of the American population was older than age 65 at this time
*the American Civil War was going on at this time
22. By the beginning 47 years
of the 20th cen- 4% of the American population was age 65 or older
tury the life ex-
pectancy was...
23. During the 20th 77.4 years
century the life
expectancy was...
24. Individuals old- 4%
er than age 85
now make up
what percentage
of the US popula-
tion?
25. Do women out- Yes, by 2.6 years
live men?
