Gerontology:
The study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of ageing
The focus of Social Gerontology:
Impact of social and sociocultural aspects of growing old and its social
consequences.
Gerontologist:
Degree in Gerontology, Gerontology primary focus of study
Gerontological specialist:
Training in gerontology, but primary training in other disciplines.
geriatrics
Clinical study and treatment of the diseases that affect older adults.
Focus: treatment and management of disease associated w/ age
ageism
Term coined by Robert Butler, the first Director of the National Institute on
Aging, to describe the stereotypes related to old age
Age categories:
Young-old: ages 65-74
Old-Old: 75-85
Oldest-old: 85 & older, or increasingly 90 & older
Chronological aging:
How long you have lived (age)
Biological aging:
"Functional" To what extent has a person's body broken down
Social aging:
, the norms, values, and roles that are culturally associated with a particular
chronological age
Psychological aging:
memory, learning, adaptive capacity, personality, and mental functioning
Active aging:
"the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security in
order to enhance quality of life as people age."
neutral terminology
Older adults/older people, elders, people as they age
Baby boomer generation years:
Persons born between 1946-1964
Age-grading:
The assignment of roles, expectations, opportunities, status, and constraints in a
given society
Cohort:
groups of people who were born at approximately the same time & share
common experiences (Vietnam/draft, civil rights, etc
Process of aging: Development
Younger Stages: birth through adolescence, social & physical
Process of aging: Senescence
Normal Decline in organs systems after the age of 30.
Gradual, final stage of an organism
Environmental press:
Demands of social and physical environments causing individuals to adapt,
respond, or change.
Blue zones:
The study of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of ageing
The focus of Social Gerontology:
Impact of social and sociocultural aspects of growing old and its social
consequences.
Gerontologist:
Degree in Gerontology, Gerontology primary focus of study
Gerontological specialist:
Training in gerontology, but primary training in other disciplines.
geriatrics
Clinical study and treatment of the diseases that affect older adults.
Focus: treatment and management of disease associated w/ age
ageism
Term coined by Robert Butler, the first Director of the National Institute on
Aging, to describe the stereotypes related to old age
Age categories:
Young-old: ages 65-74
Old-Old: 75-85
Oldest-old: 85 & older, or increasingly 90 & older
Chronological aging:
How long you have lived (age)
Biological aging:
"Functional" To what extent has a person's body broken down
Social aging:
, the norms, values, and roles that are culturally associated with a particular
chronological age
Psychological aging:
memory, learning, adaptive capacity, personality, and mental functioning
Active aging:
"the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security in
order to enhance quality of life as people age."
neutral terminology
Older adults/older people, elders, people as they age
Baby boomer generation years:
Persons born between 1946-1964
Age-grading:
The assignment of roles, expectations, opportunities, status, and constraints in a
given society
Cohort:
groups of people who were born at approximately the same time & share
common experiences (Vietnam/draft, civil rights, etc
Process of aging: Development
Younger Stages: birth through adolescence, social & physical
Process of aging: Senescence
Normal Decline in organs systems after the age of 30.
Gradual, final stage of an organism
Environmental press:
Demands of social and physical environments causing individuals to adapt,
respond, or change.
Blue zones:
