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continuum of care - ANSWERLevels of care beginning with care at home, care provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. professional organization - ANSWERnonprofit organization that works to improve the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations activism - ANSWERThe practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations CMS - ANSWERCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled nursing facilities life course perspective - ANSWERHow one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices Theories of Aging - ANSWERVarious theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear and tear theories Abraham Maslow - ANSWERHierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate psychological need Lower level needs=survival/safety Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization Erik Erikson - ANSWERKnown for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in those stages would mold personality Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - ANSWERpsychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance cohort effect - ANSWERconsequences of being born in a particular year or time period and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities cumulative disadvantage - ANSWERthe negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and opportunity over the life span social clock - ANSWERthe culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement social gerontology - ANSWERa specialized field of gerontology that examines the social (and sociological) aspects of aging functional age - ANSWERactual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished from chronological age palliative care - ANSWERCare designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family. Similar to hospice but with no end of life time frame age grade - ANSWERan organized category of people based on age; every individual passes through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime Wellness Model - ANSWERencompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, and vocational aspects of health medical model - ANSWERthe concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. metamessage - ANSWERUnderlying message of what's being said autonomy - ANSWERindependence Spirit of life - ANSWERThe force within the body that gives life energy and power remotivation therapy - ANSWER5 step group process for people with Alzheimer's or early stages of dementia. Utilized real objects, stimulates senses, and encourages new motivation for life. Example: poems, pictures, animals, hobbies, group interaction crystallized intelligence - ANSWERour accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age fluid intelligence - ANSWERcapacity to learn new ways of solving problems ADLs - ANSWERSe