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Gerontology Unit 1 Exam Study Guide.
Area agencies on Aging (AAA) - Answers✔-Regional agencies that provide information
referrals to community-based services or offer them as part of their mission
AARP - Answers✔-A non-profit non-partisan group that advocates for the needs of older adults
and promotes their quality of life
Active Adult Communities - Answers✔-Communities designed to provide all the amenities a
person age 55+ could use without leaving.
Activity Theory - Answers✔-A gerontological theory to examine old age.
-It posits that older adults are happier and healthier when they remain engaged in daily life and
social interactions.
Adult Protective Services - Answers✔-A local government agency mandated to investigate
reports of suspected elder abuse within a community.
Ageism - Answers✔-The systematic stereotyp8ing of and discrimination against individuals who
are old
-Fosters the notion that older adults are not useful and not valued.
Agrarian Societies - Answers✔-Any communities whose economy is based on producing and
maintaining crops and farmland
Americans with Disabilities Act - Answers✔-A federal civil rights policy for individuals with
disabilities
-The overarching goal of this is to integrate individuals with disabilities into communities and
society with the same access and rights as persons with the same access and right as persons
without disabilities
Baby Boom Generation - Answers✔-Americans born after WWII ended - between 1946 and
1964
Bill Thomas - Answers✔-
Biopsychosocial - Answers✔-Biological, psychological, and sociological factors that influence
aging processes, quality of life, and well-being
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Caregiver - Answers✔-A person who provides care for an individual
Centenarian - Answers✔-A person at least 100 years old
Chronological Age - Answers✔-The length of time a person has been alive (e.g., he turned 70
years old on his last birthday)
Cohousing - Answers✔-A type of collaborative housing housing in which residents actively
participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhood.
Competency - Answers✔-The ability to make personal choices and understand the consequences
of those choices place the decision-maker or other people at risk.
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Answers✔-Communities specifically designed to
provide a spectrum of lifetime care to residents.
-Housing arrangements range from independent housing (least restrictive) to skilled nursing
home care (most restrictive)
Continuity Theory - Answers✔-A psychological theory in gerontology that theorizes that people
remain consistent in how they live their lives, manage their relationships, and exhibit their
personalities even though they may experience changes in their physical, mental, and social
status
Continuum of Care - Answers✔-A regional or local body that coordinates housing and services
funding for homeless families and individuals
Convoy of Support - Answers✔-A dynamic social network of support that changes (or moves)
with an individual through life and occupational challenges and transitions
Discrimination - Answers✔-The act of exhibiting prejudicial behavior towards and individual or
group of people
Disengagement Theory - Answers✔-The first psychosocial theory on aging that proposed that
older adults recognize as their health and abilities decline, their time as industrious citizens is
limited before they die.
-Therefore they intentionally distance themselves from their social roles and responsibilities to
allow younger and healthier adults to take their place as productive members in society.
Economic Status - Answers✔-
Eden Alternative - Answers✔-An innovative nursing home model designed to combat boredom,
loneliness, and helplessness.
-The model is resident centered and encourage residents to be active and engage in communal
activities.
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Gerontology Unit 1 Exam Study Guide.
Area agencies on Aging (AAA) - Answers✔-Regional agencies that provide information
referrals to community-based services or offer them as part of their mission
AARP - Answers✔-A non-profit non-partisan group that advocates for the needs of older adults
and promotes their quality of life
Active Adult Communities - Answers✔-Communities designed to provide all the amenities a
person age 55+ could use without leaving.
Activity Theory - Answers✔-A gerontological theory to examine old age.
-It posits that older adults are happier and healthier when they remain engaged in daily life and
social interactions.
Adult Protective Services - Answers✔-A local government agency mandated to investigate
reports of suspected elder abuse within a community.
Ageism - Answers✔-The systematic stereotyp8ing of and discrimination against individuals who
are old
-Fosters the notion that older adults are not useful and not valued.
Agrarian Societies - Answers✔-Any communities whose economy is based on producing and
maintaining crops and farmland
Americans with Disabilities Act - Answers✔-A federal civil rights policy for individuals with
disabilities
-The overarching goal of this is to integrate individuals with disabilities into communities and
society with the same access and rights as persons with the same access and right as persons
without disabilities
Baby Boom Generation - Answers✔-Americans born after WWII ended - between 1946 and
1964
Bill Thomas - Answers✔-
Biopsychosocial - Answers✔-Biological, psychological, and sociological factors that influence
aging processes, quality of life, and well-being
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Caregiver - Answers✔-A person who provides care for an individual
Centenarian - Answers✔-A person at least 100 years old
Chronological Age - Answers✔-The length of time a person has been alive (e.g., he turned 70
years old on his last birthday)
Cohousing - Answers✔-A type of collaborative housing housing in which residents actively
participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhood.
Competency - Answers✔-The ability to make personal choices and understand the consequences
of those choices place the decision-maker or other people at risk.
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - Answers✔-Communities specifically designed to
provide a spectrum of lifetime care to residents.
-Housing arrangements range from independent housing (least restrictive) to skilled nursing
home care (most restrictive)
Continuity Theory - Answers✔-A psychological theory in gerontology that theorizes that people
remain consistent in how they live their lives, manage their relationships, and exhibit their
personalities even though they may experience changes in their physical, mental, and social
status
Continuum of Care - Answers✔-A regional or local body that coordinates housing and services
funding for homeless families and individuals
Convoy of Support - Answers✔-A dynamic social network of support that changes (or moves)
with an individual through life and occupational challenges and transitions
Discrimination - Answers✔-The act of exhibiting prejudicial behavior towards and individual or
group of people
Disengagement Theory - Answers✔-The first psychosocial theory on aging that proposed that
older adults recognize as their health and abilities decline, their time as industrious citizens is
limited before they die.
-Therefore they intentionally distance themselves from their social roles and responsibilities to
allow younger and healthier adults to take their place as productive members in society.
Economic Status - Answers✔-
Eden Alternative - Answers✔-An innovative nursing home model designed to combat boredom,
loneliness, and helplessness.
-The model is resident centered and encourage residents to be active and engage in communal
activities.
