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__________________ is the study of old age and the process of growing old - Answer gerontology _______________- is a specialty of medicine for treatment of diseases related to older age - Answer geriatrics what 2 things occur as populations age? - Answer 1. impact on the social structure - 3+ generations in same household, education and job market, health and social policies 2. change in the health status of the population - more chronic diseases, need for healthcare...

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8 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Measures of psychological wellbeing tend to tap two components: Select one: a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and cognitive or mental functioning b. Feeling healthy and feeling ill c. Medicine and Public Health d. All of the above e. None of the above - Answer a. The concept of 'Quality of Life' includes feelings people express in areas such as standard of living, income, housing, neighborhood and health. - Answer True Good Health can affect a patient's sen...

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1 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Bronfenbrenner's ecological perspective - Answer start at individual level and work towards macro levels mesosystem - Answer interactions take place among one or more microsystem chronosystem - Answer changes that take place over time social clock - Answer sets age norms and expectations disengagement theory - Answer normal course of life is for older adults to loosen their social ties activity theory - Answer older adults are better adjusted...

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9 pages

Written in 2025/2026

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age prejudice/ageism - Answer -cognitive and emotion (thought and feeling) -negative attitudes toward older adults based on belief that aging makes people... unattractive, unintelligent, asexual, unemployable and mentally incompetent age discrimination - Answer -behavior -treating people in an *unjustly* negative manner because of their *chronological age* (or *appearance of age*) and for no other reason 5 areas of age bias - Answer 1. health care professionals are ill...

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3 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Social Health - Answer one of the 3 pillars of most definitions of health - less intuitive - hard to measure - a characteristic of society and of individual - indications of the health of a society: might include the existence of the "rule of law" "equity in the distribution of resources" "public accessibly of the decision-making process" and the level of "social capital" aka civic engagement, sense of belonging, quality of interpersonal relationship...

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34 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Recall: WHO definition fo Health - Answer "A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." WHO definition of Healthy Aging - Answer the PROCESS of developing and MAINTAINING the functional ability that ENABLES WELLBEING in older age Ability to: - meet basic needs - learn, grow, and make decisions - be mobile - build and maintain relationships - contribute to society *REMAIN PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, A...

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8 pages

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1. percentage of population that is 65 or older. 2. median age of population. 3. dependency ratio - Answer 3 Key indicators of an old population/population aging 10% - Answer What percentage of a country's citizens need to be 65+ for the population to be considered "old"? Median Age of Population - Answer The 50th percentile of the entire population by age. Dependency ratio - Answer - assumes people of certain ages are dependent or independent. - divi...

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9 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Which of the following is most likely to happen as Canadian society ages? A.there will be fewer people becoming great-grandparents B.societal values will change as more people live in non-nuclear families C.more people will live in three- and four-generation families D.older people will bear more financial responsibility for their adult children - Answer C.more people will live in three- and four-generation families What two aspects of aging form the focus of gerontology? A.how...

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11 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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characteristics of social health - Answer society and individual aspects of living in a healthy society - Answer rule of law equity social capital aspects of feeling socially happy at an individual level - Answer ability to access available social resources be able to contribute dealing with aging is a task of which systems - Answer medical and public aspects of social health - Answer -integration into communities -facilitation of social networks -s...

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8 pages

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Healthcare (not limited to medical care) - Answer Services provided to individuals or communities by agents of the health services or professions to promote, maintain, monitor, or restore health. Health = Holistic WHO definition. Promote, maintain, monitor = personal care, protection, health promotion, disease prevention. Sometimes extended to include home care and self-care The Medical Model of Healthcare - Answer Focuses on the treatment of diseases and injuries. Faours surg...

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4 pages

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Death - Answer An inevitable reality of life. We focus on living. Even in old older adults is viewed as a distant event. Definition of death. Biological vs. social. Assuming the frail, very old person not part of the society anymore. Socially isolated. Most deaths occur when? - Answer Most deaths occur in old age. <1% in young children. Follow a slow trajectory - A long (and possibly painful) time that people are aware of death in the near future. The value of a specific app...

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2 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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Gerontology - Answer scientific study of old age and the process of getting old geriatrics - Answer a specialty of medicine for treatment of diseases related to older age aging is responsible for what percent of yearly increase in health care costs? - Answer 1% WHO's definition of health - Answer a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity what is the highest chronic condition for those 65+?...

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10 pages

Written in 2025/2026

Grade A+

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