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Foundations of Gerontology TCN Module

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show Serves as advocate for older adults and plans & provides services to older Americans and their families  
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Federal Administrative Committee on Aging & Geriatrics   show
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show Political organization that consists primarily of people who organize & provide services to older people  
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show Organization for seniors that has been effective in representing them and their concerns to the federal gov't  
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show Organization primarily of people who organize & provide services to older people  
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show 1st major gov't attempts to confront problems of older Americans in 1950  
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White House Conference   show
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Older Americans Act   show
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show Federal Administrative Committee on Aging & Geriatrics  
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show Administration on Aging (AoA)  
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Federal Administrative Committee on Aging & Geriatrics came out of   show
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Medicare & Medicaid came out of   show
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show answer is D  
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Which system heavily impacts older adult's ability to respond to stimuli perceived by the senses   show
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Older person highly motivated to spend time with friends and family as well as to be included in decision making of social groups   show
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show Warm interactions and positive transference of emotions to therapist  
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Older adult with positive outlook on life & high self-esteem   show
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show Emphasizing physical & financial problems associated with growing old  
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4 different sample populations supported hypothesis study considered reliable   show
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Pre-elderly   show
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show 65 - 74  
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show 75 - 84  
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show 85 - 94  
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Elite-old   show
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Frail-old   show
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show Decrease in amount & quality of readily soluble collagen in connective tissues  
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Stiffening of heart, lungs, blood vessels & muscles   show
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Declining Energy Theory   show
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show Declining Energy Theory  
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show Genetic mutations cause organ decline through self-perpetuating mutations  
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Cross linkage & incorrect transcription of RNA from DNA synthesis   show
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show Certain amount of time to live - if you use it, you lose it  
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show Accumulation of ineffective abnormal molecules impair functional capacity of organisms  
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Hayflick Limit   show
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show Hayflick Limit  
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show Matures early childhood, peaks around 40 and declines thereafter  
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Organic Mental Discorders   show
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Programmed Aging Theory   show
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show People who live to sexual maturity have cells that contain genetic reserve capacity  
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show Disease-causing stress interacts with aging to accelerate the degeneration  
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Wear & Tear Theory   show
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Senescence   show
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Life Span   show
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show Average length of life figured from time of birth  
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show Increase in Life Expetancy  
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show Heart Disease Cancer Stroke COPD Pneumonia Diabetes  
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Leading chronic conditions age 65+   show
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Common social stressors in old age   show
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show Initials health care needed Identify plan of action Decide actions to take Take responsibility for actions  
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show 1) Exempt from normal role responsibilities 2) Exempt from responsibility for self-care 3) Obliged to seek professional help 4) Obliged to want to, and try to, get well  
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For physical change in body to be considered part of senescence   show
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show Answer is b  
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show Reserve Capacity Theory  
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Holistic model   show
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show Continue middle-age lifestyle  
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show Activity Theory  
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Continuity Theory of Aging   show
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show Continuity Theory of Aging  
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show Some orderly means to transfer power from old to young  
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One of the earliest, most controversial and widely discussed theories of aging   show
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show Disengagement Theory  
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Exchange Theory of Aging   show
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Field Dependent   show
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Havighurst Scale   show
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Labeling Theory   show
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show Detachment to view problem-solving processes in larger context  
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show Meditative Intelligence  
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Hearing loss   show
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show Sharply declines after 65  
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show Period that elapses between presentation of a stimulus and beginning of the response  
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Response Time   show
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show Sense of being less fortunate than others  
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Symbolic Interaction Theory   show
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show Excellent judgment and advice  
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Baltes 5 Elements   show
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4 stages of aging & intelligence   show
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Friends   show
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Acquaintances   show
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Biographical Life Course   show
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show Age-related progressions/sequences expected as mature & move through life  
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show Private & public agencies  
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Informal Support Network   show
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Spheres of Accomplishment   show
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show Studying and observing relative proportions of age cohort showing various patterns over time  
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Positively oriented   show
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show Hate giving up work roles - middle class  
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Self-employed   show
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Actively re-engaged   show
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show Bring people together to satisfy needs better than being alone  
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Intimacy   show
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Belonging   show
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Direct Income Sources   show
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show Assistance  
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Old Age Survivors Insurance   show
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PBGC   show
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show Highly active - honeymoon period Inactive - rest & relaxation period Movement straight into retirement  
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Workforce Withdrawl   show
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Median income peaks   show
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Which of the following is not a factor to motivate people to work: a) desire for wages & benefits b) social status c) need to excel d) expend energy meaningful way   show
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Real Estate Investment Properties   show
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show Elder Exploitation  
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show Looking for inexpensive/quick way to increase income/wealth  
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show Unjust treatment due to chronological age or appearance of being old  
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Subtle Age Discrimination   show
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Direct Age Discrimination   show
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Townsend Plan   show
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Medicare Part A   show
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show Physician and Outpatient expenses as supplement w/ monthly premiums deducted from SS  
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3 needs Medicare does not cover   show
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Long-term institutional care covered   show
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Older adults vote   show
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Led to formation of the Townsend Plan   show
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show Advocacy group to aid older adults in acquision of money through political process  
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Took on AMA against disengagement   show
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Paved way for creation of the Administration on Aging   show
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Active Euthanasia   show
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show Results in death  
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show Individual acknowledges death and its implications and focuses on what remains rather than what is being lost  
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show Grieving while terminally ill still alive  
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show Person represses fact they are dying and fails to assimilate implications of impending death  
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show Rate of decline in functional ability that will ulitimately result in physical death  
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show Emotionally adapting to person's death which includes anger, anxiety, overwhelming sadness, depression and preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased  
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show Deliberate shortening of person's life to relieve suffering  
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show Physical entity that provides support to dying and caregivers (Respite Care)  
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Intellectual Bereavement   show
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Passive Euthanasia   show
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show Person makes decisions that will eventually result in death  
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Neglecting health, failing to take life-sustaining meds/treatments, engaging in dangerous activies, refusing to eat   show
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show Physically adapting to person's death with symptoms of SOB, sighning, chest tightness, emptiness, loss of energy, lack of strength and nausea  
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show Absence of breathing, heartbeat, reflexes  
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Respite Care   show
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Secularization of Death   show
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Voluntary Euthanasia   show
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show Dying Trajectory  
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show Physical Death - Harvard  
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Social Death   show
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Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of dying   show
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Bereavement   show
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Protest Grief   show
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Despair Grief   show
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show Begin pulling back and survivor begins to reorganize reality of loss and direct energies to other areas of concern  
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Adjustment Grief   show
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show Everyone eventually dies regardless of class, race, etc  
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Death as great validator   show
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Death as radical transformer   show
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Death as ultimate solution   show
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show See death as merciful  
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show See death as antagonist mind-set  
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show See death as far in future demanding little if any attention  
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show Becoming more aware of death with biological changes but don't have time to resolve fears of dying  
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show Come to accept the inevitable & show less anxiety  
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show Euthanasia - Old term  
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Curosity, hope, apathy and relief   show
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Decreasing physical & emotion burdens of patient and family   show
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Helping patient maintain dignity during dying process   show
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show Goal of hospice  
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show Being deprived of close relation or friend through death  
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show Social event allowing community to openly show respect for the deceased & support for the survivors  
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