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presbycusis |
significant loss in hearing associated with senescence, usually not apparent until after 60 |
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causes of infertility |
1/3 of time the cause is the man, 1/3 cause is woman. Age Disease, smoking, obesity PID (in women) |
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menopause |
around age 50, women's menstrual periods cease and production of estrogen drops |
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Hormone Replacement Therapy |
taking hormones to compensate for hormone reduction. HRT is most common in women in menopause or after removal or ovaries |
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andropause |
drop in testosterone levels in older men, which usually reduces sex drive and muscle mass |
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DALYs (disability adjusted life years) |
a measure of the reduced quality of life caused by disability |
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vitality |
measure of health that refers to how healthy and energetic and individual actually feels |
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QALYs |
way of comparing mere survival without vitality to survival with good health. full year of health is a full QALY |
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midlife crisis |
supposed period of unusual anxiety, radical self examination, and sudden transformation that was once widely associated with middle age |
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big 5 |
five basic clusters of personality traits that remain stable throughout adulthood: Openness Conscientiousness- organized, self-discipine Extroversion-outgoing, active Agreeableness-king, easygoing, helpful Neuroticism-anxious, moody, critical |
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ecological niche |
particular lifestyle and social context that adults settle into |
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fictive kin |
someone who has become accepted as part of family to which he/she has no blood relation |
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generativity vs stagnation |
Erikson's 7th stage of development. Adults seek to be productive in a caring way |
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fraction of adults that become adoptive/step/foster parents |
1/3 of all north american adults |
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kinkeeper |
caregiver who takes responsibility for maintaining communication among family members. |
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sandwich generation |
generation of middle aged people who are supposedly "squeezed" by the needs of the younger and older family memebers |
