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Presbyopia

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an age-related, progressive loss of the eyes’ ability to focus on nearby objects due to loss of elasticity in the lens

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presbycusis

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Hearing loss in middle age

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Menopause

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Cessation of menstruation and of ability to bear children, typically around age 50.

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climacteric

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period of several years during which a woman experiences physiological changes that bring on menopause.

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hypertension

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Chronically high blood pressure

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osteoporosis

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condition in which the bones become thin and brittle as a result of rapid calcium depletion

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stress or allostatic load.

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damage that occurs when coping abilities are inadequate to meet the demands

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burnout

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emotional exhaustion, a feeling of being unable to accomplish anything on the job, and a sense of helplessness and loss of control, which is especially common among workers in the helping professions

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crystallized intelligence

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type of intelligence involving the ability to remember and use learned information; it is largely dependent on education and cultural background.

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fluid intelligence

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type of intelligence, which is applied to novel problems and is relatively independent of educaitonal and cultural influences.

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generativity versus stagnation

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the middle aged adult develops a concern with establishing, guiding and influencing the next generation or else experiences stagnation (a sense of inactivity or lifelessness.)

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care

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a widening commitment to take care of the persons, the products, and the ideas one has learned to care for.

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identity assimilation

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An attempt to fit a new experience into an existing schema

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filial maturity

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A life stage that some researchers claim represents an adult child’s accepting and meeting their elderly parents’ needs

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Ageism

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prejudice or discrimination against a person (most commonly an older person) based on age

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primary aging

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gradual, inevitable process of bodily deterioration throughout the life span

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secondary aging

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aging processes that result from disease and bodily abuse and disuse and are often preventable.

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geriatrics

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The branch of medicine concerned with the aged and the aging process

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Hayflick limit

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The finding that human cells can divide about 50 times before they stop dividing and die

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reserve capacity or organ reserve

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The ability of body organs and systems to put forth extra effort in times of stress

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cataracts

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opaque areas in the lenses of the eyes

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dementia

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The general term for physiologically caused intellectual decline in old age

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neurofibrillary tangles

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twisted masses of protein fibers found in brains of persons with Alzheimer’s disease

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amyloid plaque

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insoluble tissue found in brains of persons with Alzheimer’s disease

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semantic memory

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long term memory of general factual knowledge, social customs, and language.

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procedural memory

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long-term memory of motor skills, habits, and ways of doing things, which often can be recalled with out conscious effort

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Ego integrity versus despair

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the eighth and final stage of psychosocial development, in which people in late adulthood either achieve a sense of integrity of the self by accepting the lives they have lived, and thus accept death, or yield to despair that their lives cannot be relived.
VIRTUE: wisdom

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problem-focused coping

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a coping strategy directed toward eliminating, managing, or improving a stressful situation.

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using emotion-focused coping

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a strategy directed toward managing the emotional response to a stressful situation so as to lessen its physical or psychological impact.

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ambiguous loss

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a loss that is not clearly defined or does not bring closure. Applies to losses that are not clearly defined or do not bring closure, such as the loss of a still-living loved one to Alzheimer’s disease or the loss of a homeland, which elderly immigrants may feel as long as they live. In such situations, experience may teach people to accept what they cannot change-a lesson often reinforced by religion.

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Social Security

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The single largest source of income for older people in the United States

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Granny dumping

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One form of elder abuse in which a frail or ill old person is abandoned

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thanatology

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the study of death and dying

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palliative care

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care aimed at relieving pain and suffering and allowing the terminally ill to die in peace, comfort and dignity.

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terminal drop

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An observable decline in cognitive abilities shortly before death

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bereavement

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loss due to death of someone to whom one feels close to and the process of adjustment to the loss

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absent grief

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A lack of overt grieving immediately after a death

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active euthanasia

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Deliberate action taken to shorten the life of a terminally ill person, in order to end suffering and allow death with dignity

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passive euthanasia

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deliberate withholding or discontinuation of life-prolonging treatment of a terminally ill person in order to end suffering or allow death with dignity.