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16 Cards in this Set
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Explain each stage of death and dying
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1. denial and isolation
2. anger 3. bargaining 4. depression 5. acceptance |
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List William Worden's 4 tasks of mourning
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1. Accepting the reality of the loss
2. working through the pain of grief 3. Adjusting to the changed environment which the deceased is absent. 4. Emotionally relocating the deceased and moving on with life |
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By 2030, state the predicted % of Americans 65+
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1/4 25%
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define death
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cessation of the flow of vital bodily fluids
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Explain 3 plans for social change associated with aging
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changing roles and relationships
increase leisure time the economics of retirement |
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Explain 5 adaptations for physical change associated with aging
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menopause, osteoporosis, arthritis, hearing loss, vision changes
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Explain 3 psychological and mental changes associated with aging
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Dementia, grief, and depression
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life expectancy
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A malformation of the heart or the large blood vessels near the heart
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list 5 government programs designed to assist the elderly
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Food stamps, housing subsides, social security, medicare, medicaid
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discuss 8 life- enhancing measures
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Challenge your mind, develop physical fitness, eat wisely, maintain a healthy body weight, control drinking and over dependence on medications, recognize and reduce stress, schedule physical examinations to defect treatable diseases, don't smoke
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define biological aging
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Senescence of biological aging is the change in the biology of an organism as it ages after its maturity.
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Define psychological aging
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the duration or the measure of time of the existence of a person or object
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Describe the hospice philosophy
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The hospice philosophy recognizes that every person deserves to live out his or her life with respect and dignity, alert and free of pain, in an environment
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Define grief
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Deep sorrow, that caused by someone's death
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Define Bereavement
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Mourning; state of sorrown over the death or departure of loved one
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Define mourning
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The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
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