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9 Cards in this Set
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Ageism |
Stereotypical prejudice on elderly |
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Behavioral Slowing & Frailty |
Doing things slower vs Having trouble actually preforming those tasks.
Frailty as an Identity; I am now old, no longer self sufficient, can't live alone. |
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Styles of Aging |
*Reorganizers- Substitute new activities for older ones, adjust well *Focused- Limited to a few things, when they can't do those they are in dispair *Disengaged- Withdraw from activites, become too sedentary -Holding on- Push to do what was once done; denial -Constricted- Become preocupied with aging, and accelerate it's effects. |
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Retirement |
Factors: Financial Prep, Income, Choices
Gender differences; Men want to retire, women want to work later into their lives. |
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Life reiview |
Death Prep, Review and reflection on your own life and what it's meant. |
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Psychosocial Crisis (Later adulthood) |
Integrity- Ability to accept the facts of one's life and face death without fear
Despair- Overwhelming feelings of regret and disappointment with life |
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Central Process ( Later adulthood) |
Introspection |
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Psychosocial Crisis (Very old age) |
Immortality- And impact made on others, the knowledge we live on in some way
Extinction- Death in the whole sense. Your life made 0 difference. |
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Central Process (Very old age) |
Social Support- Being involved with a network of people encourages us to believe that we are cared for and loved. |