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Chapter 5- Inequality Based on Age

Social Problems- Kendall Text
Instructor- T. Esguerra
Across
_________ Theory suggests that older people want to be released from societal expectations of productivity and competitiveness.
The _______ trajectory of grief is the ability of people to maintain a relatively stable, healthy level of psychological and physical functioning while they are dealing with a highly disruptive event such as the death of a loved one or life threatening situation.
_________ theorists suggest that aging creates greater problems for some women than for men because of the double standard of aging that is linked to conventional expectations about what the attitudes, roles and appearance for each sex should be.
The ________ ratio is the number of workers necessary to support people under age 15 and over age 63.
________ ________ retirement plan is one in which the employer agrees to contribute a fixed amount to the employee's pension fund each year in which the employee is employed. Private sector 401(k) plans and public & nonprofit sector 403 (b) plans are examples.
Organizations that provide a homelike facility or home-based care (or both) for people who are terminally ill.
Age _________ is the inequalities, differences, segregation, or conflict between age groups- occurs throughout the life course.
_______ _________ is physical, emotional, sexual, financial, and/or the result of neglect.
The ______ trajectory, focuses on the perceived course of dying and the expected time of death.
Down
A _______ _______ retirement plan is one in which the employer guarantees to pay the employee at retirement a fixed monthly income for the rest of his or her life.
________ is the institutionalized separation of an individual from her or his occupational position, with continuation of income from a retirement pension based on prior years of service.
______ theorists focus on the political economy of aging in analyzing the problems of older people in contemporary capitalist societies.
The __________ activity theory is based on the assumption that older people are happier and better adjusted than are less active older persons.
The ________ of grief approach by George Bonanno claims that bereavement studies have disproved the stages of grief approach & helped researchers identify 4 common paths of grief- resilience, recovery, chronic dysfunction, & delayed grief or trauma.
______ ________ is the study of the social (nonphysical) aspects of aging.
___________ disease, the most dreaded concern of older people, is an "irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks of daily living.
George Bonanno developed the term ______ ______ to describe how some seemingly inappropriate or counter-intuitive behavior may see odd at the time but help a person move on after a loss.
Prejudice and discrimination against people on the basis of age. Social problem that particularly stigmatizes & marginalizes older people.