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What is life expectancy
The number of years that will probably be lived by the average person born in a particular year.
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What is despair
This occurs when aging adults feel they have made many wrong decisions
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What is speed of processing
This decline is often due to a slow brain functioning and may take an individual longer to react to situations.
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What is voluntary active euthanasia
Doctors or others act directly, at a patient’s request, to end suffering before a natural end to life.
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What is functional age
This refers to the actual competence and performance of an older adult.
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What is proper diet, active lifestyle, coping skills, good social relationships and support, etc
Successful aging might include:
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What is Physical abuse
Physical neglect Psychological abuse Financial abuse
What are the 4 forms of elder maltreatment?
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What is brain death
Irreversible cessation ofall activity in brain and brain stem
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What is young-old
Late adulthood is divided into 3 categories. Individuals who are aged 65-74 fall are referred to as.
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What is life review
The person reflects on past experiences, considering their meaning with the goal of achieving greater self-understanding.
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What is tip-of-the-tongue
Failure to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent
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What is living will
This specifies the treatments a person does or does not want in case of a terminal illness, coma,
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What is cellular clock theory
This theory states that our cells can divide a maximum number of times – about 75-80.
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What is socioemotional selectivity theory
Social networks become more selective with age, extending lifelong selection process
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What is semantic memories
A person’s knowledge about the world – academic knowledge, and everyday knowledge.
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What is agonal phase
The phase of dying where we see gasps and muscle spasms
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What is cataracts
Thickening of the lens of the eye that causes vision to become cloudy, opaque, and distorted
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What is self-focused reminiscence
The type of reminiscence where a person ruminates on negative thoughts and often feels bad as they remember the past
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What is Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease
This type of Alzheimer's has a later onset and has no obvious family history
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What is Dual-process model of coping with loss
Effective coping involves switching between dealing with the emotional consequences of loss and attending to life changes
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