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Gerontology Unit 1 ExamArea agencies on Aging (AAA) - ANS -Regional agencies that provide information
referrals to community-based services or offer them as part of their mission
AARP - ANS -A non-profit non-partisan group that advocates for the needs of
older adults and promotes their quality of life
Active Adult Communities - ANS -Communities designed to provide all the
amenities a person age 55+ could use without leaving.
Activity Theory - ANS -A gerontological theory to examine old age.
-It posits that older adults are happier and healthier when they remain engaged in
daily life and social interactions.
Adult Protective Services - ANS -A local government agency mandated to
investigate reports of suspected elder abuse within a community.
Ageism - ANS -The systematic stereotyp8ing of and discrimination against
individuals who are old
-Fosters the notion that older adults are not useful and not valued.
Agrarian Societies - ANS -Any communities whose economy is based on
producing and maintaining crops and farmland
Americans with Disabilities Act - ANS -A federal civil rights policy for individuals
with disabilities
-The overarching goal of this is to integrate individuals with disabilities into
communities and society with the same access and rights as persons with the
same access and right as persons without disabilities
Baby Boom Generation - ANS -Americans born after WWII ended - between 1946
and 1964
Bill Thomas - ANS -
, Biopsychosocial - ANS -Biological, psychological, and sociological factors that
influence aging processes, quality of life, and well-being
Caregiver - ANS -A person who provides care for an individual
Centenarian - ANS -A person at least 100 years old
Chronological Age - ANS -The length of time a person has been alive (e.g., he
turned 70 years old on his last birthday)
Cohousing - ANS -A type of collaborative housing housing in which residents
actively participate in the design and operation of their own neighborhood.
Competency - ANS -The ability to make personal choices and understand the
consequences of those choices place the decision-maker or other people at risk.
Continuing Care Retirement Communities - ANS -Communities specifically
designed to provide a spectrum of lifetime care to residents.
-Housing arrangements range from independent housing (least restrictive) to
skilled nursing home care (most restrictive)
Continuity Theory - ANS -A psychological theory in gerontology that theorizes
that people remain consistent in how they live their lives, manage their
relationships, and exhibit their personalities even though they may experience
changes in their physical, mental, and social status
Continuum of Care - ANS -A regional or local body that coordinates housing and
services funding for homeless families and individuals
Convoy of Support - ANS -A dynamic social network of support that changes (or
moves) with an individual through life and occupational challenges and
transitions
Discrimination - ANS -The act of exhibiting prejudicial behavior towards and
individual or group of people
Disengagement Theory - ANS -The first psychosocial theory on aging that
proposed that older adults recognize as their health and abilities decline, their
time as industrious citizens is limited before they die.
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