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Foundations of Gerontology TCN Module

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Administration on Aging (AoA)   Serves as advocate for older adults and plans & provides services to older Americans and their families  
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Federal Administrative Committee on Aging & Geriatrics   Organization founded in 1951 to create nationwide awareness of the problems of older Americans & their need for services  
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American Society on Aging   Political organization that consists primarily of people who organize & provide services to older people  
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National Council of Senior Citizens   Organization for seniors that has been effective in representing them and their concerns to the federal gov't  
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National Council on Aging   Organization primarily of people who organize & provide services to older people  
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National Conference on Aging   1st major gov't attempts to confront problems of older Americans in 1950  
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White House Conference   Older Americans from all over joining to discuss major problems facing them  
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Older Americans Act   Established statutory entitlements to ensure all persons over 60 would have programs tailored specifically to their needs  
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Agency under the Dept of Health, Education & Welfare   Federal Administrative Committee on Aging & Geriatrics  
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Agency that helps older Americans and their families with special programs focusing on high risk individuals   Administration on Aging (AoA)  
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Federal Administrative Committee on Aging & Geriatrics came out of   1st National Conference on Aging in 1950  
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Medicare & Medicaid came out of   1st White House Conference in 1965  
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A psychologist would be interested in all of the following processes on aging EXCEPT: a) problem-solving capabilities b) adaptions to world experiences c) performance of motor skills d) progression toward reserve capacity   answer is D  
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Which system heavily impacts older adult's ability to respond to stimuli perceived by the senses   Musculoskeletal  
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Older person highly motivated to spend time with friends and family as well as to be included in decision making of social groups   Extrovert concerned with world around him as well as himself  
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Psychotherapy focuses on   Warm interactions and positive transference of emotions to therapist  
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Older adult with positive outlook on life & high self-esteem   Believes stereotypes of older adults apply to peers more than himself  
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Advocacy groups create societal problems by perpetuating negative stereotyping   Emphasizing physical & financial problems associated with growing old  
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4 different sample populations supported hypothesis study considered reliable   Same results yieded each time repeated  
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Pre-elderly   55 - 64  
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Young-old   65 - 74  
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Middle-old   75 - 84  
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Old-old   85 - 94  
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Elite-old   95 - 99  
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Frail-old   85+ who are at risk  
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Collagen Theory   Decrease in amount & quality of readily soluble collagen in connective tissues  
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Stiffening of heart, lungs, blood vessels & muscles   Collagen Theory  
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Declining Energy Theory   Fixed amount of vitality that cannot be revitalized  
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Person at mercy of environmental & social factors   Declining Energy Theory  
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Error/Mutation Theory   Genetic mutations cause organ decline through self-perpetuating mutations  
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Cross linkage & incorrect transcription of RNA from DNA synthesis   Error/Mutation Theory  
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Fixed Amount of Time Theory   Certain amount of time to live - if you use it, you lose it  
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Free Radical Theory   Accumulation of ineffective abnormal molecules impair functional capacity of organisms  
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Hayflick Limit   Fixed number of bodily cells AKA Theory of Reserve Capacity  
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Wild animals live, procreate and die   Hayflick Limit  
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Immune Theory   Matures early childhood, peaks around 40 and declines thereafter  
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Organic Mental Discorders   Dementias  
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Programmed Aging Theory   Hayflick - genetic program/biological clock with life span pre-set  
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Theory of Reserve Capacity   People who live to sexual maturity have cells that contain genetic reserve capacity  
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Unresolved Stress Theory   Disease-causing stress interacts with aging to accelerate the degeneration  
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Wear & Tear Theory   Functions become less effecient with prolonged use and numerous insults  
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Senescence   Process of becoming old  
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Life Span   Maximum length of life biologically possible without interference  
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Life Expectancy   Average length of life figured from time of birth  
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Conquering disease & altering age-related biological process   Increase in Life Expetancy  
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Leading causes of death end of 20th century   Heart Disease Cancer Stroke COPD Pneumonia Diabetes  
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Leading chronic conditions age 65+   Arthritis Hypertension Hearing impairments Heart Disease Cataracts  
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Common social stressors in old age   Loss of income Loss of role & status Loss of spouse Isolation through disability Loss of cognitive functioning  
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Self-Help Movement   Initials health care needed Identify plan of action Decide actions to take Take responsibility for actions  
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Parsons "Sick Role"   1) Exempt from normal role responsibilities 2) Exempt from responsibility for self-care 3) Obliged to seek professional help 4) Obliged to want to, and try to, get well  
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For physical change in body to be considered part of senescence   Must have negative effect on functioning of the body  
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Which racial group is expected to experience a substantial decline among its elderly: a) American Indians b) Whites c) Pacific Islanders d) Black   Answer is b  
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All non-reproductive body cells subject to set number of cell divisions   Reserve Capacity Theory  
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Holistic model   Self-care, medical care and social support services  
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Activity Theory   Continue middle-age lifestyle  
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Denying existence of old age as long as possible   Activity Theory  
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Continuity Theory of Aging   Predisposition toward certain actions in old age similar during other phases of life AKA Development Theory  
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Remaining engaged and or active, or not   Continuity Theory of Aging  
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Disengagement Theory   Some orderly means to transfer power from old to young  
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One of the earliest, most controversial and widely discussed theories of aging   Disengagement Theory  
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Common practice of industry   Disengagement Theory  
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Exchange Theory of Aging   People will try to maximze rewards and minimize losses  
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Field Dependent   Group oriented individuals  
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Havighurst Scale   Categorizes life satisfaction: 1) zest vs apathy 2) resolution & fortitude 3) strong relationship desired & acheived goals 4) self-concept 5) mood-tone  
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Labeling Theory   Individual derives self-concept from interaction with others in social surrounding  
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Meditative Intelligence   Detachment to view problem-solving processes in larger context  
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Releases connection between thought & emotion to see problem for less-biased point of view   Meditative Intelligence  
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Hearing loss   Major impact on communication  
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Olfactory function   Sharply declines after 65  
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Reaction Time   Period that elapses between presentation of a stimulus and beginning of the response  
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Response Time   Timed reaction to visual stimuli, abstract shapes and letters  
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Relative Deprivation   Sense of being less fortunate than others  
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Symbolic Interaction Theory   Ability of humans to acquire & use language making them distinctly different from other forms of life  
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Wisdom   Excellent judgment and advice  
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Baltes 5 Elements   1) Factual knowledge 2) Procedural knowledge 3) Knowledge to place situations in appropriate context 4) knowledge considers situational relativism 5) knowledge considers uncertainty of life  
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4 stages of aging & intelligence   1) intellegence declines w/age (cross-sectional patterns) 2) consider different dimensions of intelligence (longitudinal) 3) various methods to see if adult intelligence could be improved 4) examining possibility higher mental abilities may increase  
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Friends   People known & trusted  
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Acquaintances   People known & liked  
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Biographical Life Course   Pathways people take that are influenced & intersected by historical eras/life stages  
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Cultural Life Course   Age-related progressions/sequences expected as mature & move through life  
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Formal Support Network   Private & public agencies  
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Informal Support Network   Family (personal care) and Friends (emotional support)  
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Spheres of Accomplishment   Family, Career, Age Group  
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Statistical Life Course   Studying and observing relative proportions of age cohort showing various patterns over time  
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Positively oriented   Glad to give up background - working class  
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Negatively oriented   Hate giving up work roles - middle class  
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Self-employed   Have never & don't intend to give up  
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Actively re-engaged   Find new & useful roles/activities  
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Interdependence   Bring people together to satisfy needs better than being alone  
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Intimacy   Exchange of affection, trust & confidence  
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Belonging   Sense of being more than isolated individual  
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Direct Income Sources   Earnings  
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Indirect Income Sources   Assistance  
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Old Age Survivors Insurance   Wife can choose to drop her benefits for deceased husband's  
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PBGC   US corporation guarantees payment of private pensions  
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Retirement Phase   Highly active - honeymoon period Inactive - rest & relaxation period Movement straight into retirement  
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Workforce Withdrawl   1) desire to retire 2) employment problems 3) disability  
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Median income peaks   45 - 54  
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Which of the following is not a factor to motivate people to work: a) desire for wages & benefits b) social status c) need to excel d) expend energy meaningful way   Anser is c  
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Real Estate Investment Properties   Elder Exploitation  
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Pre Paid Funeral Arrangements   Elder Exploitation  
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Easy target for Exploitation   Looking for inexpensive/quick way to increase income/wealth  
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Negative Age Discrimination   Unjust treatment due to chronological age or appearance of being old  
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Subtle Age Discrimination   Being left out of group interactions/social planning  
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Direct Age Discrimination   Being denied ability to participate in events/groups because of age  
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Townsend Plan   Gov't payment each month to be spent within 30 days of receipt and they retire  
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Medicare Part A   Hospitalization covered through payroll tax deductions  
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Medicare Part B   Physician and Outpatient expenses as supplement w/ monthly premiums deducted from SS  
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3 needs Medicare does not cover   Adaptive devices, Long-term care, Prescription drugs  
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Long-term institutional care covered   Medicaid once assets no longer available  
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Older adults vote   Depending on which party supports their vested interests  
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Led to formation of the Townsend Plan   Shift from agricultural economy to industrial economy  
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Middle-aged adults with family & work responsibilities making it difficult to care for elderly family members   Advocacy group to aid older adults in acquision of money through political process  
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Took on AMA against disengagement   Gray Panthers  
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Paved way for creation of the Administration on Aging   Older Americans Act of 1965  
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Active Euthanasia   Giving or allowing patient to give a lethal dose  
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Active Suicide   Results in death  
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Adaptive Denial   Individual acknowledges death and its implications and focuses on what remains rather than what is being lost  
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Anticipatory Grief   Grieving while terminally ill still alive  
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Brittle Denial   Person represses fact they are dying and fails to assimilate implications of impending death  
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Dying Trajectory   Rate of decline in functional ability that will ulitimately result in physical death  
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Emotional Bereavement   Emotionally adapting to person's death which includes anger, anxiety, overwhelming sadness, depression and preoccupation with thoughts of the deceased  
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Euthanasia   Deliberate shortening of person's life to relieve suffering  
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Hospice   Physical entity that provides support to dying and caregivers (Respite Care)  
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Intellectual Bereavement   Purification of the memory of the deceased where all negative characteristics are forgotten and only idealized memory remains  
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Passive Euthanasia   Allowing person to die by deciding to do nothing  
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Passive Suicide   Person makes decisions that will eventually result in death  
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Neglecting health, failing to take life-sustaining meds/treatments, engaging in dangerous activies, refusing to eat   Passive Suicide  
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Physical Bereavement   Physically adapting to person's death with symptoms of SOB, sighning, chest tightness, emptiness, loss of energy, lack of strength and nausea  
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Physical Death   Absence of breathing, heartbeat, reflexes  
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Respite Care   Temporary personal and nursing care to terminally ill people & their families  
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Secularization of Death   Practice of distinguishing death and pretending it doesn't exist AKA: bureacratization of death  
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Voluntary Euthanasia   Patient requests to be taken off all life-supporting systems  
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Estimation of time frame terminally ill individual has   Dying Trajectory  
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Unreceptivity and unresponsiveness, lack of movements or breathing, lack of reflexes, flat EEG   Physical Death - Harvard  
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Social Death   People no longer treated as individuals but as unthinking and unfeeling objects  
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Kubler-Ross's 5 stages of dying   Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance  
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Bereavement   Process of adapting to a person's death  
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Protest Grief   Denial, disbelief, anger accompanied by numbness, weeping bodily complaints  
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Despair Grief   Disorgainization, restlessness, searching  
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Detachment Grief   Begin pulling back and survivor begins to reorganize reality of loss and direct energies to other areas of concern  
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Adjustment Grief   Final stage where grieving person can talk about deceased without severe emotional upset  
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Death as great leveler   Everyone eventually dies regardless of class, race, etc  
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Death as great validator   Confirms status of distinction individual carried while alive  
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Death as radical transformer   Belief in being reuinited with deceased and changing life or anticipating death  
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Death as ultimate solution   Seen as resolution to prolonged crisis  
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Women   See death as merciful  
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Men   See death as antagonist mind-set  
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Young   See death as far in future demanding little if any attention  
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Middle Aged   Becoming more aware of death with biological changes but don't have time to resolve fears of dying  
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Old   Come to accept the inevitable & show less anxiety  
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Dying without pain/suffering   Euthanasia - Old term  
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Curosity, hope, apathy and relief   Also part of the stages of dying  
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Decreasing physical & emotion burdens of patient and family   Goal of hospice  
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Helping patient maintain dignity during dying process   Goal of hospice  
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Minimizing trauma of death for remaining family members   Goal of hospice  
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Bereaved   Being deprived of close relation or friend through death  
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Funeral   Social event allowing community to openly show respect for the deceased & support for the survivors  
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