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Psyc 200 - chpt 25
Late Adulthood: Psychosocial Development
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The final stage of Erik Erikson's developmental sequence, in which older adults seek to integrate their unique experiences with their vision of community | Integrity versus Despair |
| The tendency for elderly people to perceive, prefer, and remember positive images and experiences more than negative ones | Positivity effect |
| Refers to a preference of elderly people to remain in the same home and community, adjusting but not leaving when health fades | Age in place |
| A U.S. organization of people aged 50+ which advocates for the elderly. It was originally called the American Association of Retired Persons, but now only the initials of AARP are used, to reflect the fact that the organizations members dunhav2b retired | AARP |
| Collectively, the family members, friends, acquaintances, and even strangers who move through live with an individual | Social convoy |
| The idea that adult children are obligated to care for their aging parents. This influences adjustments to caring for an aging parent. | Filial responsibility |
| People over the age of 65 who are physically infirm, very ill, or cognitively impaired. Usually the oldest-old, past age 85. | Frail elderly |
| 5 physical, eating, bathing, toileting, dressing and transferring. If help is needed with even 1, person is considered frail. For insurance purposes, frailty does not begin until a person is unable to perform 3+ | Activities of daily life, actions that are important to independent living/self care. Inability to perform any of these is a sign of frailty |
| Require intellectual competence and forethought. More difficult to measure competence at IADLS because they vary from culture to culture. Shopping for groceries, paying bills, driving car, taking medications, keeping appts. consider frail if not competent | Instrumental activities of daily life (IADL) |
| Less than this percent of the world's population are unable to perform their ADLS/IADLS, but it is rising for three reasons: | 2%; people are living longer, medicare emphasizes preventing death more than enhancing life, adequate nutrition, safe housing, & health aids able to prevent/postpone frailty |
| An arrangement in which a professional caregiver relieves a frail elderly person's usual family caregiver for a few hours each day or for an occasional weekend | Respite care |
| A living arrangement for elderly people that combines privacy and independence with medical supervision. Intermediate form of elder care between one's own residence and nursing home | Assisted living |
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