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chap 5
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| menopause | he biological event in which a woman’s production of sex hormones is sharply reduced |
| generativity | the desire, in middle age, to use one’s accumulated wisdom to guide future generations |
| stagnation | a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past |
| decremental model of aging | idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age |
| ageism | prejudice or discrimination against the elderly |
| dementia | decreases in mental abilities, which can be experienced by some people in old age |
| Alzheimers disease | a condition that destroys a person’s ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself or himself |
| thanatology | the study of dying and death |
| hospice | a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying |