Health Sciences 2711A/B Final:
28 Jul 2020
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Defining aging: aging begins long before the physical signs become obvious. Indicators of aging used to classify people into groups: chronological age, age since birth, used to determine eligibility for programs (ex. Life span: theoretical limit on the length of life (115-120 years) Life expectancy: average number of years a member of an age category is expected to live given the base year mortality rates. Key global trends in population aging: changing family structure, fewer children, fewer family supports, changes in work and retirement, more time spent in retirement pensions, social insurance programs. Age prejudice/ageism: cognition and emotion, negative belief/attitudes toward older adults based on the belief that aging makes people, unattractive, unintelligent, asexual, unemployable, mentally incompetent. Age discrimination: behaviour, treating people in an unjustly negative manner because of their chronological age (or appearance of age) and for no other reason, behaviours that are based on prejudices and stereotypes about aging. Language based age discrimination: young as a positive.
