Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Symbolic Interactionism, Geriatrics, Social Constructionism
28 Apr 2013
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Population aging occurs when a society is experiencing a growth in the proportion of its people who are older, typically 65+ Canadians aged 85+ are the fastest growing portion of our population. The average life expectancy of women born in 2003 is just over 82 years, men 77. Geriatrics: the study of the physiological aspects of aging and the unique health concerns of older persons. Gerontology: an interdisciplinary study of aging that involves the physical, psychological and social processes related to growing older and being an older person. 65 is a social marker of later life, the conventional retirement age and age of entitlement to economic benefits in most western countries. Only death is not. zobra the greek. One traditional scale of stressful life events, starting with the 10th: retirement, martial reconciliation, being fired from work, marriage, personal injury or illness, death of a close family member, jail term, marital separation, divorce, death of a spouse.
