SOC334H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Phishing, Botulinum Toxin, Baby Talk
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Also need to prevent illness with aging society: gerontology looks at how aging affects the individual, and how an aging population changes society. They often get sick and die shortly after they retire. Reality: rarely the case, find meaning in life through volunteering, also found things to do. Some people retire because of poor health which is why people think this myth is true. Myth: most older people feel depressed, lonely, and bored. Reality: besides dementia, older people have lower rates of mental disorders. Feel less stressed, relief from caring for children. Myth: people in older age groups face a higher risk of criminal victimization than people in younger age groups. Reality: older people face a lower risk than any other age group. Older victims know their attacker, only 1/3 of victimized older people experienced injury. Compared with younger people, older people stay home because they fear crime. Older people do face relatively high rates of certain crimes like fraud.
