Society & Aging

1. people aged 85 and older
6. legal responsibility for another person's welfare
8. temporary care for dependent older people to allow the caregiver some time off
9. residential facilities for older adults that provide limited supportive care and permit a high degree of independence
12. as applied to Social Security, a fair return to beneficiaries depending on how much they contribute to the system
14. an individual's written statement specifying or limiting his or her medical treatment in a situation without hope of recovery
15. people aged 65 to 74
17. the predicted length of life usually from some specific point in time such as birth
18. a pension system, public or private, in which future retirement benefits owed are paid out of money saved up in advance
19. prejudice or negative stereotypes about people based on chronological age
20. rituals that mark major life events, thereby reinforcing shared norms about age grading

2. the excess of social security payroll taxes collected over the amount paid out, including excess funds accumulated from prior years
3. a rise in the average age of the population; alternatively, an increase in the proportion of the population made up of people over age 65
4. a maximum number of cell divisions that normal cells undergo as typically measured in a laboratory dish
5. those people, usually women, who have obligations to care for children as well as older parents or in-laws
7. a view holding that the more active people are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with life
10. the medical specialty treating the diseases of old age
11. the intellectual ability to solve novel tasks or problems
13. a group of people born within a bounded period of years, such as the baby boom generation
16. the federal government program that pays for acute health care for older people