Aging and Society Lingo

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Across
  1. 3. Some kind of sickness of physical illness
  2. 4. The medical specialty treating the diseases of old age
  3. 10. This theory states that the more active people are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with life
  4. 13. Discrimination and stereotypes about people based on chronological age
  5. 14. This type of family is needed for reproducing one generation to another; this is, mother, father, and children
  6. 16. This theory states that aging people are inclined to maintain the same habits, personalities, and styles of life the best that they can
  7. 17. This theory states that the interaction in social groups is based on the reciprocal balancing of rewards depending on actions performed
  8. 18. The idea that aging can be understood as gradually becoming more and more mechanical in response to the environment
  9. 19. housing This is an alternative type of housing arrangement involving group residence with shared common areas or renting of unused rooms
  10. 21. Joint federal and state program that helps low-income families or individuals pay for the costs of long term medical or custodial care
Down
  1. 1. Leaving one's job or ceasing to work
  2. 2. Long life or long existence
  3. 5. This theory states that the idea of aging results from gradual decline in the body's autoimmune system
  4. 6. This theory states that the ides of aging results from accumulation of cross-linked compounds that interfere with normal cell function
  5. 7. The type of responsibility of adult children to provide and care for their aged parents
  6. 8. care The type of care that combines insurance with health care providers and facilities in a unified network to control costs
  7. 9. expectancy Predicted length of life
  8. 11. Reimbursement of health care services on a per-head basis rather than a per-service basis
  9. 12. jeopardy An older person who is a member of two or more disadvantaged groups
  10. 15. Boomers Americans born between 1946-1964
  11. 17. A fair return to beneficiaries depending on how much they contribute to the system
  12. 20. loss The process of giving up or losing previous roles, such as the role of a spouse