Across
- 3. some kind of sickness or physical illness
- 6. suicide a doctor or family member actively provides the means or carries out the instructions required for an individual to end his or her life
- 7. older people often go into
- 8. major public payer in nursing homes
- 9. jeopardy faced by older people who are simultaneously members of two disadvantaged groups
- 11. status social class
- 12. care the maintenance and improvement of physical and mental health
- 13. the potential for retraining
- 16. private health insurance policies
- 18. old people aged 85 and over
Down
- 1. aging rise in average age of population
- 2. most prevalent chronic disease of old age
- 4. legal responsibility of another person's welfare
- 5. prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age.
- 8. chief government program that pays for health care
- 10. boom americans born between 1946 and 1964
- 14. aging optimal aging
- 15. expectancy predicted length of life
- 17. the state of being extremely poor
- 19. Security government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income.