Across
- 2. a person born in the years following World War II, when there was a temporary marked increase in the birth rate
- 4. study of aging from a medical perspective
- 6. Ability of a person to deal with the issues of life in an effective way
- 8. people try to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs in interaction with others because elderly have fewer resources to bring to an exchange relationship
- 13. people 85 or older
- 14. studying aging process in terms of biological, behavioral and social phenomena that accompany it
- 16. assumes elderly lost status during shift to bureaucratic organizations- emphasis on up to date education for work, modernization has caused the status of the aged to decline
- 17. unless constrained by poor health or disability, older people have same psychological and social needs that middle aged people do
- 20. normal aging involves a continuity in personality structure and in patterns of social interaction
- 21. a federal program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and older and for certain disabled persons under 65
- 22. a federal and state program that pays for health care expenses for people who fall below the poverty line
Down
- 1. A basic level of financial security, support for opportunities to achieve a satisfying lifestyle in a community of choice
- 3. death
- 5. the progressive deterioration of body systems that can increase the risk of mortality as the the individual gets older
- 7. common form of dementia among older people
- 9. rituals that mark major life events, thereby reinforcing social norms about age grading
- 10. people aged 65-74
- 11. Normal aging involves natural and inevitable mutual withdrawal/disengagement from society
- 12. the average number of years that people in a particular cohort are expected to live
- 15. critical changes that occur at all stages of life, such as becoming a retiree
- 18. people aged 75-84
- 19. illness and disease