Across
- 3. the potential for retraining
- 4. prejudice or negative stereotypes about people based on chronological age
- 7. people aged 55 and over
- 9. an approach that combines elements of both means testing and taxation
- 10. the degree of unused potential for learning that exists at any given time
- 13. effects brought about by the physiological process or aging, along with social responses by others to those effects
- 14. designation of people into categories based on chronological age
- 17. intelligence applied to new tasks or the ability to come up with novel or creative solutions to unforeseen problems
- 19. a term used by sociologists to describe what is often know as social class
- 20. a group of people born within a bounded period of years, such as the baby
- 21. temporary care for dependent older people to allow the caregiver some time off
- 23. people aged 75 to 84
- 24. term referring to the 77 million people born in the United States between 1946 and 1964
Down
- 1. the idea that interaction in social groups is based on reciprocal balance
- 2. based on the goal of offering a range of housing and care options responsive to changing individual needs
- 5. the federal government program that pays for acute health care for older people
- 6. reflects accumulated past experience and the effects of socialization
- 8. appearing to be poor by taking advantage of legal loopholes to avoid the Medicaid trap
- 11. a law that requires hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities to advise all patients at the point of admission about their right to accept of refuse medical treatment
- 12. a federal and stat program that pays for health care expenses of people who fall below the poverty line
- 15. a designated spokesperson who represents the interest of an incapacitated person and reports to the court
- 16. impoverishing themselves by spending all income and assets to qualify for Medicaid coverage
- 18. generation
- 22. a cash benefit program for the older poor, blind, and disabled