Question 1

What are some of the persistent social problems for the elderly in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Health care, poverty, and isolation 
B)  Boredom, technology, political intolerance 
C)  Cultural irrelevance, technology, health care 
D)  Isolation, political intolerance, cultural irrelevance 
A)  Health care, poverty, and isolation 
B)  Boredom, technology, political intolerance 
C)  Cultural irrelevance, technology, health care 
D)  Isolation, political intolerance, cultural irrelevance

Question 2

The notion that people gradually distance themselves from previous positions in society and transition to retirement and/or new responsibilities is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  transitional retirement. 
B)  social isolation. 
C)  disengagement theory. 
D)  activity theory. 
A)  transitional retirement. 
B)  social isolation. 
C)  disengagement theory. 
D)  activity theory.

Question 3

What is the biggest financial challenge for today's older Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Health care 
B)  Student loan debt 
C)  Credit card and loan debt 
D)  Housing 
A)  Health care 
B)  Student loan debt 
C)  Credit card and loan debt 
D)  Housing

Question 4

The number of Americans over age 55 is expected to represent nearly what percent of the overall labor force by 2026?

Accepted Answer

A)  10% 
B)  25% 
C)  33% 
D)  50% 
A)  10% 
B)  25% 
C)  33% 
D)  50%

Question 5

Which theory offers keen insight into how gender factors into the discussion and experience of aging in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Queer theory 
B)  Conflict theory 
C)  Feminist theory 
D)  Symbolic Interactionism 
A)  Queer theory 
B)  Conflict theory 
C)  Feminist theory 
D)  Symbolic Interactionism

Question 6

What percentage of people over age 65 in the U.S. live in long-term care facilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  4% 
B)  14% 
C)  34% 
D)  54% 
A)  4% 
B)  14% 
C)  34% 
D)  54%

Question 7

Who comprises the vast majority of widowed people in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elderly men 
B)  Elderly women 
C)  All elderly (equal for men and women) 
D)  All middle-aged people 40-55 (equal for men and women) 
A)  Elderly men 
B)  Elderly women 
C)  All elderly (equal for men and women) 
D)  All middle-aged people 40-55 (equal for men and women)

Question 8

What law provided rationale and funding for nutrition services and other programs to help the elderly were funded by what law?

Accepted Answer

A)  Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967 
B)  Older Americans Act of 1965 
C)  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program of 1996 
D)  Social Security Act of 1965 
A)  Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967 
B)  Older Americans Act of 1965 
C)  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program of 1996 
D)  Social Security Act of 1965

What are some of the persistent social problems for the elderly in the U.S.?

The notion that people gradually distance themselves from previous positions in society and transition to retirement and/or new responsibilities is referred to as

What is the biggest financial challenge for today's older Americans?

The number of Americans over age 55 is expected to represent nearly what percent of the overall labor force by 2026?

Which theory offers keen insight into how gender factors into the discussion and experience of aging in the U.S.?

What percentage of people over age 65 in the U.S. live in long-term care facilities?

Who comprises the vast majority of widowed people in the U.S.?

What law provided rationale and funding for nutrition services and other programs to help the elderly were funded by what law?

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What are some of the persistent social problems for the elderly in the U.S.?

The notion that people gradually distance themselves from previous positions in society and transition to retirement and/or new responsibilities is referred to as

What is the biggest financial challenge for today's older Americans?

The number of Americans over age 55 is expected to represent nearly what percent of the overall labor force by 2026?

Which theory offers keen insight into how gender factors into the discussion and experience of aging in the U.S.?

What percentage of people over age 65 in the U.S. live in long-term care facilities?

Who comprises the vast majority of widowed people in the U.S.?

What law provided rationale and funding for nutrition services and other programs to help the elderly were funded by what law?

What Is Sociology and Why Should I Care

Why Is Crime Always in the News Crime and Interpersonal Violence

Are More People Getting High Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Why Are There so Many Poor People Poverty and Inequality

Do You Want Fries With That Work and the Economy

Cant We All Just Get Along Racial and Ethnic Inequalities

Can I Stay a Little Longer Immigration and Refugees

Does Education Really Lead to a Better Life Educational Inequalities

Why Cant a Woman Do That Gender Inequalities

Love Is Love: Sexuality and Sexual Behavior

Does Family Really Matter Changes to the American Family

Are You Feeling Okay Health and Health Care

Whats That Smell the Environmental Crisis

Do We Need to Be Afraid War and Terrorism

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