Exam 16: Relationships in the Later Years

According to Wang et al. (2011), which of the following is not a variable associated with enjoying retirement?

What state allows for physician-assisted suicide?

Which term means "good death" and is the deliberate taking of an individual's life at his/her request?

Discuss how one might go about aging successfully.

Discuss the association between physical fitness and a quality of life among the elderly.

With regard to the satisfaction with social relationships, which of the following is true?

Caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease identified which two themes in their decision to institutionalize their loved one?

The elderly in Spain report considerable life satisfaction, suggesting that aging is:

What percentage of university students reported having a loving relationship with their grandmother/grandfather?

As a young college student, you can expect to retire and draw social security at age:

What is the single most important determinant of an elderly person's reported happiness?

Hostetler (2011) noted that some senior citizens avoid using senior centers because:

At age 80 and over, what percentage are hearing/visually impaired?

____ is a term that refers to the systematic persecution/degradation of old people.

Most of the care given the elderly is:

Social security accounts for about 80 percent of what a person previously made.

Identify and discuss four reasons why an increasing number of individuals are becoming the "sandwich generation."

Which of the following is not an effect of caring for one's elderly parents and children?

____ is the criterion used by the elderly to define themselves as old.

Medicare is a federal insurance program that pays for long term nursing care for the elderly.