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Test Bank For Aging Concepts and Controversies 9th Edition By Moody
Test Bank For Aging Concepts and Controversies 9th Edition By Harry R. Moody, Jennifer R. Sasser, ISBN: 9781506328003, ISBN: 9781506396439, ISBN: 9781506396446
Presenting current research in an innovative text-reader format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Ninth Edition encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues we face as a society. Not simply a summary of research literature, this text focuses on controversies and questions, rather than on assimilating facts or arriving at a single “correct” view about aging and older people. Drawing on their extensive expertise, the authors first provide an overview of aging in three domains: aging over the life course, health care, and the socioeconomic aspects of aging. Each section is followed by a series of edited readings, offering different perspectives from experts and specialists on that subject.
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Table Of Content
Age Identification
The Stages of Life
The Life Course and Aging
Traditional Theories of Aging
Influences on the Life Course
Aging in the 21st Century
The Biology of Aging
Aging and Psychological Functioning
Conclusion
The Meaning of Age
Leisure Activities in Later Life
Religion and Spirituality
Gerontology and the Meaning of Age
Activity or Reflection?
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
The Process of Biological Aging
Biological Theories of Aging
Is Aging Inevitable?
Ways to Prolong the Life Span
Compression or Prolongation of Morbidity?
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
Elements of Cognitive Function
The Classic Aging Pattern
Measures of Late-Life Intelligence
Studies of Age and Cognitive Function
Correlates of Cognitive Stability
Creativity in an Aging Population
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
The Challenge of Longevity
Epidemiology of Aging
Economics of Health Care
Long-Term Care
Self-Determined Death
Conclusion
Precedents for Health Care Rationing
The Justification for Age-Based Rationing
Rationing as a Cost-Saving Plan
The Impetus for Rationing
Cost Versus Age
Alternative Approaches to Rationing
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
The Debate Over Age-Based Rationing
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
Aging and the American Family
Abandonment or Independence?
Family Responsibility
Medicaid and Long-Term Care
Financing Long-Term Care
Medicaid Planning
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
The Vulnerabilities of Older People
Interfering When People Make Bad Choices
Elder Abuse and Neglect
Perceptions of Quality of Life
Sexuality in Later Life
Crime and Older Adults
Intervention in the Lives of Vulnerable Older Adults
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
Depression and Suicide
The “Right to Die”
Outlook for the Future
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
The Varieties of Aging Experience
The Economic Status of Older Americans
Public Policy on Aging
Conclusion
A Tale of Two Generations
Justice Between Generations
The Least-Advantaged Older Adults
Help for Those Most in Need
The Targeting Debate
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
Main Features of Social Security
Success—and Doubt
Pay as You Go
Social Security Trust Fund
Eligibility
Privatization
Women and Social Security
Debate Over Social Security
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
History of Retirement
Origins of Late-Life Leisure
Changes in the American Economy
A New View of Retirement
Debate Over Retirement Policy
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
Who Are the Boomers?
What Is a Generation? Age-Period-Cohort Analysis
Social Construction of the Boomer Phenomenon
Boomers in the Years Ahead
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
The New Customer Majority
Market Sectors Likely to Grow
What Do Older Consumers Want?
Limits of the Marketplace Model
Questions for Writing, Reflection, and Debate
