SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Legal Drinking Age, Slow-Wave Sleep, Senescence
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Later life can be viewed as a time of new or renewed opportunity. + one has free time to travel and pursue hobbies and interests that had to be put on hold to fulfill work and family demands earlier in life. Elderly person must adjust to physical and social changes, declines in health, and the death of loved ones. Family members of elderly persons must make adjustments taking care for the elderly family member within the context of their own busy lives. + oldest-old: 85 and older by competence or performance) Measure old by chronological age (one"s age in years) or by functional age (one"s age measured. A person can have a functional age that is younger or older than his or her chronological age. Life expectancy: number of years an individual born in a particular year (cohort) can expect to live (how many years of life they can expect to have left)
