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Chapter 13: The Elderly

Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e

James M. Henslin

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Aging in Global Perspective

 Social Construction of Aging  Tiwi vs. Abkhasians  Industrialization and Graying of the Globe  Graying of America  Race, Ethnicity, and Aging

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

 How Does a Culture Signal We Are Old?  What Does Old Age Mean?

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

 Deciding When You Are Old  Biology  Personal History  Gender Age  Timetable

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

 Cultural Differences on Perceptions of Age  Traditional Native Americans  Tiwi  Eskimos

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Changing Perceptions of Elderly

 Shifting Meanings  Influence of Mass Media  Ageism

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Functionalist Perspective

 Disengagement Theory  Activity Theory  Continuity Theory

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Conflict Perspective

 Social Security Legislation  Intergenerational Conflict

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Conflict Perspective

 Fighting Back  Gray Panthers  AARP

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Problems of Dependency

 Isolation and Gender  Nursing Homes  Understaffing, Dehumanization, and Death  Technology and Nursing Homes

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Problems of Dependency

 Elder Abuse  Elderly Poor  Gender and Poverty  Race-Ethnicity and Poverty

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Sociology of Death and Dying

 Industrialization and New Technology  Death as a Process      Denial Anger Negotiation Depression Acceptance

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Sociology of Death and Dying

 Hospices  Suicide and Age  Adjusting to Death

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Chapter 13: The Elderly Looking Towards the Future

 Lifespan and Technological Advancements  Social Planning for Increasingly Aged Population

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