Chapter 15 - Late Adulthood: Psychosocial Development - Text Book

self theories

Theories of late adulthood that emphasize the core self, or the search to maintain one's integrity and identity.

integrity vs despair

Erikson's final stage, older adults seek to integrate their unique experiences with their vision of community.

compulsive hoarding

The urge to accumulate and hold on to familiar objects and possessions, sometimes to the point of their becoming health and/or safety hazards

positivity effect

the tendency for elderly people to perceive, prefer, and remember positive images and experiences more than negative ones

stratification theories

theories that emphasize the social forces, particularly those related to a person's social stratum or social category, limit individual choices and affect a person's ability to function in late adulthood because past stratification continues to limit life in various ways

disengagement theory

The view that aging makes a person's social sphere increasingly narrow, resulting in role relinquishment, withdrawal, and passivity.

activity theory

the view that satisfaction during old age is related to a person's amount and quality of activity

filial responsibility

the obligation of adult children to care for their aging parents

age in place

to remain in the same home and community in later life, adjusting but not leaving when health fades

naturally occurring retirement community (NORC)

a neighborhood or apartment complex whose population is mostly retired people who moved to the location as younger adults and never left

frail

people over age 65, and often over age 85, who are physically infirm, very ill, or cognitively disabled.

activities of daily life (ADLs)

5 tasks of self care; putting on clothes, feeding oneself, moving (transferring) from a bed to a chair, using the toilet, bathing.

instrumental activities of daily life (IADLs)

Actions ( paying bills and car maintenance) that are important to independent living and that require some intellectual competence and forethought.

integrated care

care of frail elders that combines the caregiving strengths of everyone—family, medical professionals, social workers, and the elders themselves.