Exam 17: Health and Aging

What term is used in the text for the study of human population size, characteristics, structure, and distribution, and how these change over time?

In an aging society, one type of health-care service that is especially important is home care. What percentage of public health-care expenditures is attributable to this significant service?

Maggie is an 85-year-old senior who needs a walker to get around her apartment; she can't bathe herself, clean, or cook meals. How would her lifestyle be categorized?

From a sociological perspective, how do social inequalities lead to poorer health in disadvantaged groups?

Discuss the importance of the life course perspective and how it may be used to explain long-term health effects.

Discuss how inequality itself affects health by explaining the hierarchy stress perspective.

What is the compression of morbidity hypothesis? What impact does this have on health-care costs?

The people listed below are all between the ages of 70 to 75. Who is most likely to be living in poverty?

Joan is 75 years of age, and prior to her stroke was a very self-sufficient and active woman, but now she has difficulty getting herself dressed in the morning. Additionally, the medication prescribed to help prevent another stroke has resulted in her feet and ankles swelling, which makes it challenging for her to walk. Which of the following explains Joan's condition?

Widowed women are likelier to marry than are widowed men.

Which of the following statements about health is true?

Darma is 80 years old and living on a very tight budget; she cannot afford to travel. Leonard is also 80 and has a generous pension so he can afford to travel. However, he suffers from terrible arthritis, so he is unable to travel. According to your text, what could explain Darma and Leonard's similar ends?

The federal government calls a meeting of all the provincial premiers to discuss the looming crisis in Canada's old-age security pension financial condition. It is underfunded for the wave of baby boomers who will soon begin to collect. What term best describes the framing of this issue?

Discuss how globalization affects health and aging and poses a threat to Canadian health care.

What percentage of the genetic mutations leading to cancer are caused by environmental factors?

The main reason for the increasing proportion of seniors in the population is a decline in fertility rates.

Lawrence refuses to change his diet and regularly eats fried foods. His cholesterol is high and he is overweight. What practice is Lawrence neglecting?

What have sociologists said about attempts to explain social inequalities in health, when comparing them with individually chosen lifestyle behaviours, such as diet and exercise?

Which of the following statements is true about life expectancies?

A politician was heard saying, "We must address the growing number of seniors draining the health-care system. I propose seniors pay 50 percent of their expenses to ensure our resources are available to the younger population as well." According to your text, which of the following situations is reflected in this statement?