An 85-year-old client takes meals on wheels around the community. The client states, "All those old people really need me, you know how older people are. They can't get out, and are a burden to their family, and I just want to help."
Most of the people on the client's delivery route are in their 60s. Which of the following characterizes this scenario?
A) Ageism
B) Aging anxiety
C) Aging attribution
D) Antiaging
Ans: A
Ageism is a way of pigeonholing people and not allowing them to be individuals with unique ways of living their lives. Older adults between the ages 81 and 98 held more ageist stereotypes and reported more avoidance of older adults than younger older adults. The antiaging movement views aging as a process that can be stopped and the life span as something that can be extended for up to 200 years. Aging anxiety is fears about detrimental effects associated with older adulthood. Age attribution is the tendency to attribute problems to the aging process rather than to pathologic and potentially treatable conditions.
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