Which of the following is true of older adults?

A. Older adults are unproductive.
B. Older adults are incapable of learning new ideas.
C. Health disparities have positive consequences for healthy aging.
D. Social integration contributes to healthy aging.


D. Social integration contributes to healthy aging.

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Develop a proposal for a new treatment group, using the outline provided in this chapter. While it should not be an expectation that you will actually implement the group, select a type of group that would be relevant to a field placement agency.

What will be an ideal response?

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Scientific charity is defined as

a. intelligent giving. b. the notion that charity should work against natural selection, not with it. c. the concept that social factors are the primary cause of economic disadvantage. d. the belief that assistance encourages independence.

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Which of the following best describes a key consideration for the influence of power on group dynamics?

a. Members who have experienced oppression are likely to have conflict with group leaders. b. Experiences of marginalization lead to unwillingness to take on roles with any expert power. c. Members who have experienced marginalization are likely to try to oppress other members. d. Experiences of marginalization can be internalized or externalized and strongly influence member participation.

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Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, AFDC, Food Stamps, and Medicaid were converted from federal entitlements to block grants to the states

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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