Which statement best demonstrates the primary benefit of intergenerational partnering and the activities that it creates?
a. These types of activities can help establish new relationships.
b. Intergenerational activities can foster a sense of meaning and purpose.
c. Such partnering can increase the self-esteem of the younger people.
d. These activities can decrease social isola-tion in the older people.
ANS: B
Intergenerational activities primarily focus on fostering a sense of meaning and purpose in those involved. Establishing new relationships, increasing self-esteem of younger people, and decreas-ing isolation in older people are goals, but will occur most often when the individual has a life with purpose and meaning.
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