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"Good Old Age" Factors
1. Physical Health / Functioning 2. Material Security 3. Family 4. Sociality
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Social Assistance
Programs that provide minimal benefits for the needy, means tested through income and behavior
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Social Insurance
Provides economic security over life course, people contribute to a common pool and earn benefits
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Social Assistance Programs
- 1. Medicaid - funded by income tax and state tax, is health insurance for aged, blind, and disabled poor
- 2. SSI - funded by income tax, is income for aged, blind, and disabled
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Social Insurance Programs
- 1. Social Security - funded by payroll tax of workers and employers, is income for workers age 62+ or dependents
- 2. Disability Insurance - funded by payroll tax of workers and employers, is income for any disabled worker who has contributed to Social Security
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Medicare
- Form of Social Insurance, is health insurance for Social Security recipients and for spouse at age 65.
- Components: 1. Hospital Insurance 2. Supplemental Medical Insurance 3. Medicare Advantage 4. Prescription Drugs
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Caregiving
Emotional support, instrumental support (transportation, meals, shopping), personal care, and contacting/monitoring/coordinating services. 50% of women will be caregivers and 75% of caregivers are women
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Caregiving Stress
Emotional Stress, Financial Stress, Physical Stress
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Right to Die
Individuals have the right to dignity and privacy and informed participation
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Assisted Suicide
Someone helping you kill yourself
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Active Euthenasia
Deliberate steps taken to bring about someone elses death
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