Ageism as a Social Problem - Ageism – prejudice and discrimination against people based on age - Age-Based stereotypes - Older persons as slow in their thinking and movement - As living in the past and unable to change - As cranky - Sickly, and lacking in social value - “greedy geezers”, living an affluent lifestyle while ignoring the needs of future Generations Social Inequality and the Life Course - Social gerontology – the study of the social aspects of aging - Childhood - Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood - Young Adulthood - Middle Age - Later Maturity and Old Age Death and Dying - Trajectories of grief approach - Resilience - Recovery - Chronic dysfunction - Delayed grief or trauma - Hospices are organizations that provide a homelike facility or home-based care for People who are terminally ill Problems Associated with Age Stratification - Workplace discrimination - Retirement and changing roles - Health, illness, and health care Family Problems of Older Persons - Social isolation - Housing Patterns and Long-term care facilities - Low-income planned housing - Congregate housing - Multilevel facilities Perspectives on Aging and Social Inequality - The functionalist perspective - disengagement theory - The symbolic interactionalist perspective - activity theory - Conflict and feminist perspectives - feminist theory