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| In Lawton and Nahemow's model, the point at which competence and environmental press are in balance. |
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| Designed to provide support, companionship, and certain services during the day. |
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| Assisted Living Facilities |
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| Housing options for older adults that provide a supportive living arrangement for people who need assistance with personal care (such as bathing or taking medications) but who are not so impaired physically or cognitively that they need 24-hour care. |
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| In lawton and Nahemow's model, the theoretical upper limit of a persons ability to function. |
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| In Kahana's model, the notion that people need to find the environment in which they fit and that meets their needs the best. |
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| When people allow the situation to dictate the options they have and exert little control. |
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| Also called environmental psychology, a field of study that seeks to understand the dynamic relations between older adults and the environment which they inhabit. |
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| In Lawtons and Nahemow's model, the demands put on a person by the environment. |
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| A person's potential ability to perform a wide range of activities considered essential for independent living. |
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| Infantilization or Elderspeak |
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| "Secondary baby talk", a type of speech that incolces the unwarranted use of a person's first name, terms of endearment, simplified expressions, short imperatives, an assumption that the recipient has no memory, and cajoling as a means of demanding compliance. |
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| Inappropriate speech to older adults that is based on stereotypes of incompetence and dependence. |
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| Person-Environment Interactions |
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| This interface between people and the world in which they live that forms the basis for development, meaning that behavior is a function of both the person and the environment. |
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| When people choose new behaviors to meet new desires or needs and exert control over their lives. |
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| In competence-environment press theory, area in which slight decreases in environmental processes occur. |
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| Zone of Maximum Performance Potential |
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| In competence-environmental press theory, the area in which increases in press tend to improve performance. |
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