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| Factors that affect our quality of life as we age: high level of engagement with life, low risk of disease, high physical & cognitive function levels |
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| indicators; wealth, employment, built environment, physical & mental health, education, recreation & leisure time, social belonging |
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| core fabric of social communities and the attitude, spirit and willingness of people to engage in collective civic activities. Strategic Social Plan: safety and security, friendship and community, a sense of civic identity, etc. |
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| Refers to a person’s habits and roles relative to society’s expectations; retirement, grandparenthood, parenthood. (Becoming a grandmother at the age of 35 versus 65) |
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| Enhanced Wellness Program (EW): |
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| community-based health promotion program that helps prevent disabilities & improves health & functioning in older adults. Previous randomized trail reported decreased in-patient use of EW participant |
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| Physician acts directly by giving a lethal injection to end the patient’s life |
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