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1Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Santa Fe County Extension Office,
New Mexico State Univesrity.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
aces.nmsu.edu/pubs • Cooperative Extension Service • Guide F-125
Aging: What to Expect and How to Cope
Revised by Cydney Martin1
All About Discovery!TM
New Mexico State University
aces.nmsu.edu
The College of
Agricultural,
Consumer and
Environmental
Sciences is an
engine for economic and community
development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and extension
programs.
Aging or growing older is inevitable.
“The Census Bureau reported that the median age of Americans—the age at which half are older and half are younger—rose nationally from just over 35 years to nearly 38 years in the years between 2000 and 2016, driven by the aging of the “baby boom” generation.
The number of residents age 65 and older grew from 35 million to 49.2 million during those 16 years, jumping from 12 percent of the total population to 15 percent.” (Associated Press, 2017)
What does being older mean? What is known about the aging process? Knowledge and beliefs about aging shape how we age and how we treat
others who are older. Take the following quiz to see how much you know about aging. Correct answers follow the questions.
QUESTIONS
True/False 1. Normal aging causes a slowdown of bodily functions,
while disease leads to a temporary or permanent breakdown
in functioning.
True/False 2. Everybody ages in the same way.
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Object Description
| Title | Aging: What to expect and how to cope, 2018 |
| Series Designation | Guide F-125 |
| Description | Guide containing general information on the validity of myths surrounding aging in the United States. Revised March 2018. |
| Subject | Aging--United States; Old age--United States; senescence (NAL); elderly (NAL); United States (NAL) |
| Creator | DelCampo, Diana S., 1949-; Martin, Cydney |
| Date Original | 2018-03 |
| Digital Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| Collection | NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications |
| Digital Identifier | UAAPg00F125a.pdf |
| Source | https://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/ |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
Page Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Series Designation | Guide F-125, 2018 |
| OCR | 1Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Santa Fe County Extension Office, New Mexico State Univesrity. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES aces.nmsu.edu/pubs • Cooperative Extension Service • Guide F-125 Aging: What to Expect and How to Cope Revised by Cydney Martin1 All About Discovery!TM New Mexico State University aces.nmsu.edu The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences is an engine for economic and community development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and extension programs. Aging or growing older is inevitable. “The Census Bureau reported that the median age of Americans—the age at which half are older and half are younger—rose nationally from just over 35 years to nearly 38 years in the years between 2000 and 2016, driven by the aging of the “baby boom” generation. The number of residents age 65 and older grew from 35 million to 49.2 million during those 16 years, jumping from 12 percent of the total population to 15 percent.” (Associated Press, 2017) What does being older mean? What is known about the aging process? Knowledge and beliefs about aging shape how we age and how we treat others who are older. Take the following quiz to see how much you know about aging. Correct answers follow the questions. QUESTIONS True/False 1. Normal aging causes a slowdown of bodily functions, while disease leads to a temporary or permanent breakdown in functioning. True/False 2. Everybody ages in the same way. © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime |
