old age vs teenagers Flashcards
the elderly
tge aged
the older generation
birth rate
natality
the ratio/number of births to the population in an area
death rate/mortility
the razio/number of deaths to the population in ana area
demographic change
change in population(mortality and natality)
a centenarian
a person who is a 100 years old
life expectency
the numbe of years a person is expected to live
life span
the maximum number of years a person is potentionally expected to live
a pension reform
an improvement in a pension scheme
a retirenment home
a nursery home
a housing facility for the elderly
residential care
long term care given to the elderly who dont live in their own home any longer
to nurture
to care for
cicradian rythm
a natural progress in living beings that controls when things such as sleeping eating and gworing happend during a 24 hour period
to resort to
to make us of it, to turn to
higher propensity
a natural tendency or desire
to affiliate
to be connected to/ linked with a gruop of people
