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xclash

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on: Jun 22, 2018
How do gerontologists define individuals who fall within the classification called young-old?
 
  a. over age 55
  b. young adults in nursing homes
  c. age in the 60s and 70s, in good health
  d. age 50-65 with health problems usually seen in older people

Question 2

Which is one of the reasons that older people have fewer friendships?
 
  a. They become more irritable and demanding.
  b. They have lost most of the people they once cared about.
  c. They become more selective in their companions.
  d. They spend more time with their families.


BAOCHAU2803

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c.


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