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Question

1. Many older women drop out of the labor force to care for ill or aging relatives. In doing so, they forgo social security benefits later in life. Should the government give these women credit for the unpaid work they do? What might be the practical problems in doing so?

2. What can government do to help older workers who have lost their jobs and health insurance but are not yet old enough to retire.

3. What do you think of the trend toward hiring contingent workers who do not receive the same benefits as permanent employees? Does it provide employment opportunities that older workers would not otherwise have, or does it undermine their well-being?

4. Has anyone in your family been discriminated against because of his or her age? If so, what were the circumstances?

5. How soon do you yourself hope to retire? Why?

6. In our course text, medical doctors offer advice for what every clinician should know about providing the best care possible for older adults. What two (2) pieces of the advice seemed the most pertinent to you? Why?

7. It is stated in our course text that more efficient methods to detect frailty and measure its severity in routine clinical practice need to be developed, especially methods that are useful for primary care. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

8. In our textbook, funeral home and crematorium owner, Chris Tharpe, is quoted having discussed cremation with the author. What exactly is cremation and how does it work? What goes into the retort (the cremation chamber where the body is placed)? What is the process for accessing the cremains (the remains of the body)?