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Aging
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Consists of the kidneys - urinary bladder - and ducts that combine to carry urine - Removes waste products from the blood pH - ion balance - and water balance.
urinary system
Depression
Disengagement Theory
Dependency Ratio
2. Memory associated with time and place.
Episodic Memory
Facilitative Arousal
Macular Degeneration
implicit memory
3. Two primary dimensions of stereotypes (Cuddy and Fiske - 2002)
Competence and Warmth
Micro
Aricept
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
4. The design of communications - products and environments to be usable by all people to the greatest extent possible - without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
All 5 senses decline with age.
Arteriosclerosis
Facilitative Arousal
Universal Design
5. How many of the human senses decline with age?
All 5 senses decline with age.
Macular Degeneration
Fraud
Arteriosclerosis
6. A drug that is currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
Aricept
Dependency Ratio
Family Members
Facilitative Arousal
7. What percentage of older Americans live in nursing homes?
50 percent
Approximately 5%
Environmental Press
Skin
8. According to your text - in 2005 - more older adults live in _______________ then any other state?
Women
implicit memory
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Florida
9. Successful aging requires replacement of lost roles with new ones.
10. Federal definitions of elder abuse - neglect - and exploitation appeared for the first time in the
Macular Degeneration
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
Dependency Ratio
11. Older adults indicated that their favorite leisure time activity was
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
Dependency Ratio
30%
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
12. A loss or abnormality of anatomical - physiological - mental - or psychological structure or function. One can have an impairment and not be considered disabled.
Delirium
Osteoporosis
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
impairment
13. Name one drug current approved by the FDA to treat Alzheimer's Disease?
disability
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Aricept
explicit memory
14. An older individual's house is considered a part of his or her _____________ environment.
Seniors age 85+
Approximately 5%
Micro
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
15. Too little insulin or cells insensitive to insulin. Increases in late adulthood becaUse of either genetics or inactivity (abdominal fat is indicative). Risk of long-term damage in circulatory system - eyes - kidneys - nerves - and brain. Treatment is
Disengagement Theory
85+
Adult Onset Diabetes
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
16. Degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea which results in blurred vision and can cause blindness
Multi-Infarct Dementia
Competence and Warmth
Florida
Macular Degeneration
17. A generalized image of a person or group - which does not acknowledge individual differences.
Stereotype
Adult Onset Diabetes
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
Competence and Warmth
18. Progressive loss of hearing with aging - typically resulting from sensorineural hearing loss.
Aricept
Episodic Memory
Presbycusis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
19. Approximately how many older Americans (reported cases) are abused each year?
Micro
Working Memory
Fraud
2 Million
20. Which one of the following components of leisure states - 'what may be a challenge for one person - may not be for another?'
Seniors age 85+
Facilitative Arousal
Florida
Universal Design
21. Ansley's formula for mental health involved the 'As' and the FFIGs.' The acronym 'FFIG' includes
Episodic Memory
Working Memory
Environmental Press
1. Fear 2. Frustration 3. Inferiority 4. Guilt
22. The second most common (15%) type of dementia. Sporadic - progressive loss of intellectual functioning. Caused by repeated temporary obstruction of blood flow in cerebral arteries ('mini-strokes'-TIA)
Multi-Infarct Dementia
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
30%
2 Million
23. Activities of Daily Living
Osteoporosis
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Environmental Press
Approximately 5%
24. Who lives longer - men or women?
Women
Aricept
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
impairment
25. A growing introspection - a change in focus from the external environment to the person's interior world.
Interiority
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Aricept
Macular Degeneration
26. Condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity - causing bones to become brittle and liable to fracture
Activity 'Common Sense' Theory
30%
Family Members
Osteoporosis
27. Memory associated with the recollection of names - numbers - or directions.
explicit memory
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
Approximately 5%
Aricept
28. Selling an older adult a product or service that s/he does not necessarily need is not considered
Fraud
Approximately 5%
Universal Design
Macular Degeneration
29. Progressive - chronic - and usually irreversible group of conditions - like emphysema - in which the lungs have a diminished capacity for inspiration and expiration
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Competence and Warmth
Women
Activity 'Common Sense' Theory
30. Older individuals willingly withdraw from society while at the same time society is withdrawing from the individual. This is a mutually satisfying process. Individual is less concerned with social approval and more ego-centric
30%
Disengagement Theory
Florida
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
31. How many muscles are there in the human body?
Macular Degeneration
Disengagement Theory
50 percent
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
32. The social and physical demands placed on an individual by their environment.
Aricept
Leisure
Seniors age 85+
Environmental Press
33. Which age group is most at risk of suicide?
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
According to the National Institute of Mental Health - Older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide.
Aricept
Skin
34. How many older adults become scam victims in the United States each year?
Adult Onset Diabetes
Alzheimer's Disease
Multi-Infarct Dementia
30%
35. Approximately 2/3 of all elder abuse is caused by
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
Environmental Press
All 5 senses decline with age.
Family Members
36. Name the 3 basic types of Elder Abuse.
Family Members
30%
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Multi-Infarct Dementia
37. Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC)
Aricept
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Working Memory
implicit memory
38. What is considered to be the largest of the body's organs?
Skin
Working Memory
Approximately 5%
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
39. 1. Extroversion 2. Neuroticism 3. Conscientiousness 4. Agreeableness 5. Openness to Experience/Intellect
Fraud
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
Dependency Ratio
40. Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity that is long term or permanent. This is a societal term.
Dependency Ratio
disability
Osteoporosis
Aricept
41. Most common mental health problem among the elderly.
Depression
Interiority
Presbycusis
85+
42. A disorder characterized by the proliferation of certain abnormalities in the cerebral cortex - called plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Approximately 4 million Americans have the disease.
43. Permission to do as one pleases at one's own pace - to participate in an activity of one's own choice - and to abandon the activity.
Leisure
Interiority
Arteriosclerosis
Environmental Press
44. Reasons Why people are living longer lives includes
Disengagement Theory
Interiority
Fraud
1. lower infant mortality rates (immunization shots) 2. medical advances (vaccines and cures for infectious diseases) 3. treatment for chronic conditions 4. lifestyle changes 5. improved public transportation (AARP - 1995; Neugarten & Neugarten - 199
45. Which age group is the fastest growing among older adults?
85+
implicit memory
Stereotype
Family Members
46. Suicide among the elderly is a real concern. Which age group has the highest rate of suicide in the U.S.?
Seniors age 85+
Alzheimer's Disease
Multi-Infarct Dementia
urinary system
47. A cognitive disorder that is characterized by temporary but acute confusion that can be caused by diseases of the heart and lungs as well as infection or malnutrition.
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
Family Members
Delirium
urinary system
48. Thickening; loss of elasticity - and calcification (hardening) or arterial walls.
Arteriosclerosis
Micro
85+
Aricept
49. Memory associated with thinking about two or more things at once.
85+
All 5 senses decline with age.
Aricept
Working Memory
50. How many people that live in nursing homes have Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder?
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
50 percent
Leisure