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Aging
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Seniors age 85+
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Adult Onset Diabetes
85+
2. Reasons Why people are living longer lives includes
50 percent
implicit 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
Multi-Infarct Dementia
3. Memory associated with time and place.
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
All 5 senses decline with age.
Episodic Memory
Micro
4. A loss or abnormality of anatomical - physiological - mental - or psychological structure or function. One can have an impairment and not be considered disabled.
Activity 'Common Sense' Theory
impairment
1. Fear 2. Frustration 3. Inferiority 4. Guilt
Presbycusis
5. Degeneration of the cells of the macula lutea which results in blurred vision and can cause blindness
urinary system
Macular Degeneration
Stereotype
All 5 senses decline with age.
6. A generalized image of a person or group - which does not acknowledge individual differences.
Florida
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
All 5 senses decline with age.
Stereotype
7. Which age group is most at risk of suicide?
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
According to the National Institute of Mental Health - Older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide.
Depression
urinary system
8. Federal definitions of elder abuse - neglect - and exploitation appeared for the first time in the
Arteriosclerosis
Micro
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
Dependency Ratio
9. What percentage of older Americans live in nursing homes?
Aricept
Approximately 5%
85+
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
10. Which age group is the fastest growing among older adults?
impairment
Alzheimer's Disease
85+
Fraud
11. Suicide among the elderly is a real concern. Which age group has the highest rate of suicide in the U.S.?
Aricept
Seniors age 85+
Multi-Infarct Dementia
Osteoporosis
12. Memory associated with the recollection of names - numbers - or directions.
Adult Onset Diabetes
explicit memory
Depression
Environmental Press
13. Thickening; loss of elasticity - and calcification (hardening) or arterial walls.
Arteriosclerosis
50 percent
Micro
Seniors age 85+
14. An older individual's house is considered a part of his or her _____________ environment.
Episodic Memory
Approximately 5%
Micro
Competence and Warmth
15. 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.
Universal Design
Dependency Ratio
Leisure
explicit memory
16. Name the 3 basic types of Elder Abuse.
Micro
Macular Degeneration
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
85+
17. 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)
Florida
30%
Multi-Infarct Dementia
Women
18. Approximately how many older Americans (reported cases) are abused each year?
All 5 senses decline with age.
Disengagement Theory
2 Million
Fraud
19. 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
Depression
All 5 senses decline with age.
Stereotype
20. 1. Extroversion 2. Neuroticism 3. Conscientiousness 4. Agreeableness 5. Openness to Experience/Intellect
Alzheimer's Disease
Big 5 Personality Taxonomy
Florida
explicit memory
21. Measures working (economically active) and dependent (non-economically active) people: In the year 2000 - it was 8 to 1.
Adult Onset Diabetes
Activity 'Common Sense' Theory
Dependency Ratio
Stereotype
22. Two primary dimensions of stereotypes (Cuddy and Fiske - 2002)
Women
Micro
Competence and Warmth
Adult Onset Diabetes
23. 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
Disengagement Theory
Episodic Memory
85+
Women
24. Progressive loss of hearing with aging - typically resulting from sensorineural hearing loss.
Presbycusis
Micro
implicit memory
Working Memory
25. How many older adults become scam victims in the United States each year?
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
urinary system
30%
85+
26. Progressive - chronic - and usually irreversible group of conditions - like emphysema - in which the lungs have a diminished capacity for inspiration and expiration
Arteriosclerosis
Leisure
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
27. A growing introspection - a change in focus from the external environment to the person's interior world.
Presbycusis
Interiority
Aricept
implicit memory
28. Approximately 2/3 of all elder abuse is caused by
Family Members
impairment
Multi-Infarct Dementia
Presbycusis
29. Condition of decreased bone density and increased porosity - causing bones to become brittle and liable to fracture
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
Osteoporosis
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
Florida
30. Which one of the following components of leisure states - 'what may be a challenge for one person - may not be for another?'
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
Arteriosclerosis
Facilitative Arousal
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
31. According to your text - in 2005 - more older adults live in _______________ then any other state?
85+
Florida
Universal Design
Dependency Ratio
32. How many muscles are there in the human body?
Women
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
85+
Episodic Memory
33. How many people that live in nursing homes have Alzheimer's Disease or a related disorder?
50 percent
Competence and Warmth
disability
Multi-Infarct Dementia
34. The social and physical demands placed on an individual by their environment.
Environmental Press
Approximately 5%
Adult Onset Diabetes
Presbycusis
35. Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC)
Involves narrowing and adapting activities and skill in order to maximize performance.
Dependency Ratio
Delirium
Arteriosclerosis
36. A drug that is currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Approximately 5%
Aricept
37. How many of the human senses decline with age?
1987 Amendments to the Older Americans Act
All 5 senses decline with age.
Stereotype
According to the National Institute of Mental Health - Older Americans are disproportionately likely to die by suicide.
38. 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.
Leisure
urinary system
Presbycusis
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
39. What is considered to be the largest of the body's organs?
1. Domestic elder abuse 2. Institutional elder abuse 3. Self-neglect or self-abuse
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
Interiority
Skin
40. Selling an older adult a product or service that s/he does not necessarily need is not considered
700 plus (there is not an exact figure)
Seniors age 85+
Fraud
1. Fear 2. Frustration 3. Inferiority 4. Guilt
41. Name one drug current approved by the FDA to treat Alzheimer's Disease?
Disengagement Theory
30%
Aricept
All 5 senses decline with age.
42. Ansley's formula for mental health involved the 'As' and the FFIGs.' The acronym 'FFIG' includes
Seniors age 85+
Activities related to personal care including bathing or showering - dressing - getting in or out of bed or a chair - using the toilet - and eating.
Facilitative Arousal
1. Fear 2. Frustration 3. Inferiority 4. Guilt
43. 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.
Approximately 5%
Disengagement Theory
Delirium
Episodic Memory
44. Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity that is long term or permanent. This is a societal term.
disability
Aricept
Facilitative Arousal
Arteriosclerosis
45. 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.
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46. Successful aging requires replacement of lost roles with new ones.
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47. Memory of a skill or procedure
implicit memory
Facilitative Arousal
Family Members
Leisure
48. Most common mental health problem among the elderly.
Facilitative Arousal
Depression
Osteoporosis
Approximately 5%
49. Older adults indicated that their favorite leisure time activity was
implicit memory
Seniors age 85+
Reading at 30% according to a Harris Poll.
Leisure
50. Who lives longer - men or women?
Women
Seniors age 85+
implicit memory
Fraud