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