Health Concerns
Health Promotion Behaviors
Cognitive Aspects of Aging
Wisdom, Learning, & Memory Issues
Miscellaneous
100

____ is the most common problem affecting more than half of older adults, followed by arthritis and heart disease.

What is Hypertension ?

100

____ is a social experience for many, so encourage adults to do so.

What is Eating ?

100

Schaie’s stage of cognitive development

What is reintegrative stage ?

100

An example of a memory aid

What is Making lists or notes on a calendar can keep life orderly ?

100

Symbol of nursing

What is a Lamp ?

200

Leading causes of death in the older adults

What is Heart disease, Cancer, Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease, Stroke, Alzheimer Disease, Diabetes, Influenza, and Pneumonia ?

200

Most common form of dementia

What is Alzheimer disease ?

200

Two ways a person can stimulate and maintain their cognitive abilities

What is crossword puzzles and reading ?

200

Some people assume about older adults

What is that they can no longer learn ?

200

First nursing school

What is Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing ?

300

Leads to impaired cognition

What is malnutrition, dehydration, infection, and misuse of medications ?

300

percent of people over the age of 71 have some form of dementia

What is 14 ?

300

Normally adults who are ill have what deficits

What is vision and or hearing ?

300

Some older adults have problems 

What is remembering recent events ?

300

First black nurse 

What is Mary Eliza Mahoney ?

400

Signs and symptoms of depression in older adults


  • Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
  • Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities
  • Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
  • Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness :
  •  Decreased energy, fatigue, being slowed down, 
  • making
  • difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions 
  • Difficulty sleeping, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
  • Appetite and/or unintended weight changes
  • Thoughts of death or suicide, suicide attempts
  • Restlessness, irritability
  • Aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems without a clear physical cause and/or that do not ease even with treatment 



400

Benefits of weight training

What is decreased risk of osteoporosis and hypertension ?

400

Having good judgement based on accumulated knowledge

What is Wisdom ?

400

Younger people can benefit

What is by listening to the advice of older people ?

400

Nurses walk ____ every shift

What is a 5K ?

500

Approximately __ of people over age __ have some form of dementia.

What is 14% and 71 ?

500

Symptoms occur in a small percentage of older adults, but rises with age

What is confusion and memory loss ?

500

When teaching older adults it is important to keep in mind

What is Access readiness to learn and take advantage of teaching moments, Use visual aids in large print and bright colors, Speak clearly, & distinctively and slowly in a normal tone ?

500

Teaching the older adult

What is 

  • Provide motivation for the content to be learned.
  • Keep the topic relevant to the learner.
  • Assess readiness to learn and take advantage of
    "teaching moments" (when the learner is most receptive.
  • Use visual aids in large print and bright colors.
  • Provide good lighting in the room and on the materials.
  • Ensure that the learner has reading glasses (clean) and hearing aid (turned on) if used.
  • Speak clearly, distinctly, and slowly in a normal tone.
  • Obtain feedback at intervals about what has been taught.
  • Relate learning to better autonomy, health, and activity ?
500

The best nurse to live 

What is Ms Bevins ?

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