Life Expectancy and Communities
DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES AND HEALTH PROBLEMS
HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ASSESSMENT
INTERVENTIONS
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
100

A FACILITY THAT PROVIDES THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO THEIR DESIRED POPULATION

WHAT IS A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY?

100

THEORY THAT STATES OLDER ADULT AND SOCIETY MUTUALLY AND GRADUALLY WITHDRAW OR DISENGAGE FROM EACH OTHER

WHAT IS DISENGAGEMENT THEORY?

100

THE USE OF MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS, IS A RISK FOR ACUTE CONFUSION, DELIRIUM, AND DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS

WHAT IS POLYPHARMACY? 

100

WHEN CARING FOR AN OLDER ADULT, IT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

A. IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES

B. THEY MAY NEED A DIET CHANGE

C. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF HEARING PROBLEMS

D. THEY ARE LONELY

WHAT IS 

A. IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES

100

OVERALL GOAL FOR AN OLDER ADULT

A. IMPROVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION

B. IMPROVE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

C. IMPROVE COMMUNICATION

D. MAXIMIZE INDEPENDENCE AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL ABILITY

WHAT IS

D. MAXIMIZING INDEPENDENCE AND THEIR FUNCTIONAL ABILITY?

200

A NEIGHBORHOOD OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO GREW UP TOGETHER

WHAT IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY?

200

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE IN THE OLDER POPULATION THAT CONSISTS OF DECREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT, DECREASED MUSCLE STRENGTH, AND BODY MASS

WHAT IS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE?

200

A LOSS OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY THAT INCREASES THE RISK OF FRACTURE, AFFECTS AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION AMERICANS 

WHAT IS OSTEOPOROSIS?

200
MIDDLE ADULTS SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME DOING

A. RUNNING

B. BEING ALONE

C. ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THINKING, READING, RELAXING

D. NO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 

WHAT IS

C. ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THINKING, READING, AND RELAXING

200

TYPE OF EXERCISE THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR AN OLDER ADULT

A. WALKING

B. YOGA

C. WEIGHTLIFTING

D. TAI CHI

C. WHAT IS WEIGHTLIFTING?

300

TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIVING SPACES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS

WHAT IS CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES?

300

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CHANGES CAN INCLUDE

WHAT IS SLOWER REACTION TIME, DECLINING SHORT-TERM MEMORY, AND LONGER RESPONSE TIME TO STIMULUS?

300

ASSESSMENT THAT STATES FRAILTY IS HEIGHTENED VULNERABILITY FOR DEVELOPING ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES

WHAT IS THE FRAIL ELDERLY ASSESSMENT?

300

A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNG-OLD ADULTS IS

A. CHANGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

B. RETIREMENT THAT COMES WITH A LACK OF HEALTH SCREENINGS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE

C. LOSING SENSE OF SELF

D. DECONDITIONED STAGE DUE TO NO EXERCISE 

WHAT IS

B. RETIREMENT THAT COMES WITH A LACK OF HEALTH SCREENINGS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE

300

PHYSICAL EXERCISE CAN HELP AN OLDER ADULT MAINTAIN FUNCTIONAL ABILITY

TRUE OR FALSE

WHAT IS TRUE?

400

AGE GROUP THAT ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (APA) PROGRAMS TARGET

WHAT IS MIDDLE-OLD (AGE 75-84)?

400

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 FOCUSES ON

WHAT IS REDUCING HEALTH PROBLEMS AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE?

400

STATE AT LEAST THREE FORMS OF ELDER ABUSE

WHAT IS NEGLECT, SOCIAL ISOLATION, BATTERING, FORCE-FEEDING, ABANDONMENT

WHAT IS PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, OR FINANCIAL?

400

HOW YOU CAN PROMOTE COGNITIVE FUNCTION

WHAT IS PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS TO ENGAGE IN?

EXAMPLE: READING, MUSIC, DANCING, ETC

400

EXERCISE CAN HELP REDUCE THE RATE OF FALLS BY THIS PERCENTAGE

WHAT IS 23%?

500

SUBGROUP THAT IS THE OLDEST AGE FOR THE ELDERLY POPULATION

WHAT IS CENTENARIANS?

500

4 MOST COMMON AND COSTLY CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS (HINT: RARELY CURED, BUT MANY CAN BE PREVENTED OR MODIFIED WITH THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGES)

WHAT IS HEART DISEASE, CANCER, STROKE, AND DIABETES? 

500

STATE AT LEAST THREE ASSESSMENTS FOR YOUNG-OLD ADULTS

WHAT ARE ADL's, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, SHORT AND LONG-TERM GOALS, LEVEL OF FITNESS, EFFORT FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CHRONIC CONDITIONS, BARRIERS TO EXERCISE, AND SELF-CONFIDENCE?

500
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AGE 65 AND OLDER THAT FALL EACH YEAR (THINK FRACTION OF)

WHAT IS 1/3?

500

HOW MUCH MORE LIKELY IS AN OLDER ADULT WITH POOR GAIT TO FALL THAN AN OLDER ADULT WITHOUT GAIT ISSUES?

WHAT IS 2X MORE LIKELY?

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