Week 1-6
What is the term for the type of memory that remembers future-oriented or scheduled events?
Prospective
It can be defined as “belief with an evaluative component” and can be changed through educational interventions.
Attitude
This condition makes individuals of all ages eligible for coverage under the Medicare program
End stage renal disease (ESRD)
It is defined as irrevocable and can be any valued object—a loved person, a job, status, home, a cherished possession, and health.
Loss
It is characterized by hyper-excitability of bronchial smooth muscle, may occur on its own or as a component of chronic airflow limitation.
Asthma
Alterations in the functioning of these essential organs can impact decisions about the dosage of medication.
Kidney/Liver
This provides health care coverage to low-income children deprived of parental support, their caretaker relatives, the blind, and individuals with disabilities.
Medicaid
This teams is discipline oriented, with each team member responsible for his or her own unique scope of practice, and the team’s outcome is the sum of each team member’s efforts.
Multidisciplinary team
It is the term for anxiety that can result in deconditioning and increased fall risk, and can occur in people who have fallen as well as those who have not
Fear of Falling
This can help elders make sense of life, develop personal goals, and cope with existential fears
Cultural values
A federal legislation that provides funding for community-based services for older adults
Older Americans Act
This program covers long-term stays assuming individuals meet its requirements
Medicaid
A condition of compromised bone density that predisposes individuals to the risk of fragility fracture
Osteoporosis
This can cause sleepiness, cognitive problems, and are not well tolerated by some older individuals.
Opioids
This carries with it a sense of familiarity, individual identity, personal control, and freedom.
Community-dwelling
It is defined as care that helps those with advanced, progressive, incurable illness to live as well as possible until they die.
End-of-life care