Physical Health
At what age, are you considered elderly?
What is 60
True or False: It is estimated that 30% of all cases of alcoholism occur among persons age 60 and older?
What is true?
Retirement is an example of what theory?
What is disengagement theory?
True or False: People of color are less likely to receive hospice or many other specialized medical care.
What is True.
True or False: It is not beneficial to help educate social workers about elder abuse.
What is false
Primary care doctors and other healthcare professionals serve as a good source of information regarding older persons are living with HIV/AIDS.
Does depression affect the older person population?
What is Yes
What is the definition of gerontology?
What is the study of multiple processes of aging?
True or False: African American men have a higher incidence of illness which result in death at an earlier ages than white men.
What is true?
True or False: As social workers, we are mandated to report elderly abuse.
What is true
True of False: The life expectancy of humans is now 120 years old.
What is false. The answer is 100 years old.
According to the biochemical theory, how can social workers impact the quality of life in older adults?
What is education and raising public awareness.
True or false: Physical or verbal aggression, pacing, yelling, delusions and hallucinations may be observed in persons suffering from Alzheimer's Disease?
What is true. These behaviors are displayed in the last stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
Which theory discusses the individual's self-conception about aging arise through interactions with the social environment?
What is social construction theory?