What percent of women experience hot flashes? A) 25% B) 50% C) 75%
What is C) 75%
100
Surveys in the United States and United Kingdom indicate that about three-fourths of women in their 50s are multigenerational caregivers. True or False?
What is False
100
Today, the average female is expected to live to age 89. True or False?
What is False
100
Life review is an evaluative process in which elders make judgments about current behavior.
What is False
100
Where is the most common location for death to occur? A) Hospice B) Decedent’s home C) Hospital or medical center
What is C) Hospital or medical center
200
Women have considerably higher risk of developing osteoporosis. True or False?
What is True
200
What is the least common type of relationship exhibited by grandparents with their grandchildren? A) Involved B) Companionate C) Remote
What is A) involved
200
What percent of adults in the United States have had cataract surgery? A) 25% B) 1% C) 5% D) 10%
What is C) 5%
200
Which of these is NOT an aspect of the Disengagement Theory? A) Shrinkage of life space B) Increased individuality C) Denial of changes
What is : C) Denial of changes
200
Where did hospice emerge? A) England B) United States ) Paris C) Canada
What is A) England
300
Presbyopia is the normal loss of hearing with aging, especially ______-______ tones.
What is high-frequency
300
Concientiousness is the need for _____ in the environment.
What is order
300
Dementia is a neurological disorder involving problems with ______ and _______.
What is memory; thinking
300
Volunteerism is performing unpaid work for ________ reasons.
What is altruistic
300
The scientific study of death and dying is known as _______.
What is thanatology
400
Menopause literally means the ________ of the _______.
What is cessation; menses
400
Name what at least two of the letters in the acronym OCEAN stand for.
What is Two of these: Opennes, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism
400
What does the acronym “ADLs” stand for?
What is activities of daily living
400
______ in _______ is living in a noninstitutional environment, to which modifications have been made to accommodate an older adult’s needs.
What is aging; place
400
Palliative care is a form of care for terminally ill people that focuses on ______ patients’ pain rather than _______ their diseases.
What is relieving; curing
500
During what age range do most people need glasses, especially for reading?
What is 45 or 50
500
Define generativity
What is A sense that one is making a valuable contribution to society by bringing up children or mentoring younger people in some way midlife.
500
On which chromosome have researchers found a gene that is linked to Alzheimer’s disease?
What is chromosome 19
500
Name at least two of the four factors that influence an older adult’s decision to live with an adult child.
What is Two of these: Health, Income, Adult children’s characteristics, Ethnicity
500
Clinical death is a period during which _____ signs are absent but _______ is still possible.