d. 85 yrs and older correct answersin the elderly population, the current fastest growing grp is the age range:
a. 71 to 75 yrs
b. 76 to 80 yrs
c. 81 to 84 yrs
d. 85 yrs and older
c. 65 to 74 yrs correct answersthe age range referred to as "young old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c...
d. 85 yrs and older correct answersin the elderly population, the current fastest growing grp is the age
range:
a. 71 to 75 yrs
b. 76 to 80 yrs
c. 81 to 84 yrs
d. 85 yrs and older
c. 65 to 74 yrs correct answersthe age range referred to as "young old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 65 to 74 yrs
d. 70 to 80 yrs
d. 75 to 84 yrs correct answersthe age range referred to as "old old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 65 to 74 yrs
d. 75 to 84 yrs
c. 85 to 100 yrs correct answersthe age range referred to as "oldest old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 85 to 100 yrs
d. 100+ yrs
,d. 100 + yrs correct answersthe age range referred to as "elite old" is:
a. 60 to 65 yrs
b. 66 to 70 yrs
c. 65 to 74 yrs
d. 100 + yrs
a. social security correct answerswhich of the following is most commonly reported as the largest single
source of income for elderly people?
a. social security
b. public/private pension earnings
c. asset income
d. family financial support
b. highest among the old old correct answersthe poverty rate among elderly people residing in the US
can best be described as:
a. at approximately the same level across ethnic and age grps
b. highest among the old old
c. greatest among married couples
d. highest among older adults depending on investment income as a substantial part of their finances
a. Erickson correct answersduring a routine assessment of a 73 y/o man with back pain, he reveals that
he has become increasingly concerned about the physical changes related to aging. he misses the ability
to do physical and recreational activities that he once enjoyed. he feels that this realization has made
him "cranky" which his children have mentioned to him on several occasions. you realize that this pt may
be having difficulty accepting the inevitability of physical decline and death as described by:
a. Erickson
b. Peck
c. Butler
d. Levinson
, c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated correct answersmatch the following biological
theories with the key aspect:
Gene theory
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated
d. an essential gene is destroyed and causes the cell to stop dividing
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging correct answersmatch the
following biological theories with the key aspect:
Error theory
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated
d. an essential gene is destroyed and causes the cell to stop dividing
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell correct answersmatch the following biological theories
with the key aspect:
Programmed theory
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity
b. a senescence factor accumulates in the cell
c. one or more latent harmful genes become activated
d. an essential gene is destroyed and causes the cell to stop dividing
e. proteins produced in the cell accumulate more errors during aging
a. collagen molecules bind to each other to produce stiffness and rigidity correct answersmatch the
following biological theories with the key aspect:
Cross-linked theory
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