HCAD 222 Test Final Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Senior population changes/trends - ANSWERS-Our generation will live longer but will have less babies
-Birth control
-Better healthcare system
-New advances in technology
young old, old old, oldest old - ANSWERSyoung-old: 65-74
old-old: 7...
Senior population changes/trends - ANSWERS-Our generation will live longer but will have less babies
-Birth control
-Better healthcare system
-New advances in technology
young old, old old, oldest old - ANSWERSyoung-old: 65-74
old-old: 75-84
oldest-old: 85+
Influences on Life Course - ANSWERSright of passage, anything that happens to you is a influencer (all
had higher education, culture)
Life course vs. Life span - ANSWERSLifecourse: right of passage
Life span: the number of years in your life
life span & expectancies - ANSWERSlive to be 65 years, live up to 20 more years. Average life span still
growing
"Agism" - ANSWERSdiscrimination or prejudice against an individual based on physical age
Why elderly depression often masked? - ANSWERSPhysical symptoms can be mistaken for something
else, not wanting care, and cost too much
Symptoms of depression: Feeling, cognitive, somatic, behavioral - ANSWERSFeeling are more emotional
(lack of motivation), Cognitive (not thinking straight). Somatic: physical symptoms(lack of energy).
Behavior: how you interact with people
, Common treatments for Depression - ANSWERSMedications, therapy, and just listening to them
Neurocognitive Disorder Essential Features - ANSWERSEssential features: Complex Attention, Executive
Function, Learning and Memory, Language, Perceptual Motor function, Social cognition, The cognitive
deficits must:Represent a decline. Cause social or occupational impairment
dementia vs delirium vs depression - ANSWERSDementia: when there is a degeneration of brain matter
Delirium: big change in the brain that causes mental confusion and emotional disruption
Depression: when people have a prolonged feeling of sadness and helplessness@
AD-diagnostic features, prevention, treatments - ANSWERSDiagnostic: Medical History, Physical Exam,
Laboratory tests, Neuropsychological testing, Brain imaging scans. P: strength training, behavioral, and
supportive,T: improve communication pathways
Alzheimer's vs. Vascular Dementia - ANSWERSAlzheimer's: Plaques, Tangles, Neuronal loss
Vascular Dementia: Usually history of vascular disorder such as hypertension (high BP)
Activity vs. Disengagement - ANSWERSActivity: engaging in activities to keep the mind busy
Disengagement: not engaging in activities which can lead to loss in functions and abilities
Leisure Time and Disposable Income - ANSWERS-Americans age 50+ comprise 40% of all consumer
spending
-Education and Income = Flexibility
-Decline in leisure time is most severe among the oldest-old
Spirituality/Religion and well-being - ANSWERSReligion and spirituality positively related to:
General well-being
Marital satisfaction
Psychological functioning
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