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Gerontology Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass 65 and older - •In Many 21st Century healthcare settings clients ________________ dominate the population Life expectancy - is having a tremendous impact on healthcare and services today normal and abnormal physical and mental chang...

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Gerontology Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers 100% Pass


65 and older - ✔✔•In Many 21st Century healthcare settings clients ________________ dominate the

population


Life expectancy - ✔✔is having a tremendous impact on healthcare and services today


normal and abnormal physical and mental changes - ✔✔Nurses need specific knowledge related to

____________________________ that accompany aging


one chronic condition and many have multiple health conditions - ✔✔Many older citizens have at least


increased - ✔✔Life expectancy has ____________ in the United States and Canada


80 years - ✔✔The combined (both male and female) average age of a U.S. citizen was _________ in the

20th century


82.5 years - ✔✔-Canada's average for life expectancy is _________ overall


Gerontology - ✔✔study of all dimensions of the aging process


Geriatrics - ✔✔study of medical and social problems and care related to older adults


Elderly - ✔✔word applied to individual past 50 years old/may be respectful or derogatory term


Senescence - ✔✔the process of becoming old


Senior/senior citizen - ✔✔individual 50 years or older


Ageism - ✔✔labeling and discriminating against older adults


develop and mature - ✔✔We continue to __________________ throughout older adulthood

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,middle adulthood - ✔✔Physical changes begin in


life circumstances and psychological development - ✔✔The physical changes are interrelated with


Psychological development - ✔✔adapts as the individual learns to function with limitations


life experiences. - ✔✔Each person will experience aging differently because of


Erickson - ✔✔has included older adulthood in his theory of human development


Erikson's theory of Psychosocial Development - ✔✔individuals ability to function in society and to

maintain self esteem and are not necessarily related to age.


Tasks - ✔✔resolving milestones of older adulthood are important challenges for development


uniquely - ✔✔Because of life experiences everyone ages


Generativity - ✔✔occurs when adults pass on learning and share skills with younger generations.


-Realization that their lives have been worthwhile


-They are comfortable with past resolutions and decisions - ✔✔Individuals achieve Ego integrity


-Regrets and feelings of failure can envelop them


-Inability to accept death - ✔✔If older adults do not meet the challenges of aging they are likely to feel

that life is too short and have feelings of Despair


Erikson's Theory Life review - ✔✔Can help older clients to gain a more positive perspective on the

conflicts of earlier stages


reminiscence and listen - ✔✔Encourage ______________________ to those older adults describe past joys

and successes




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,-Balance choices, achieve stability, retire, evaluate life, accept life choices - ✔✔Necessary

accomplishments


-Renunciation, wisdom, dignity - ✔✔Virtues


False - ✔✔Is the following statement true or false?


According to Erikson, a psychosocial challenge for this developmental stage is intimacy versus isolation


Biological age and chronological age - ✔✔are factors that have a major impact on the term "middle age or

older adult"


50-79 - ✔✔The senior adult is defined in the age group


biological age - ✔✔A persons functional age may be very different from their


educated and aware - ✔✔Adults in the 21st century are more _____________________ of personal

healthcare issues than past generations


married and live with a spouse - ✔✔Majority of adults ages 64-74 are


function independently and can perform ADL's - ✔✔Majority of people who live alone


-Physical Changes are more noticeable that can interfere with lifestyle


-May have one or more chronic health conditions


-Changes in vision, hearing, muscle strength, and reproductive functioning


-Cognitive functioning can be impaired, may need more time to process information, solve problems


-May repeat information or request that we repeat information. - ✔✔Areas of Concern: Senior Transitions


-Decrease in functioning of organs


-Loss of flexibility and strength


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, -Change in visual and auditory acuity


-Decreased reaction time


-Unsteady gait, decreased sense of balance, stiff joints


-Decrease in tactile sensations


-Diminished sense of smell and taste


-Increased emotional and physical losses


-Decreased capacity for recovery from injury or illness - ✔✔Major Physical Changes


-Changes in bodily functions and abilities


-Adaptation to physiologic, psychological, and sociologic changes


-Reduction of income


-Adaptation to loss


-Potential change in parenting role


-Development of coping mechanisms


-More time for meditation and contemplation of life


-Adaptation to changes in sexuality - ✔✔General change in physiologic, psychological, and sociologic

functions and roles


-Health, financial stability, and social resources - ✔✔Key elements of maintaining independence


Community resources - ✔✔help lessen dependence on family and friends.


social activities - ✔✔Participation in _______________________ is important for older adults




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