CARE OF OLDER ADULT PRELIM REVIEWER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH ACCURATE
RATIONALES(PASSED).
- Cataracts
- Arteriosclerosis
- BPH - correct answer - Diseases that occurs to varying
degrees in all aging
- Elderly people are incompetent and incapable of making
decisions or handling their own affairs
- Most elderly live in nursing homes
- All elderly people live in poverty
- Older people are lonely and unhappy
- Elderly do not want to work
- "Old Age" begins at 65
- Retirement ends your active life - correct answer -
Myths in Older Adults
- health caregivers to keep nutritional log
-Instruct caregivers and homebound older adults on
nutrients and selected food sources that supply vitamins
and minerals
,• Be aware of geographic location, culture and religion
play a part in food patterns, preferences and meaning of
food for homebound older adults
• Assess physiologic conditions and psychosocial issues
that may place homebound older adults at risk for
nutritional deficiencies
• Assess homebound older adults medications for any
that may predispose them to nutritional deficiencies
• Instruct caregivers and homebound older adults on
assistive device that promote independence in eating
- An occupational therapist can evaluate the client and
provide assistive device
• Instruct caregivers and homebound older adults on any
treatments that provide nutritional support
- ENTERAL NUTRITION
• Ensure that appliances are functioning safely
- Assess an older adult's fun - correct answer - Home-
based Care
- Immunity Theory
- Crosslinkage theory
- Free Radical Theory
- Stress Theory
- Error Theory
, - Biological Programming
- Developmental theory
- Sociologic Theories
- Continuity theory - correct answer - Theories of Aging:
Biological Theories
- Neoplastic disease
- DM
- Dementing disorders - correct answer - Diseases with
increase incidence with advancing
- Pneumonia
- Influenza
- Trauma - correct answer - Diseases that have more
serious consequences
- Presbyopia
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Retinal detachment
- Senile macular degeneration - correct answer - Major
Eye Problems
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH ACCURATE
RATIONALES(PASSED).
- Cataracts
- Arteriosclerosis
- BPH - correct answer - Diseases that occurs to varying
degrees in all aging
- Elderly people are incompetent and incapable of making
decisions or handling their own affairs
- Most elderly live in nursing homes
- All elderly people live in poverty
- Older people are lonely and unhappy
- Elderly do not want to work
- "Old Age" begins at 65
- Retirement ends your active life - correct answer -
Myths in Older Adults
- health caregivers to keep nutritional log
-Instruct caregivers and homebound older adults on
nutrients and selected food sources that supply vitamins
and minerals
,• Be aware of geographic location, culture and religion
play a part in food patterns, preferences and meaning of
food for homebound older adults
• Assess physiologic conditions and psychosocial issues
that may place homebound older adults at risk for
nutritional deficiencies
• Assess homebound older adults medications for any
that may predispose them to nutritional deficiencies
• Instruct caregivers and homebound older adults on
assistive device that promote independence in eating
- An occupational therapist can evaluate the client and
provide assistive device
• Instruct caregivers and homebound older adults on any
treatments that provide nutritional support
- ENTERAL NUTRITION
• Ensure that appliances are functioning safely
- Assess an older adult's fun - correct answer - Home-
based Care
- Immunity Theory
- Crosslinkage theory
- Free Radical Theory
- Stress Theory
- Error Theory
, - Biological Programming
- Developmental theory
- Sociologic Theories
- Continuity theory - correct answer - Theories of Aging:
Biological Theories
- Neoplastic disease
- DM
- Dementing disorders - correct answer - Diseases with
increase incidence with advancing
- Pneumonia
- Influenza
- Trauma - correct answer - Diseases that have more
serious consequences
- Presbyopia
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Retinal detachment
- Senile macular degeneration - correct answer - Major
Eye Problems
