Care of Older Adults Exam 1 Questions with VERIFIED Answers
(Guaranteed Success)
Q1: persons perception of their own age (how old they feel)
Answer: subjective age
Q2: length of time that has passed since birth
Answer: chronologic age
Q3: more rational basis for care, how many years passed since being born
Answer: functional age
Q4: negative or positive attributes such as decreased attractiveness, limited functional abilities,
wisdom, knowledge, and respect
Answer: age stereotypes
Q5: prejudice and stereotypes applied to older adults based on age (don't think of them as individuals
with own experiences)
Answer: ageism
Q6: poor health, psychological stress, increased depression and anxiety, increased mortality
Answer: effects of ageism and age stereotypes
Q7: fear and excess concerns of aging and effects associated with older adulthood
Answer: aging anxiety
Q8: people born between 1946 and 1964
Answer: baby boomers
Q9: Rowe and Kahn, emphasizes health and growth. high levels of functioning in physiologic,
psychological, and social domains
Answer: successful aging
, Q10: Evaluating one's own cultural beliefs and biases. questions include self-identity influencing views,
cultural background influences, attitude toward older adults, attitudes/experiences about health
practices vs others, and how do I communicate
Answer: cultural self assessment
Q11: health care services that are respectful of and responsive to a person's linguistic needs (ex: use
interpreters)
Answer: linguistic competence
Q12: when all people have the opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one is
disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of their social position or other socially
determined circumstance
Answer: Health Equity
Q13: measurable differences in health outcomes among groups that are expected and common but not
necessarily preventable
Answer: Health Disparities
Q14: Disparities in health outcomes among different populations, usually unfair, unavoidable, and
systemic
Answer: Health Inequities
Q15: conditions that strongly influence life expectancy, health functional status, health related quality
of life, and susceptibility to disease and disability
Answer: Social Determinants of Health
Q16: the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health
information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions
Answer: health literacy
(Guaranteed Success)
Q1: persons perception of their own age (how old they feel)
Answer: subjective age
Q2: length of time that has passed since birth
Answer: chronologic age
Q3: more rational basis for care, how many years passed since being born
Answer: functional age
Q4: negative or positive attributes such as decreased attractiveness, limited functional abilities,
wisdom, knowledge, and respect
Answer: age stereotypes
Q5: prejudice and stereotypes applied to older adults based on age (don't think of them as individuals
with own experiences)
Answer: ageism
Q6: poor health, psychological stress, increased depression and anxiety, increased mortality
Answer: effects of ageism and age stereotypes
Q7: fear and excess concerns of aging and effects associated with older adulthood
Answer: aging anxiety
Q8: people born between 1946 and 1964
Answer: baby boomers
Q9: Rowe and Kahn, emphasizes health and growth. high levels of functioning in physiologic,
psychological, and social domains
Answer: successful aging
, Q10: Evaluating one's own cultural beliefs and biases. questions include self-identity influencing views,
cultural background influences, attitude toward older adults, attitudes/experiences about health
practices vs others, and how do I communicate
Answer: cultural self assessment
Q11: health care services that are respectful of and responsive to a person's linguistic needs (ex: use
interpreters)
Answer: linguistic competence
Q12: when all people have the opportunity to attain their full health potential and no one is
disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of their social position or other socially
determined circumstance
Answer: Health Equity
Q13: measurable differences in health outcomes among groups that are expected and common but not
necessarily preventable
Answer: Health Disparities
Q14: Disparities in health outcomes among different populations, usually unfair, unavoidable, and
systemic
Answer: Health Inequities
Q15: conditions that strongly influence life expectancy, health functional status, health related quality
of life, and susceptibility to disease and disability
Answer: Social Determinants of Health
Q16: the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health
information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions
Answer: health literacy
