Care of Older Adults Exam 2 Questions with VERIFIED Answers
(Guaranteed Success)
Q1: incorporeal art and music to enhance meaning
Answer: Symbolic Communication
Q2: speech writing body language gestures symbols
Answer: communication includes all means such as:
Q3: listening is the first step in therapeutic communication
Answer: silence
Q4: listen actively respond with empathy acknowledge the response validate feelings
Answer: therapeutic communication
Q5: loss of ability to use or understand words
Answer: aphasia
Q6: affects speech only, but understands words
Answer: expressive aphasia
Q7: affects language comprehension
Answer: receptive aphasia
Q8: inability to follow complex instruction present yes/no questions limit choices redirect to
appropriate activity do not argue
Answer: communication for dementia:
Q9: should be clear, objective, clear, accurate, and quote patients or providers verbatim
Answer: documentation
Q10: caused by loss of elasticity of the lens that results in the power of accommodation (presbyopia)
Answer: Farsightedness
, Q11: decreases ability to respond to changes in light
Answer: night blindness
Q12: cloud the lens and result in blurred vision and sensitivity to glare
Answer: cataracts
Q13: loss of central vision (difficulty with reading/faces)
Answer: macular generation
Q14: patchy vision, tasks are difficult
Answer: diabetic retinopathy
Q15: tunnel vision affects safe walking
Answer: glaucoma
Q16: Age-related hearing loss, especially high frequencies.
Answer: presbycusis
Q17: disorientation regarding time, place, or person that leads to bewilderment, lack of orderly
thought
Answer: confusion
Q18: MMSE - screens for cognitive impairment, scored 0-30, with 0 being lowest and 30 the highest
level of cognitive function Mini - cog - tests memory (recall) and visual spatial skills score of 0-2 are
positive, 3-5 negative
Answer: cognitive assessment
Q19: disturbances in cognition, attention, memory, perception usually caused by physiological process
affects the autonomic nervous system
Answer: delirium
(Guaranteed Success)
Q1: incorporeal art and music to enhance meaning
Answer: Symbolic Communication
Q2: speech writing body language gestures symbols
Answer: communication includes all means such as:
Q3: listening is the first step in therapeutic communication
Answer: silence
Q4: listen actively respond with empathy acknowledge the response validate feelings
Answer: therapeutic communication
Q5: loss of ability to use or understand words
Answer: aphasia
Q6: affects speech only, but understands words
Answer: expressive aphasia
Q7: affects language comprehension
Answer: receptive aphasia
Q8: inability to follow complex instruction present yes/no questions limit choices redirect to
appropriate activity do not argue
Answer: communication for dementia:
Q9: should be clear, objective, clear, accurate, and quote patients or providers verbatim
Answer: documentation
Q10: caused by loss of elasticity of the lens that results in the power of accommodation (presbyopia)
Answer: Farsightedness
, Q11: decreases ability to respond to changes in light
Answer: night blindness
Q12: cloud the lens and result in blurred vision and sensitivity to glare
Answer: cataracts
Q13: loss of central vision (difficulty with reading/faces)
Answer: macular generation
Q14: patchy vision, tasks are difficult
Answer: diabetic retinopathy
Q15: tunnel vision affects safe walking
Answer: glaucoma
Q16: Age-related hearing loss, especially high frequencies.
Answer: presbycusis
Q17: disorientation regarding time, place, or person that leads to bewilderment, lack of orderly
thought
Answer: confusion
Q18: MMSE - screens for cognitive impairment, scored 0-30, with 0 being lowest and 30 the highest
level of cognitive function Mini - cog - tests memory (recall) and visual spatial skills score of 0-2 are
positive, 3-5 negative
Answer: cognitive assessment
Q19: disturbances in cognition, attention, memory, perception usually caused by physiological process
affects the autonomic nervous system
Answer: delirium
