Chapter 10. Development: Older Adults Test bank questions.
1. Which of the following is the most common major challenge for older
adults?
1) Dealing with the needs of their children
2) Chronic health problems leading to the loss of independence
3) Loss of the ability to reminisce about the past
4) The decline of intellectual abilities:
2) Chronic health problems leading to the loss of independence
Older adults have many losses to deal with, including the development of chronic
health concerns and loss of independence. During the older adult years, children
often provide care for their aging parents. Loss of short-term memory is more
common than recollection of events involving long-term memory. Older adults have
vivid memories of past events. Intellectual abilities do not become impaired with
age; short-term memory and reaction time decline.
2. Which of the following would be the most important health assessment
focus for older adulthood?
1) Cancer screening with the annual health examinations
2) Seeking information about consistent use of seat belts
3) Screening for eating disorders
4) A bone scan (DEXA test) for osteoporosis:
1) Cancer screening with the annual health examinations
Chronic diseases, including cancer, are major health problems for older adults. In
fact, cancer is the second leading cause of deaths for older adults. Older adults
should also have an annual physical exam; they should receive cancer screening
at that time. Habits for seat belt use should have already been established;
although it may be important to reinforce seat belt use, the most important
assessment is cancer screening. Eating disorders are more common in
adolescence and young adulthood. Although loss of bone density is fairly common
in older adults and can be pathological, it does not assume the status as cancer
with regard to mortality for older adults.
3. To which age group do most hospitalized patients belong?
1) Infants
2) Young adults
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3) Middle adults
4) Older adults:
4) Older adults
Half of all hospitalized patients are older adults.
4. Which of the following reflects an understanding of the characteristics of
older adults?
1) Fewer than 5% of all older adults live in nursing homes.
2) Average life expectancy at birth has declined slightly over the past 10
years.
3) In general, males tend to live longer than do females.
4) Black men have the lowest life expectancy, but the gap decreases as a
person ages.:
1) Fewer than 5% of all older adults live in nursing homes.
Only 3.3% of people 65 and over live in nursing homes; this rises to 15% for those
over 85 years. In the United States, life expectancy at birth has risen dramatically
in the past century: In 1900, average life expectancy was 49.2 years; in 2005,
average life expectancy was 77.8 years. At age 65, white women led life expectancy
with 20 years, followed closely by black women at 18.7 and white men at 17.2 years,
whereas black men at age 65 had the lowest life expectancy at 15.2. The disparity
in death rates for people of different races is less for older adults than younger one
5. A 75-year-old white female patient says, Ive heard that women live to an
older age than men do. My husband and I are the same age, so I am afraid I
will have to spend some years without him. That really worries me. Which
response is based on correct information?
1) That is a realistic concern, as women do have a longer life expectancy
than men. But many things can happen to change that.
2) You need not worry, because both you and your husband are white.
That statistic is true only for black men and women.
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1. Which of the following is the most common major challenge for older
adults?
1) Dealing with the needs of their children
2) Chronic health problems leading to the loss of independence
3) Loss of the ability to reminisce about the past
4) The decline of intellectual abilities:
2) Chronic health problems leading to the loss of independence
Older adults have many losses to deal with, including the development of chronic
health concerns and loss of independence. During the older adult years, children
often provide care for their aging parents. Loss of short-term memory is more
common than recollection of events involving long-term memory. Older adults have
vivid memories of past events. Intellectual abilities do not become impaired with
age; short-term memory and reaction time decline.
2. Which of the following would be the most important health assessment
focus for older adulthood?
1) Cancer screening with the annual health examinations
2) Seeking information about consistent use of seat belts
3) Screening for eating disorders
4) A bone scan (DEXA test) for osteoporosis:
1) Cancer screening with the annual health examinations
Chronic diseases, including cancer, are major health problems for older adults. In
fact, cancer is the second leading cause of deaths for older adults. Older adults
should also have an annual physical exam; they should receive cancer screening
at that time. Habits for seat belt use should have already been established;
although it may be important to reinforce seat belt use, the most important
assessment is cancer screening. Eating disorders are more common in
adolescence and young adulthood. Although loss of bone density is fairly common
in older adults and can be pathological, it does not assume the status as cancer
with regard to mortality for older adults.
3. To which age group do most hospitalized patients belong?
1) Infants
2) Young adults
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3) Middle adults
4) Older adults:
4) Older adults
Half of all hospitalized patients are older adults.
4. Which of the following reflects an understanding of the characteristics of
older adults?
1) Fewer than 5% of all older adults live in nursing homes.
2) Average life expectancy at birth has declined slightly over the past 10
years.
3) In general, males tend to live longer than do females.
4) Black men have the lowest life expectancy, but the gap decreases as a
person ages.:
1) Fewer than 5% of all older adults live in nursing homes.
Only 3.3% of people 65 and over live in nursing homes; this rises to 15% for those
over 85 years. In the United States, life expectancy at birth has risen dramatically
in the past century: In 1900, average life expectancy was 49.2 years; in 2005,
average life expectancy was 77.8 years. At age 65, white women led life expectancy
with 20 years, followed closely by black women at 18.7 and white men at 17.2 years,
whereas black men at age 65 had the lowest life expectancy at 15.2. The disparity
in death rates for people of different races is less for older adults than younger one
5. A 75-year-old white female patient says, Ive heard that women live to an
older age than men do. My husband and I are the same age, so I am afraid I
will have to spend some years without him. That really worries me. Which
response is based on correct information?
1) That is a realistic concern, as women do have a longer life expectancy
than men. But many things can happen to change that.
2) You need not worry, because both you and your husband are white.
That statistic is true only for black men and women.
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