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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Continuum of care - ANS Levels of care beginning with care at home, care provided in the
community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled
nursing facilities.
professional organization - ANS nonprofit organization that works to improve the image,
working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - ANS The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often
including protests and demonstrations
CMS - ANS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled
nursing facilities
life course perspective - ANS How one experiences a timetable of life events and society
looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
Theories of Aging - ANS Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and
wear and tear theories
Abraham Maslow - ANS Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate
psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
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, Erik Erikson - ANS Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in
those stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - ANS psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, acceptance
cohort effect - ANS consequences of being born in a particular year or time period and
dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - ANS the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and
opportunity over the life span
social clock - ANS the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage,
parenthood, and retirement
social gerontology - ANS a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social (and
sociological) aspects of aging
functional age - ANS actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished
from chronological age
palliative care - ANS Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and
emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family. Similar to
hospice but with no end of life time frame
age grade - ANS an organized category of people based on age; every individual passes
through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Continuum of care - ANS Levels of care beginning with care at home, care provided in the
community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled
nursing facilities.
professional organization - ANS nonprofit organization that works to improve the image,
working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - ANS The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often
including protests and demonstrations
CMS - ANS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled
nursing facilities
life course perspective - ANS How one experiences a timetable of life events and society
looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
Theories of Aging - ANS Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and
wear and tear theories
Abraham Maslow - ANS Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate
psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
COPYRIGHT © 2025 THESTAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, Erik Erikson - ANS Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in
those stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - ANS psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger,
bargaining, depression, acceptance
cohort effect - ANS consequences of being born in a particular year or time period and
dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - ANS the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and
opportunity over the life span
social clock - ANS the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage,
parenthood, and retirement
social gerontology - ANS a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social (and
sociological) aspects of aging
functional age - ANS actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished
from chronological age
palliative care - ANS Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and
emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family. Similar to
hospice but with no end of life time frame
age grade - ANS an organized category of people based on age; every individual passes
through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
COPYRIGHT © 2025 THESTAR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2
