OTD 423 EXAM 1 QUESTIINS AND ANSWERS
Aota proposed many priority areas for ot practice in aging - answers - aging in place
and livable communities, caregiving and occupational health of caregivers, and
promoting healthy occupations in institutions
What is the current percentage of older americans over 65? - answers - 54.1%
What percentage of older adults in the us have obtained a bachelor's degree or higher?
- answers - 33%
Between 1970 and 2020, the percentage of older persons who had completed high
school rose from 28% to 89%
Why is this important to consider? - answers - for health literacy
What is the major source of income for most of the elderly - answers - social security
__/10 individuals aged 65 and older receive social security benefits - answers - 9/10
Among elderly social security beneficiaries, 50% of married couples and 70% of
unmarried persons receive 50% or more of their income from what. - answers - social
security
Among elderly social security beneficiaries, 21% of married couples and about 45% of
unmarried persons rely on social security for __ or more of their income. - answers -
90%
What is the primary source of health insurance for older adults? - answers - medicare
What percentage of older adults over 65 are still working? - answers - 18%
What percentage of older adults live alone? - answers - 27%
About 28% of all older persons live alone - answers - true
Which of the following is a clinician rated assessment
Balance confidence scale
Berg
Fall behavioral scale - answers - berg
With the berg balance assessment a score of 47 means that a person needs
assistance. - answers - false
,The picture represents how the world might look with which visual condition? - answers
- diabetic retinopathy
Which of the below definitions describes the cross-linking theory? - answers - states
accumulation of cross-linked proteins damages cells and tissues, slowing down bodily
processes and thus result in aging
All of the following are risk factors for falls among older adults except
Having postural hypotension
Having a visual deficit
Having a minimum of 2 medications
Having a cognitive impairment - answers - having a minimum of 2 medications
After being outside on a sunny day, an older adult walks into a dark restaurant and
bumps into a table. This is likely due to a problem with... - answers - accommodation
If you work with this generation you should use a more cooperative "team" approach
with teaching/learning and should try to make the person feel like a "star". - answers -
baby boomers
Which of the following is true about gait and aging? - answers - gait involves less
automatic steps
A person who demonstrates dry eyes, dry mouth, blurred vision, fatigue disorientation,
constipation, & urinary retention may be experiencing which type of medication side-
effect? - answers - anticholinergic
You are working with an older adult male in a home setting with a hip fracture and
accompanying age related macular degeneration (armd). How might armd impact
function? - answers - he will have difficulty with buttoning his shirt. .
According the ags/bgs guidelines (2010) and class notes which of the following has the
least efficacy to help a person with balance and fall issues?
Exercise, particularly balance, strength, and gait training
Home environmental adaptations
Hips protectors for all people with alzheimer's diseases - answers - hips protectors for
all people with alzheimer's diseases
Cataracts - answers - clouding of the lens
Which of the following is true about medications and aging? - answers - older adults
often have chronic conditions so they make take more medications
, What number of older adults currently live in institutional settings (nursing homes)? -
answers - 1.2 million
Who is more likely to be married older men or older women? - answers - men
T/f: poverty is higher among the older adult population - answers - true
Who are the poorest older adults - answers - hispanic women living alone
What percentage of older adults living in the community experience independent living
difficulties? - answers - 19%
Aging today is influenced by - answers - public policy and rapid increase in life
expectancy
Understanding "old age" as a period of life, whereas "aging" occurs throughout life.
Theory development is dynamic - answers - true
Aging is complex and multi-_____ - answers - dimensional
T/f: only one theory will explain aging - answers - false
No one theory will explain aging
The free radical theory - answers - oxygen molecules with an unstable electron move
around the cell, damaging cell structures as they go
It is known that diet, lifestyle, drugs (e.g. Tobacco and alcohol) and radiation etc., are all
accelerators of the free radical production within the body
Programmed longevity theory - answers - aging is the result of the sequential switching
on and off of certain genes
Endocrine theory - answers - biological clocks act through hormones to control the
pace of aging
Immunological theory - answers - a theory of aging that holds that the immune system
is preset to decline by an internal biological clockstates that the immune system is
programmed to decline over time, leading to an increased vulnerability to infectious
disease and thus ageing and death
The membrane theory - answers - according to this theory it is the age-related
changes of the cell's ability to transfer chemicals, heat, and electrical processes that
impair it
Aota proposed many priority areas for ot practice in aging - answers - aging in place
and livable communities, caregiving and occupational health of caregivers, and
promoting healthy occupations in institutions
What is the current percentage of older americans over 65? - answers - 54.1%
What percentage of older adults in the us have obtained a bachelor's degree or higher?
- answers - 33%
Between 1970 and 2020, the percentage of older persons who had completed high
school rose from 28% to 89%
Why is this important to consider? - answers - for health literacy
What is the major source of income for most of the elderly - answers - social security
__/10 individuals aged 65 and older receive social security benefits - answers - 9/10
Among elderly social security beneficiaries, 50% of married couples and 70% of
unmarried persons receive 50% or more of their income from what. - answers - social
security
Among elderly social security beneficiaries, 21% of married couples and about 45% of
unmarried persons rely on social security for __ or more of their income. - answers -
90%
What is the primary source of health insurance for older adults? - answers - medicare
What percentage of older adults over 65 are still working? - answers - 18%
What percentage of older adults live alone? - answers - 27%
About 28% of all older persons live alone - answers - true
Which of the following is a clinician rated assessment
Balance confidence scale
Berg
Fall behavioral scale - answers - berg
With the berg balance assessment a score of 47 means that a person needs
assistance. - answers - false
,The picture represents how the world might look with which visual condition? - answers
- diabetic retinopathy
Which of the below definitions describes the cross-linking theory? - answers - states
accumulation of cross-linked proteins damages cells and tissues, slowing down bodily
processes and thus result in aging
All of the following are risk factors for falls among older adults except
Having postural hypotension
Having a visual deficit
Having a minimum of 2 medications
Having a cognitive impairment - answers - having a minimum of 2 medications
After being outside on a sunny day, an older adult walks into a dark restaurant and
bumps into a table. This is likely due to a problem with... - answers - accommodation
If you work with this generation you should use a more cooperative "team" approach
with teaching/learning and should try to make the person feel like a "star". - answers -
baby boomers
Which of the following is true about gait and aging? - answers - gait involves less
automatic steps
A person who demonstrates dry eyes, dry mouth, blurred vision, fatigue disorientation,
constipation, & urinary retention may be experiencing which type of medication side-
effect? - answers - anticholinergic
You are working with an older adult male in a home setting with a hip fracture and
accompanying age related macular degeneration (armd). How might armd impact
function? - answers - he will have difficulty with buttoning his shirt. .
According the ags/bgs guidelines (2010) and class notes which of the following has the
least efficacy to help a person with balance and fall issues?
Exercise, particularly balance, strength, and gait training
Home environmental adaptations
Hips protectors for all people with alzheimer's diseases - answers - hips protectors for
all people with alzheimer's diseases
Cataracts - answers - clouding of the lens
Which of the following is true about medications and aging? - answers - older adults
often have chronic conditions so they make take more medications
, What number of older adults currently live in institutional settings (nursing homes)? -
answers - 1.2 million
Who is more likely to be married older men or older women? - answers - men
T/f: poverty is higher among the older adult population - answers - true
Who are the poorest older adults - answers - hispanic women living alone
What percentage of older adults living in the community experience independent living
difficulties? - answers - 19%
Aging today is influenced by - answers - public policy and rapid increase in life
expectancy
Understanding "old age" as a period of life, whereas "aging" occurs throughout life.
Theory development is dynamic - answers - true
Aging is complex and multi-_____ - answers - dimensional
T/f: only one theory will explain aging - answers - false
No one theory will explain aging
The free radical theory - answers - oxygen molecules with an unstable electron move
around the cell, damaging cell structures as they go
It is known that diet, lifestyle, drugs (e.g. Tobacco and alcohol) and radiation etc., are all
accelerators of the free radical production within the body
Programmed longevity theory - answers - aging is the result of the sequential switching
on and off of certain genes
Endocrine theory - answers - biological clocks act through hormones to control the
pace of aging
Immunological theory - answers - a theory of aging that holds that the immune system
is preset to decline by an internal biological clockstates that the immune system is
programmed to decline over time, leading to an increased vulnerability to infectious
disease and thus ageing and death
The membrane theory - answers - according to this theory it is the age-related
changes of the cell's ability to transfer chemicals, heat, and electrical processes that
impair it
