Basic Geriatric Nursing Chapter 1 QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED
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medical specialty that deals with the physiology of aging and with the diagnosis and treatment
of diseases affecting older adults. - answer☑️✔️.geriatrics
The study of all aspects of the aging process, including the clinical psycho logic economic and
sociological problems of older adults, and the consequences of these problems for older adults
and society - answer☑️✔️.Gerontology
The number of years a person has lived - answer☑️✔️.chronologic age
The fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into mainstream society -
answer☑️✔️.gerontophobia
disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes people unattractive,
unintelligent, and unproductive - answer☑️✔️.ageism
statistical study of human populations - answer☑️✔️.demographics
Aging According to the U.S. projected to exceed the number of children under age 5
Department of State, the number of people over age 65 is million people age 65 or older -
answer☑️✔️.Scope of the Aging Population
B. Women currently outlive men by approximately 5 to 6 years - answer☑️✔️.True
The Baby Boomers Consists of - answer☑️✔️.people who were born after World War II,
between 1946 and 1964
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medical specialty that deals with the physiology of aging and with the diagnosis and treatment
of diseases affecting older adults. - answer☑️✔️.geriatrics
The study of all aspects of the aging process, including the clinical psycho logic economic and
sociological problems of older adults, and the consequences of these problems for older adults
and society - answer☑️✔️.Gerontology
The number of years a person has lived - answer☑️✔️.chronologic age
The fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into mainstream society -
answer☑️✔️.gerontophobia
disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes people unattractive,
unintelligent, and unproductive - answer☑️✔️.ageism
statistical study of human populations - answer☑️✔️.demographics
Aging According to the U.S. projected to exceed the number of children under age 5
Department of State, the number of people over age 65 is million people age 65 or older -
answer☑️✔️.Scope of the Aging Population
B. Women currently outlive men by approximately 5 to 6 years - answer☑️✔️.True
The Baby Boomers Consists of - answer☑️✔️.people who were born after World War II,
between 1946 and 1964
