CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
young-old - correct answer ✔✔65-74
Middle old - correct answer ✔✔75-84
old-old - correct answer ✔✔85+
Elite-Old (Centenarians) - correct answer ✔✔100+
Gerontology - correct answer ✔✔study of the aging process
gerontological - correct answer ✔✔Gero= related to old age
Ology= the study of
geriatrics - correct answer ✔✔the care of aging people
age expectancy - correct answer ✔✔Men: 78.3 (smaller social circle)
Females: 83 (larger social circle)
Hollistic - correct answer ✔✔emphasizing the whole
Jean Watson - correct answer ✔✔•viewing all humans as valued people
•place an emphasis on the human relationship
•human-human relationship essential for caring nurse
Geotranscendence - correct answer ✔✔idea that meaning systems increase in quality as we age
Standards of Practice - correct answer ✔✔•relational care
• ethical care
•evidence informed care
•aesthetic/ artful care
•safe care
•social-politically engaged care
stochastic theories - correct answer ✔✔view aging as the result of random cellular damage that occurs
over time
(Error)
Non-stochastic theories - correct answer ✔✔view aging as the result of genetically programmed
physiological mechanisms within the body that control the process of aging.
(Predetermined/programmed)
, xerosis - correct answer ✔✔dry skin
pruritis - correct answer ✔✔severe itching
herpes zoster (shingles) - correct answer ✔✔viral infection affecting peripheral nerves
keratosis - correct answer ✔✔thickened and rough lesion of the epidermis; associated with aging or skin
damage
basal cell carcinoma - correct answer ✔✔Most common and least severe type of skin cancer; often
characterized by light or pearly nodules.
squamous cell carcinoma - correct answer ✔✔malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells in the
epidermis
Melanoma - correct answer ✔✔The most serious form of skin cancer (black)
sarcopenia - correct answer ✔✔the loss of muscle mass, strength, and function that comes with aging
Candidiasis - correct answer ✔✔yeast infection
Braden Scale - correct answer ✔✔A tool for predicting pressure ulcer risk
PAD (peripheral arterial disease) - correct answer ✔✔blockage of arteries carrying blood to the legs,
arms, kidneys and other organs
Renal system - correct answer ✔✔Blood flow through kidneys decreases by 10% every 10 years
Xerostomia - correct answer ✔✔dry mouth
prebycusis - correct answer ✔✔age related hearing loss
crystallized intelligence - correct answer ✔✔our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to
increase with age
fluid intelligence - correct answer ✔✔our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease
during late adulthood
(Biologically determined)
oxidative stress theory - correct answer ✔✔cell damage accumulates through life as a consequence of
free radicals produced by oxidative metabolism
(Cell death)
ageist - correct answer ✔✔treating older adults in a discriminatory way
(Negative)
ANSWERS | CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT FINAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
young-old - correct answer ✔✔65-74
Middle old - correct answer ✔✔75-84
old-old - correct answer ✔✔85+
Elite-Old (Centenarians) - correct answer ✔✔100+
Gerontology - correct answer ✔✔study of the aging process
gerontological - correct answer ✔✔Gero= related to old age
Ology= the study of
geriatrics - correct answer ✔✔the care of aging people
age expectancy - correct answer ✔✔Men: 78.3 (smaller social circle)
Females: 83 (larger social circle)
Hollistic - correct answer ✔✔emphasizing the whole
Jean Watson - correct answer ✔✔•viewing all humans as valued people
•place an emphasis on the human relationship
•human-human relationship essential for caring nurse
Geotranscendence - correct answer ✔✔idea that meaning systems increase in quality as we age
Standards of Practice - correct answer ✔✔•relational care
• ethical care
•evidence informed care
•aesthetic/ artful care
•safe care
•social-politically engaged care
stochastic theories - correct answer ✔✔view aging as the result of random cellular damage that occurs
over time
(Error)
Non-stochastic theories - correct answer ✔✔view aging as the result of genetically programmed
physiological mechanisms within the body that control the process of aging.
(Predetermined/programmed)
, xerosis - correct answer ✔✔dry skin
pruritis - correct answer ✔✔severe itching
herpes zoster (shingles) - correct answer ✔✔viral infection affecting peripheral nerves
keratosis - correct answer ✔✔thickened and rough lesion of the epidermis; associated with aging or skin
damage
basal cell carcinoma - correct answer ✔✔Most common and least severe type of skin cancer; often
characterized by light or pearly nodules.
squamous cell carcinoma - correct answer ✔✔malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells in the
epidermis
Melanoma - correct answer ✔✔The most serious form of skin cancer (black)
sarcopenia - correct answer ✔✔the loss of muscle mass, strength, and function that comes with aging
Candidiasis - correct answer ✔✔yeast infection
Braden Scale - correct answer ✔✔A tool for predicting pressure ulcer risk
PAD (peripheral arterial disease) - correct answer ✔✔blockage of arteries carrying blood to the legs,
arms, kidneys and other organs
Renal system - correct answer ✔✔Blood flow through kidneys decreases by 10% every 10 years
Xerostomia - correct answer ✔✔dry mouth
prebycusis - correct answer ✔✔age related hearing loss
crystallized intelligence - correct answer ✔✔our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to
increase with age
fluid intelligence - correct answer ✔✔our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease
during late adulthood
(Biologically determined)
oxidative stress theory - correct answer ✔✔cell damage accumulates through life as a consequence of
free radicals produced by oxidative metabolism
(Cell death)
ageist - correct answer ✔✔treating older adults in a discriminatory way
(Negative)
