NURS 601 Older Adults Midterm Questions with complete solutions

aging Correct Answer-begins at conception not pathological opportunity for usefulness, fulfillment, and joy financial status Correct Answer-older adults will often be operating at a reduced income, use social security, and have limited retirement funds cardiovascular disease Correct Answer-the greatest risk to health in both adult and older adult populations diabetes melliitus Correct Answer-need for insulin, teach safe medication use due to high risk, instruct on sliding scale minorities Correct Answer-at an increased risk of health related issues demographic changes Correct Answer-women losing male spouses d/t women living longer management of chronic diseases and cancer; but still dies more often from acute illness assets Correct Answer-the value that older adults financial status is composed of as opposed to cash aging demographics Correct Answer-gap is narrowing between male and female, widening between white and black population