Introduction to Theories and Concepts for Geriatric Occupational Therapy- Exam Questions Solved
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Aging - Answers The sum total of our genetic and biological makeup combined with all of the lifestyle
decisions, events, and exposures (whether by choice or otherwise) that we experience throughout the
lifespan.
1. Young old
2. Mid old
3. Old old - Answers Stages of aging
Young old - Answers 65 to 75 years of age
Mid Old - Answers 75 to 85 years of age
Old Old - Answers 85 years of age and older
Ageism - Answers is an attitude that discriminates, separates, stigmatizes, or otherwise disadvantages
older adults on the basis of chronological age.
1. Elders are useless because they can't see, hear,
or remember.
2. Elders are slow when they move about.
3. Elders are in ill health or are depressed.
4. Elders cannot learn new things.
5. Elders drain the economy and are unproductive.
6. Elders are too old to remain part of the workforce.
7. Elders cannot perform or enjoy sexual activity.
8. Elders prefer being with and talking with other
elders.
9. Elders complain about all that is new.
10. Elders are rich; or elders are poor. - Answers Ageism
Learned Helplessness - Answers A mental state in which an organism forced to bear aversive stimuli, or
stimuli that are painful or otherwise unpleasant, becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent
, encounters with those stimuli, even if they are "escapable," presumably because it has learned that it
cannot control the situation.
1. Give choices and options
2. Challenge to work at a greater level
than current function
3. Encourage to advocate for themselves
4. Enhance personal control in everyday
life
5. Regain a feeling of competence,
decrease learned helplessness. - Answers How to combat learne helplessness
1. Programmed Aging theory
2. Free Radical theory
3. Neuroendocrine theory
4. Wear and Tear theory - Answers Biological Theories
1. Disengagement theory
2. Activity theory
3. Socioemotional Selectivity theory
4. Continuity theory - Answers Social Theories
Programmed Aging Theory - Answers The human body has an inherited internal "genetic clock" (the
Hayflick limit) that determines the aging
process.
Hayflick Limit - Answers Also known as the genetic clock.
Programmed Aging Theory - Answers Explains why many older adults have one or multiple conditions
related to decreased or impaired client
factors and why it is rrte to find any of these impairments in young adults.
Free Radical Theory - Answers Accumulated damage of mitochondria is associated with system-wide
dysfunction in age-related declines
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Aging - Answers The sum total of our genetic and biological makeup combined with all of the lifestyle
decisions, events, and exposures (whether by choice or otherwise) that we experience throughout the
lifespan.
1. Young old
2. Mid old
3. Old old - Answers Stages of aging
Young old - Answers 65 to 75 years of age
Mid Old - Answers 75 to 85 years of age
Old Old - Answers 85 years of age and older
Ageism - Answers is an attitude that discriminates, separates, stigmatizes, or otherwise disadvantages
older adults on the basis of chronological age.
1. Elders are useless because they can't see, hear,
or remember.
2. Elders are slow when they move about.
3. Elders are in ill health or are depressed.
4. Elders cannot learn new things.
5. Elders drain the economy and are unproductive.
6. Elders are too old to remain part of the workforce.
7. Elders cannot perform or enjoy sexual activity.
8. Elders prefer being with and talking with other
elders.
9. Elders complain about all that is new.
10. Elders are rich; or elders are poor. - Answers Ageism
Learned Helplessness - Answers A mental state in which an organism forced to bear aversive stimuli, or
stimuli that are painful or otherwise unpleasant, becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent
, encounters with those stimuli, even if they are "escapable," presumably because it has learned that it
cannot control the situation.
1. Give choices and options
2. Challenge to work at a greater level
than current function
3. Encourage to advocate for themselves
4. Enhance personal control in everyday
life
5. Regain a feeling of competence,
decrease learned helplessness. - Answers How to combat learne helplessness
1. Programmed Aging theory
2. Free Radical theory
3. Neuroendocrine theory
4. Wear and Tear theory - Answers Biological Theories
1. Disengagement theory
2. Activity theory
3. Socioemotional Selectivity theory
4. Continuity theory - Answers Social Theories
Programmed Aging Theory - Answers The human body has an inherited internal "genetic clock" (the
Hayflick limit) that determines the aging
process.
Hayflick Limit - Answers Also known as the genetic clock.
Programmed Aging Theory - Answers Explains why many older adults have one or multiple conditions
related to decreased or impaired client
factors and why it is rrte to find any of these impairments in young adults.
Free Radical Theory - Answers Accumulated damage of mitochondria is associated with system-wide
dysfunction in age-related declines
