In the Care of Older Adults, 3rd Edition
by Laurie Kennedy-Malone, Verified Chapters 1 - 23, Complete
,Answers at the end of the Chapter
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Chapter 1: Changes with Aging
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MultipleAChoice
IdentifyAtheAchoiceAthatAbestAcompletesAtheAstatementAorAanswersAtheAquestion.
The major impact of the physiological changes that occur with aging is:
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ReducedAphysiologicalAreserve
ReducedAhomeostaticAmechanisms
ImpairedAimmunologicalAresponse
AllAofAtheAabove
TheAstrongestAevidenceAregardingAnormalAphysiologicalAagingAisAavailableAthrough:
, RandomizedAcontrolledAclinicalAtrials
Cross-sectionalAstudies
LongitudinalAstudies
CaseAcontrolAstudies
All of the following statements are true about laborator
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y values in older adultsexcept:
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ReferenceArangesAareApreferable
AbnormalAfindingsAareAoftenAdueAtoAphysiologicalAaging
NormalArangesAmayAnotAbeAapplicableAforAolderAadults
ReferenceAvaluesAareAnotAnecessarilyAacceptableAvalues
Biochemical individuality is best described as:
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EachAindividual’sAvariationAisAoftenAmuchAgreaterAthanAthatAofAaAlargerAgroup
TheAuniqueAbiochemicalAprofileAofAaAselectedApopulation
TheAtrulyA“normal”Aindividual—fallingAwithinAaverageArange
EachAindividual’sAvariationAisAoftenAmuchAsmallerAthanAthatAofAaAlargerAgroup
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