Ebersole & Hess Healthy Aging ch 1, 4, 5,
31, 32 question and 100% verified answers
what is wellness? - Correct Answer - multidimensional
- adaptation to internal/external conditions
- individualized
- is a continuum, *not* a condition
why are health promotion and dz prevention more important than ever? - Correct
Answer - increased life expectancy
- increased population
developed vs undeveloped world: who has more aging - Correct Answer undeveloped
world increasing in aging population, about to be way more than in developed world
for the first time in history, multiple generations will all... - Correct Answer belong to the
older adult population (eg individual and their parent and grandparent will all be older
adults)
what is happening to definitions of "old," "elder," "senior"? - Correct Answer changing
rapidly, especially as boomers get older (they tend to not be down with being thought of
as old people)
how does HP2020 address aging? - Correct Answer unique and specific ways to
promote health in older adults are detailed in HP2020 goals
a geri nurse using a wellness model takes what kind of approach? - Correct Answer
promote health regardless of where a person is on the continuum
using a wellness model, what kind of interventions does the geri nurse implement? -
Correct Answer - promote optimal living
- enhance healthy aging
- maximize QOL
examples of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in the older adult pop: - Correct
Answer *primary:* vaccinations (esp flu, PN), weight, exercise, diet, psychosocial
stimulation and health
*secondary:* detect changes early - screenings @ senior centers, health fairs, doctor's
office
*tertiary:* - important c chronic dz or s/p acute health event. DM diet planning,
PT/OT/ST p CVA,
, how to promote biological wellness - Correct Answer - regular activity (range from
playing sports/walking, to adaptive versions - Wii sports are great, to just sitting up in
bed)
- eating, sleeping well
- manage health conditions, access to health care
how to promote social wellness - Correct Answer - interact with humans and/or animals
- ongoing social interaction good for cognition, memory, mood
how to promote functional wellness - Correct Answer - physical environment that
promotes healing and activity
- don't help people to do things they can do for themselves
how to promote environmental wellness - Correct Answer - can be r/t individual (access
to food and transportation, exposures to crime, pollution)
- but also r/t community - activism re resources, creating living spaces
how to promote psychological wellness - Correct Answer - being aware of and
accepting feelings
- challenge the misconception that declining mental/cognitive health is age-appropriate
how to promote spiritual wellness - Correct Answer - be aware of and open to pts'
expressions of beliefs
- cultural competence
culture: - Correct Answer shared/learned beliefs, expectations, behaviors
enculturation vs acculturation - Correct Answer enculturation - the cultural values
passed down through family
acculturation - learning a culture that is not your native/family culture
health inequity vs health disparity - Correct Answer inequity - r/t distribution of wealth
(between countries or within countries)
disparity - r/t health *outcomes* - burden of illness on one group compared to another
ethnocentrism - Correct Answer - belief that one's culture/group is superior to another
31, 32 question and 100% verified answers
what is wellness? - Correct Answer - multidimensional
- adaptation to internal/external conditions
- individualized
- is a continuum, *not* a condition
why are health promotion and dz prevention more important than ever? - Correct
Answer - increased life expectancy
- increased population
developed vs undeveloped world: who has more aging - Correct Answer undeveloped
world increasing in aging population, about to be way more than in developed world
for the first time in history, multiple generations will all... - Correct Answer belong to the
older adult population (eg individual and their parent and grandparent will all be older
adults)
what is happening to definitions of "old," "elder," "senior"? - Correct Answer changing
rapidly, especially as boomers get older (they tend to not be down with being thought of
as old people)
how does HP2020 address aging? - Correct Answer unique and specific ways to
promote health in older adults are detailed in HP2020 goals
a geri nurse using a wellness model takes what kind of approach? - Correct Answer
promote health regardless of where a person is on the continuum
using a wellness model, what kind of interventions does the geri nurse implement? -
Correct Answer - promote optimal living
- enhance healthy aging
- maximize QOL
examples of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in the older adult pop: - Correct
Answer *primary:* vaccinations (esp flu, PN), weight, exercise, diet, psychosocial
stimulation and health
*secondary:* detect changes early - screenings @ senior centers, health fairs, doctor's
office
*tertiary:* - important c chronic dz or s/p acute health event. DM diet planning,
PT/OT/ST p CVA,
, how to promote biological wellness - Correct Answer - regular activity (range from
playing sports/walking, to adaptive versions - Wii sports are great, to just sitting up in
bed)
- eating, sleeping well
- manage health conditions, access to health care
how to promote social wellness - Correct Answer - interact with humans and/or animals
- ongoing social interaction good for cognition, memory, mood
how to promote functional wellness - Correct Answer - physical environment that
promotes healing and activity
- don't help people to do things they can do for themselves
how to promote environmental wellness - Correct Answer - can be r/t individual (access
to food and transportation, exposures to crime, pollution)
- but also r/t community - activism re resources, creating living spaces
how to promote psychological wellness - Correct Answer - being aware of and
accepting feelings
- challenge the misconception that declining mental/cognitive health is age-appropriate
how to promote spiritual wellness - Correct Answer - be aware of and open to pts'
expressions of beliefs
- cultural competence
culture: - Correct Answer shared/learned beliefs, expectations, behaviors
enculturation vs acculturation - Correct Answer enculturation - the cultural values
passed down through family
acculturation - learning a culture that is not your native/family culture
health inequity vs health disparity - Correct Answer inequity - r/t distribution of wealth
(between countries or within countries)
disparity - r/t health *outcomes* - burden of illness on one group compared to another
ethnocentrism - Correct Answer - belief that one's culture/group is superior to another
