BASIC GERIATRIC NURSING
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● The study of all aspects of the aging process, including the clinical
psycho logic economic and sociological problems of older adults, and
the consequences of these problems for older adults and society
Answer: Gerontology
●● The number of years a person has lived
Answer: chronologic age
●● The fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into
mainstream society
Answer: gerontophobia
●● disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging
makes people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
Answer: ageism
●● statistical study of human populations
Answer: demographics
, ●● Aging According to the U.S. projected to exceed the number of
children under age 5 Department of State, the number of people over age
65 is million people age 65 or older
Answer: Scope of the Aging Population
●● B. Women currently outlive men by approximately 5 to 6 years
Answer: True
●● The Baby Boomers Consists of
Answer: people who were born after World War II, between 1946 and
1964
●● The Baby Boomers Account for
Answer: people approximately one-third of all Americans today
●● Medicare A.
Answer: Covers inpatient hospital care; extended care in a skilled
nursing facility following hospitalization; some home health services
and hospice services-but only after the patient pays an any co-pay
expenses
●● Medicare
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
APLUS
●● The study of all aspects of the aging process, including the clinical
psycho logic economic and sociological problems of older adults, and
the consequences of these problems for older adults and society
Answer: Gerontology
●● The number of years a person has lived
Answer: chronologic age
●● The fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into
mainstream society
Answer: gerontophobia
●● disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging
makes people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
Answer: ageism
●● statistical study of human populations
Answer: demographics
, ●● Aging According to the U.S. projected to exceed the number of
children under age 5 Department of State, the number of people over age
65 is million people age 65 or older
Answer: Scope of the Aging Population
●● B. Women currently outlive men by approximately 5 to 6 years
Answer: True
●● The Baby Boomers Consists of
Answer: people who were born after World War II, between 1946 and
1964
●● The Baby Boomers Account for
Answer: people approximately one-third of all Americans today
●● Medicare A.
Answer: Covers inpatient hospital care; extended care in a skilled
nursing facility following hospitalization; some home health services
and hospice services-but only after the patient pays an any co-pay
expenses
●● Medicare
