GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING 11TH EDITION BY
CHARLOTTE ELIOPOULOS EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What does gerontological nursing focus on?
Answer: It focuses on providing care to elderly persons using the
nursing process.
◉ Define senescence.
Answer: It is a period of life during which the greatest amount of
aging occurs and involves the loss of a cell's ability to divide, grow,
and function.
◉ What is senility?
Answer: Pathological and functional defects resulting from the aging
process.
◉ What is the age range for 'young old' individuals?
Answer: Individuals aged 60 to 74.
◉ What is the age range for 'middle old' individuals?
Answer: Individuals aged 75 to 84.
, ◉ What is the age range for 'old old' individuals?
Answer: Individuals aged 85 and older.
◉ What does gerontology study?
Answer: The scientific study of the aging process and the problems
of aged persons.
◉ What percentage of the U.S. population was over age 60 in 2005?
Answer: 13%.
◉ What is chronological age?
Answer: The measure of time elapsed since a person's birth, or the
number of years a person has been alive.
◉ What was the growth rate of the older population in the U.S. from
1920 to 2020?
Answer: The older population increased by 50.9 million,
representing a growth rate of about 1,000%.
◉ What is the feminization of later life?
Answer: The phenomenon where women predominate at older ages,
with proportions increasing with advancing age.
CHARLOTTE ELIOPOULOS EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ What does gerontological nursing focus on?
Answer: It focuses on providing care to elderly persons using the
nursing process.
◉ Define senescence.
Answer: It is a period of life during which the greatest amount of
aging occurs and involves the loss of a cell's ability to divide, grow,
and function.
◉ What is senility?
Answer: Pathological and functional defects resulting from the aging
process.
◉ What is the age range for 'young old' individuals?
Answer: Individuals aged 60 to 74.
◉ What is the age range for 'middle old' individuals?
Answer: Individuals aged 75 to 84.
, ◉ What is the age range for 'old old' individuals?
Answer: Individuals aged 85 and older.
◉ What does gerontology study?
Answer: The scientific study of the aging process and the problems
of aged persons.
◉ What percentage of the U.S. population was over age 60 in 2005?
Answer: 13%.
◉ What is chronological age?
Answer: The measure of time elapsed since a person's birth, or the
number of years a person has been alive.
◉ What was the growth rate of the older population in the U.S. from
1920 to 2020?
Answer: The older population increased by 50.9 million,
representing a growth rate of about 1,000%.
◉ What is the feminization of later life?
Answer: The phenomenon where women predominate at older ages,
with proportions increasing with advancing age.
