WGU C475 CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT/ HEALTH CARE POLICY & REFORM/ ASSESSMENT & ACRONYMS ETC QUESTIONS WITH 100 % CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED

AAC Augmentative and Alternative Communication - can both enhance (augmentative) & replace (alternative) conventional forms of expression for people who can't communicate through speech, writing, or gestures. USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - an independent panel of private-sector experts in primary care and prevention whose mission is to evaluate the benefits of individual services & to create age, gender, and risk based recommendations about services that should routinely be incorporated into primary medical care. Healthy People 2010 - utilized more than 350 national organizations and 250 state agencies to *develop a set of health care objectives to increase the quality and quantity of years of healthy life of Americans and to eliminate health disparities.* Healthy People 2000 - reduce preventable death and disability for Americans IADLS Instrumental Activities of Daily Living - more complex activities Laundry, shopping for groceries, using a telephone, cooking, shopping, housekeeping, finances, taking medications, preparing meals, fixing things around the house, lawn care, AADLs Advanced Activities of Daily Living - social, family, and community roles, occupation MMSE Mini Mental State Examination - differentiate organic from functional disorders and to measure change in cognitive impairment. It is not used for diagnostics. It measures orientation, registration, attention and calculation, short-term recall, language, and visuospatial function GDS Geriatric Depression Scale - 30 questions, A "negative" response which, may be a yes or no answer, is scored as 1 point; a high score indicates more symptoms of depressionSPICES - An overall Assessment Tool of Older Adults. S is for Sleep Disorders. P is for Problems with bathing or Feeding, I Incontinence, C is for Confusion, E is for Evidence of Falls, S is for Skin Breakdown