Williams Ch1 and Ch3 Guide Questions with Correct Answers
What fact explains the shift of health care focus toward the older adult in the late 1960s?
a. Disability was viewed as unavoidable.
b. Complications from disease increased mortality.
c. Older adults' needs are similar to those of all adults.
d. Preventive health care practices increased longevity. - correct answers D
To what age group does the term "aged" apply?
a. 55-64 years of age
b. 65-74 years of age
c. 75-84 years of age
d. 85 and older - correct answers C
Which of the following is true of ageism?
a. It is discrimination against persons solely on the basis of age.
b. It causes a person to fear aging.
c. It involves the use of cultural sensitivity to address concerns of aging.
d. It focuses on resources for the older adult. - correct answers A
What is the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the older adult?
a. Medicare and Medicaid
b. Elimination of the mandatory retirement age
c. The Americans with Disabilities Act
d. The Drug Benefit Program - correct answers A
What housing option for the older adult offers the privacy of an apartment with restaurant-style meals
and some medical and personal care services?
a. Government-subsidized housing
b. Long-term care facility
, c. Assisted-living center
d. Group housing plan - correct answersC
The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of pneumonia is concerned
about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his Medicare coverage will pay for his care. What would be
the most helpful response by the nurse?
a. Medicare Part C pays 50% of all medical costs for persons older than 65.
b. Medicare Part B pays hospital costs and physician fees.
c. Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
d. Medicare Part D pays 80% of the charges made by physicians. - correct answersC
The daughter of a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks which documents are
required to allow her to make health care decisions for her parent. Which response would provide the
most information to the daughter?
a. Advance directives indicate the degree of intervention desired by the patient.
b. A 'Do Not Resuscitate' document signed by the patient transfers authority to the next of kin.
c. A durable power of attorney for health care transfers decision-making authority for health care to a
designated person.
d. A living will transfers authority to the physician. - correct answersC
The daughter of a resident in a long-term care facility is frustrated with her 80-year-old mother's refusal
to eat. Which response would be the most appropriate?
a. The refusal to eat is an effort to maintain a portion of independence and self-direction.
b. The refusal to eat is an indication of approaching Alzheimer disease.
c. The refusal to eat is an effort to gain attention.
d. The refusal to eat is an indication of the dislike of the institutional food. - correct answersA
When do the conditions of a living will go into effect?
a. When the patient declares that desire in writing
b. When a family member indicates the desire for curative therapy to cease
c. When two physicians agree in writing that the criteria in the living will have been met
What fact explains the shift of health care focus toward the older adult in the late 1960s?
a. Disability was viewed as unavoidable.
b. Complications from disease increased mortality.
c. Older adults' needs are similar to those of all adults.
d. Preventive health care practices increased longevity. - correct answers D
To what age group does the term "aged" apply?
a. 55-64 years of age
b. 65-74 years of age
c. 75-84 years of age
d. 85 and older - correct answers C
Which of the following is true of ageism?
a. It is discrimination against persons solely on the basis of age.
b. It causes a person to fear aging.
c. It involves the use of cultural sensitivity to address concerns of aging.
d. It focuses on resources for the older adult. - correct answers A
What is the most beneficial legislation that has influenced health care for the older adult?
a. Medicare and Medicaid
b. Elimination of the mandatory retirement age
c. The Americans with Disabilities Act
d. The Drug Benefit Program - correct answers A
What housing option for the older adult offers the privacy of an apartment with restaurant-style meals
and some medical and personal care services?
a. Government-subsidized housing
b. Long-term care facility
, c. Assisted-living center
d. Group housing plan - correct answersC
The 75-year-old man who has been hospitalized following a severe case of pneumonia is concerned
about his mounting hospital bill and asks if his Medicare coverage will pay for his care. What would be
the most helpful response by the nurse?
a. Medicare Part C pays 50% of all medical costs for persons older than 65.
b. Medicare Part B pays hospital costs and physician fees.
c. Medicare Part A pays for inpatient hospital costs.
d. Medicare Part D pays 80% of the charges made by physicians. - correct answersC
The daughter of a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer asks which documents are
required to allow her to make health care decisions for her parent. Which response would provide the
most information to the daughter?
a. Advance directives indicate the degree of intervention desired by the patient.
b. A 'Do Not Resuscitate' document signed by the patient transfers authority to the next of kin.
c. A durable power of attorney for health care transfers decision-making authority for health care to a
designated person.
d. A living will transfers authority to the physician. - correct answersC
The daughter of a resident in a long-term care facility is frustrated with her 80-year-old mother's refusal
to eat. Which response would be the most appropriate?
a. The refusal to eat is an effort to maintain a portion of independence and self-direction.
b. The refusal to eat is an indication of approaching Alzheimer disease.
c. The refusal to eat is an effort to gain attention.
d. The refusal to eat is an indication of the dislike of the institutional food. - correct answersA
When do the conditions of a living will go into effect?
a. When the patient declares that desire in writing
b. When a family member indicates the desire for curative therapy to cease
c. When two physicians agree in writing that the criteria in the living will have been met
