TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN
PERSPECTIVES 8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK,
HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN KOBAYASHI
CHAPTER 7.
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8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK, HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN
KOBAYASHI CHAPTER 7.
CHAPTER 7: HEALTHCARE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. According to Epp (1986), what is “the resource which gives people the
ability to manage and even to change their surroundings”?
a. health
b. power
c. social support
d. technology
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 161 BLM: REM
2. Elliott is among the 90% of people aged 65 and over who claim that
they can do which of the following?
a. not worry about their finances in old age
b. drive a car for a long distance excursion
c. use two or fewer prescription drugs daily
d. live on their own in the community
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 161 BLM: HO
3. Which of the following is an example of health promotion?
a. consuming more fruits and vegetables in the diet
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b. exercising to the point of exhaustion every day
c. recycling cardboard and glass and plastic
d. watching less TV and reading more books
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 161 BLM: HO
4. Surgery, rehabilitation through physical therapy, and drug therapy are the
preferred methods of which model?
a. the medical model
b. the health promotion model
c. the hospice model
d. the healthcare model
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 161 BLM: HO
5. Which of the following best describes the current Canadian healthcare
system?
a. It does not address issues related to symptom relief.
b. It emphasizes disease treatment, and minimally addresses
health promotion and injury prevention.
c. It is controlled by physicians who lack training in other forms of
healthcare.
d. It has a negative cost–benefit
therapeutic index. CORRECT
ANSWER: C REF: 162 BLM: HO
6. Which of the following best describes medical care according to the social
model of healthcare?
a. It has little or no place in a “true” healthcare system.
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b. It should be used only in extreme cases.
c. It is only a piece of a complete healthcare system.
d. It plays a major role in healthcare, but must be supported by a healthcare
team.
CORRECT ANSWER: C REF: 162 BLM: HO
7. What does the social model of healthcare strive to do?
a. reduce the power differential between the elderly and healthcare
professionals
b. empower people to take control of their health
c. optimize the benefit to elders through managing resources based
on appropriate standards of care
d. keep older people in their homes
through a healthcare team CORRECT
ANSWER: D REF: 162
BLM: HO
8. In the social model, what is the best way to deliver healthcare?
a. through the physician
b. through educating people about disease prevention
c. through counsellors and social workers
d. through the healthcare team
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 162 BLM: HO
9. Which of the following is an example of long-term care?
a. a senior’s recreation facility
b. an acute hospital
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PERSPECTIVES 8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK,
HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN KOBAYASHI
CHAPTER 7.
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TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES
8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK, HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN
KOBAYASHI CHAPTER 7.
CHAPTER 7: HEALTHCARE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. According to Epp (1986), what is “the resource which gives people the
ability to manage and even to change their surroundings”?
a. health
b. power
c. social support
d. technology
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 161 BLM: REM
2. Elliott is among the 90% of people aged 65 and over who claim that
they can do which of the following?
a. not worry about their finances in old age
b. drive a car for a long distance excursion
c. use two or fewer prescription drugs daily
d. live on their own in the community
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 161 BLM: HO
3. Which of the following is an example of health promotion?
a. consuming more fruits and vegetables in the diet
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b. exercising to the point of exhaustion every day
c. recycling cardboard and glass and plastic
d. watching less TV and reading more books
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 161 BLM: HO
4. Surgery, rehabilitation through physical therapy, and drug therapy are the
preferred methods of which model?
a. the medical model
b. the health promotion model
c. the hospice model
d. the healthcare model
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 161 BLM: HO
5. Which of the following best describes the current Canadian healthcare
system?
a. It does not address issues related to symptom relief.
b. It emphasizes disease treatment, and minimally addresses
health promotion and injury prevention.
c. It is controlled by physicians who lack training in other forms of
healthcare.
d. It has a negative cost–benefit
therapeutic index. CORRECT
ANSWER: C REF: 162 BLM: HO
6. Which of the following best describes medical care according to the social
model of healthcare?
a. It has little or no place in a “true” healthcare system.
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b. It should be used only in extreme cases.
c. It is only a piece of a complete healthcare system.
d. It plays a major role in healthcare, but must be supported by a healthcare
team.
CORRECT ANSWER: C REF: 162 BLM: HO
7. What does the social model of healthcare strive to do?
a. reduce the power differential between the elderly and healthcare
professionals
b. empower people to take control of their health
c. optimize the benefit to elders through managing resources based
on appropriate standards of care
d. keep older people in their homes
through a healthcare team CORRECT
ANSWER: D REF: 162
BLM: HO
8. In the social model, what is the best way to deliver healthcare?
a. through the physician
b. through educating people about disease prevention
c. through counsellors and social workers
d. through the healthcare team
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 162 BLM: HO
9. Which of the following is an example of long-term care?
a. a senior’s recreation facility
b. an acute hospital
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