Gerontology Exam 1 (Chapters 1-9) Questions with
Complete Solutions 100% Correct
Save
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1/7 Study with Learn
1. widowed
2. to live alone
3. to be less educated
4. to have fewer years of labor experience (more likely to live in poverty)
Choose an answer
1 gerontology 2 feminization of later life
Older women face different
the underlying core values and
socioeconomic circumstance than
3 principles of gerontological nursing 4
men because they are more likely to
includes:
be:
Don't know?
, Terms in this set (97)
the holistic study of the aging processes and
gerontology individuals as they mature throughout the adult life
span
1. the study of the physical, mental, and social
changes of aging
2. analysis of the changes in society as a result of an
gerontology includes:
aging population
3. application of this knowledge to policies and
program development
geriatrics the field more closely aligned with medicine
1. the study of health and disease in later life
geriatrics involves: 2. the comprehensive health care of older persons
and the well-being of their caregivers
the underlying core values 1. health promotion
and principles of 2. health protection
gerontological nursing 3. disease prevention
includes: 4. treatment of disease
number of years from birth that an individual can
life expectancy
expect to live
young-old ages 65-74
middle old ages 75-84
ages 85+; the fastest growing segment of the
old-old
population in the US
1. make it more difficult to recruit the best and the
brightest nurses to work with older patients
negative stereotypes of
2. limit the opportunities for rehabilitation and health
aging:
promotion services offered to older people
3. segregate older people from mainstream society
Complete Solutions 100% Correct
Save
Practice questions for this set
Learn 1/7 Study with Learn
1. widowed
2. to live alone
3. to be less educated
4. to have fewer years of labor experience (more likely to live in poverty)
Choose an answer
1 gerontology 2 feminization of later life
Older women face different
the underlying core values and
socioeconomic circumstance than
3 principles of gerontological nursing 4
men because they are more likely to
includes:
be:
Don't know?
, Terms in this set (97)
the holistic study of the aging processes and
gerontology individuals as they mature throughout the adult life
span
1. the study of the physical, mental, and social
changes of aging
2. analysis of the changes in society as a result of an
gerontology includes:
aging population
3. application of this knowledge to policies and
program development
geriatrics the field more closely aligned with medicine
1. the study of health and disease in later life
geriatrics involves: 2. the comprehensive health care of older persons
and the well-being of their caregivers
the underlying core values 1. health promotion
and principles of 2. health protection
gerontological nursing 3. disease prevention
includes: 4. treatment of disease
number of years from birth that an individual can
life expectancy
expect to live
young-old ages 65-74
middle old ages 75-84
ages 85+; the fastest growing segment of the
old-old
population in the US
1. make it more difficult to recruit the best and the
brightest nurses to work with older patients
negative stereotypes of
2. limit the opportunities for rehabilitation and health
aging:
promotion services offered to older people
3. segregate older people from mainstream society
