Aging Adult Questions and Answers
Question 1
What are the four stages of illness behavior?
Correct Answer
1. Experiencing symptoms
2. Sick role
3. Dependent role
4. Recovery and rehabilitation
Question 2
In health care settings, what are the levels of care and what are their aims?
Correct Answer
Primary--promotion and prevention
Secondary--diagnosis and treatment
Tertiary--specialty (like burn center, cancer center)
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,Question 3
Money is taken out of a social security check on a monthly basis for Medicare Part C; who is it paid to? Why?
Correct Answer
MCO because they actually manage the healthcare plan
Question 4
What are internal variables influencing health? SATA.
A. Developmental stage
B. Educational background
C. Maslow's heirarchy of needs
D. Perception of illness and functioning
E. Emotional factors
F. Biological factors
Correct Answer
A, B, D, E
Question 5
What are the levels of PREVENTIVE care and what are their aims?
Correct Answer
Primary--promote and PROTECT
Secondary--diagnose and treat
Tertiary--restore and rehabilitate
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, Question 6
What are the years of middle adulthood?
Correct Answer
40-65
Question 7
In communication, who is the encoder? Who is the decoder?
Correct Answer
Encoder--the sender of the message
Decoder--the receiver of the message
Question 8
The three components to convincing someone to change health behaviors
Correct Answer
1. Susceptibility
2. Seriousness
3. Preventive action
Question 9
In a helping relationship, in which phase are goals introduced?
Correct Answer
Orientation phase
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