NCMB 314 - WEEK 3 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

NCMB 314 - WEEK 3 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment - ANSWER Multidimensional process to
assess functional ability, health, and socio environmental situation

Benefits of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment - ANSWER - Improved care
and clinical outcomes
- Greater diagnostic accuracy
- Improved functional and mental status
- Reduced mortality
- Decreased use of nursing homes and acute care hospitals
- Greater satisfaction with care

Functional Ability - ANSWER Do activities of daily living or ADLs and
instrumental ADLs or IADLs

ADLs - ANSWER Eating, dressing, bathing, transferring to bed and chair, using
toilet, controlling bladder and bowel

IADLs - ANSWER Independent activities of daily living: prep meals, do
housework, taking meds, do errands, manage finances, and using telephone

Physical Ability - ANSWER History and physical exam should include common
problems of older people: vision, hearing, continence, gait, and balance

Cognition and Mental Health - ANSWER Validated screening tests for cognitive
dysfunction (mental status exam) and for depression (Geriatric/Hemilton
depression scale)

Socio Environmental Situation - ANSWER Social interaction network, social
support resources, special needs, and safety and convenience

Katz Index - ANSWER Scored yes or no for independence
- 6: full function
- 4: moderate impairments
- 2: less indicates severe functional impairment

Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) - ANSWER Any score of 24+: normal
cognition
19-23: mild cognitive impairment
10-18: moderate
9 below: severe