Ebersole & Hess Healthy Aging Ch 6-10 Exam Questions Answers 2024

Ebersole & Hess Healthy Aging Ch 6-10 Exam Questions Answers 2024 ageism is? - correct answer-stereotyping & discriminating against people d/t age common in the US where being old is basically the worst elderspeak - correct answer-baby talking to older adults talking to older adults like you think they're stupid some reasons to encourage life storytelling - correct answer-- can give information about health history and lived experience with an illness - part of resolving Eriksonian crisis of integrity vs. despair - promotes communication, decreases stress - good for cognition assessment skills for older adults... - correct answer-- listen - allow for pauses - ask questions they don't hear all the time - observe details - use all available sources of data - know difference between expected and unexpected age-related changes assessment tool FANCAPES - correct answer-F fluids A aeration (covers cardio + pulmonary) N nutrition C communication A activity P pain E elimination S social skills/activity assessment tool SPICES - correct answer-S sleep P problems eating I incontinence C confusion E evidence of falls S skin breakdown ADL instruments include - correct answer-- Katz Index - Barthel Index