CARE OF OLDER ADULTS EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
6 Standards of Nursing - correct answer - Assessment,
diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementing, and evaluation
Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) - correct answer -
Bathing, dressing, eating, etc.
Activity Theory
1950's - correct answer - Need to maintain a productive
life for it to be happy/age well; volunteer, stay involved in
community
Advanced Activities of Daily Living (AADL's) - correct
answer - Hobbies, gardening, etc.
-knowing how to so things around the house, making
financial decisions
Age Norms - correct answer - Socially and culturally
constructed expectation of behavior (shuffle board, bingo,
etc.)
, Age-Stratification Theory - correct answer - Elders exist
in cohorts, experience similar things/events over time
Ageism - correct answer - stereotyping and
discriminating against persons because they're older
Aging - correct answer - Process involves physical,
psychological and social changes
-often influenced by attitudes, experience, culture and
values
Atherosclerosis - correct answer - Fatty plaques in
artery walls (build up and stiffen artery)
Baby Boomers - correct answer - 1946-1964
Blue Zones - correct answer - "Hot spots" in the world
where the highest percentage of pop live astoundingly
longer, richer lives
-Sardinia, Italy
-Okinawa, Japan
-Nicoya, Costa Rica
-Ikaria, Greece
-Loma Linda, California
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
6 Standards of Nursing - correct answer - Assessment,
diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementing, and evaluation
Activities of Daily Living (ADL's) - correct answer -
Bathing, dressing, eating, etc.
Activity Theory
1950's - correct answer - Need to maintain a productive
life for it to be happy/age well; volunteer, stay involved in
community
Advanced Activities of Daily Living (AADL's) - correct
answer - Hobbies, gardening, etc.
-knowing how to so things around the house, making
financial decisions
Age Norms - correct answer - Socially and culturally
constructed expectation of behavior (shuffle board, bingo,
etc.)
, Age-Stratification Theory - correct answer - Elders exist
in cohorts, experience similar things/events over time
Ageism - correct answer - stereotyping and
discriminating against persons because they're older
Aging - correct answer - Process involves physical,
psychological and social changes
-often influenced by attitudes, experience, culture and
values
Atherosclerosis - correct answer - Fatty plaques in
artery walls (build up and stiffen artery)
Baby Boomers - correct answer - 1946-1964
Blue Zones - correct answer - "Hot spots" in the world
where the highest percentage of pop live astoundingly
longer, richer lives
-Sardinia, Italy
-Okinawa, Japan
-Nicoya, Costa Rica
-Ikaria, Greece
-Loma Linda, California
