Deck 9: Social Dimensions of Aging, Health and Care

Question 1

A larger view of the preservation of culture for society describes which stage in healthy aging?

A) Career consolidation
B) Generativity
C) Integrity
D) Intimacy
E) Keeper of meaning

Answer 1

Keeper of meaning

Question 2

Apocalyptic demography is based on which of the following ideologies?

A) The aging of the population results in larger proportion of elderly compared to younger cohorts.
B) The societal burden of aging that misdirects assets from younger health cohorts to sick elderly cohorts.
C) The process by which the natural process of aging is reconceptualized as a disease.
D) The tension caused by being obliged to provide care without the right to determine how that care is to be provided

Answer 2

The societal burden of aging that misdirects assets from younger health cohorts to sick elderly cohorts.

Question 3

Healthy aging is a process that occurs in childhood.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

According to Erickson, despair is the alternative outcome of the crisis in which life stage?

A) Career consolidation
B) Generativity
C) Integrity
D) Intimacy
E) Keeper of meaning

Question 5

Which of the following is a central component of Antonovsky's 1979, 1987) salutogenic framework?

A) Intimacy
B) Disease and illness
C) Role confusion
D) Sense of coherence
E) Social stress

Question 6

Which is NOT one of the largest contributions to the rising costs of health care in Canada?

A) Increasing numbers of the elderly
B) Increasing use of prescription medications
C) Increasing dental care
D) Rise in technological innovations

Question 7

According to Erickson, stagnation is alternative outcome of the crisis in which life stage?

A) Career consolidation
B) Generativity
C) Integrity
D) Intimacy
E) Keeper of meaning

Question 8

Aging as a function of larger societal political, economic and ideological changes is based on which of the following theories of aging?

A) Disengagement theory
B) Activity theory
C) Life course theory
D) Continuity theory

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a type of homecare covered by all provinces?

A) Post-acute care
B) Supportive care for the chronically disabled
C) End-of-life care
D) All are offered by all provinces

Question 10

Old age and aging as a process of preparing for death is based on which of the following theories of aging?

A) Disengagement theory
B) Activity theory
C) Life course theory
D) Continuity theory

Question 11

Which of the following is the most prevalent chronic health condition among seniors?

A) Arthritis
B) Hypertension high blood pressure)
C) Diabetes
D) Osteoporosis

Question 12

A "pay it forward" mentality to mentor younger cohorts describes which stage in healthy aging?

A) Career consolidation
B) Generativity
C) Integrity
D) Intimacy
E) Keeper of meaning

Question 13

Vaillant 2002) expanded on Erickson's work on healthy aging to include which of the following additional stages?

A) Generativity
B) Integrity
C) Intimacy
D) Keeper of meaning

Question 14

Aging as a process tied to our lives and personal identity is based on which of the following theories of aging?

A) Disengagement theory
B) Activity theory
C) Life course theory
D) Continuity theory

Question 15

Salutogenesis refers to:

A) Risk factors associated with disease and illness.
B) The study of those factors that keep people healthy.
C) A Latin word meaning the etiology genesis) of illness.
D) Risk factors associated with general health.
E) Health among military personnel salute).

Question 16

The majority of long-term care residential facilities fall into which category of ownership?

A) Private, for profit proprietary)
B) Government federal, provincial and municipal)
C) Not-for-profit lay and religious operated facilities)
D) There is no difference in rates of ownership

Question 17

Long term care services in Canada are covered under public health insurance based on the 1984 Canada Health Act.

Question 18

Antonovsky's 1979, 1987) definition of a sense of coherence involves three key components. Which of the following is NOT included in his concept of comprehensibility?

A) A sense that the world is ordered.
B) A sense that the world is meaningful.
C) A sense that the world is consistent.
D) A sense that the world is predictable.

Question 19

Which of the following is one of the largest health concerns among seniors?

A) Falls
B) Isolation
C) Diet and nutrition
D) Physical activity

Question 20

According to the textbook, the aging of the population will necessarily lead to large increases in public health care costs in Canada.

Question 21

In Canada, those who receive social assistance as their main source of income were more likely to receive formal home care.

Question 22

List and describe the 6 stages of healthy aging according to Vaillant 2002).

Question 23

Care-giver burden refers to:

A) The stress experienced by a person receiving care; it is often associated with the indignity of being dependent upon another person.
B) The constellation of possible problems associated with receiving care from a formal care institution like a nursing home.
C) The constellation of possible problems that arise as a result of caring for someone who is impaired in some way.
D) The increasing burden placed on nurses in hospitals and residential care settings due to cost reductions and reductions in staff.

Question 24

In Canada, women are more likely than men to receive formal home care.

Question 25

Discuss the development of long term care models in Canada and their relation to the 1984 Canada Health Act.

Question 26

Describe and compare the different forms of long term care in Canada.

Question 27

Which of the following is NOT one of the objectives of home care?

A) Alternative site for day surgery
B) Long-term care substitution
C) Maintenance and prevention
D) Reduced overall health care costs

Question 28

How does a life course perspective of aging differ from classical gerontological theories?