Deck 16: Aging and Elderly Care Programs

Question 1

The following program employs low-income older people to provide personal care to children who live in institutions.

A)The Retired Senior Volunteer Program
B)The Service Corps of Retired Executives
C)The Foster Grandparent Program
D)Gray Panthers

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Single-family residences where the owners of the home take in an unrelated older adult and are reimbursed for providing housing, meals, housekeeping, and personal care are called:

A)Congregate housing facilities
B)Group homes
C)Continued care retirement communities
D)Foster-care homes

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In a sense, our abandonment of older people is more barbaric than that of tribal societies who are forced to abandon older people, as we do not have such serious survival problems.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Most programs for older people are designed to _________ them (from/at/in)their current level of functioning.

A)propel
B)repress
C)maintain
D)guide

Question 5

Hospice is a program designed to allow the terminally ill to die with dignity.

Question 6

The cost to society is approximately $_____ a year per person to provide nursing home care.

A)20,000
B)40,000
C)60,000
D)80,000

Question 7

The Social Security system in this country:

A)Was not designed to be the main source of income for older people.
B)Sufficiently provides older people with a comfortable standard of living.
C)Provides recipients with payments that are generally above the poverty level.
D)Is unlikely to continue to exist.

Question 8

With this type of facility, residents live in their own room or apartment. They receive personal care (bathing, dressing, and grooming), meals, housekeeping, transportation, and social and recreational activities:

A)Congregate housing facilities
B)Group homes
C)Continued care retirement communities
D)Assisted-living facilities

Question 9

In the United States, about one out of _____ older people live in poverty.

A)5
B)10
C)15
D)20

Question 10

Our society places a high value on youthful energy and action.

Question 11

The following program offers people over age 60 the opportunity of doing volunteer service to meet community needs:

A)The Retired Senior Volunteer Program
B)The Service Corps of Retired Executives
C)The Foster Grandparent Program
D)Gray Panthers

Question 12

Most older people have substantial savings and investments when they retire so that they are able to maintain a high standard of living.

Question 13

Older people are victims of ________.

A)racism
B)sexism
C)ageism
D)xenophobia

Question 14

The ideal nursing home should be ______.

A)spiritual
B)calm
C)lively
D)low-key

Question 15

The following is true about hospices:

A)They do not serve patients in hospitals or nursing homes.
B)They do not give pain relievers to patients.
C)They try to keep people alive as long as possible.
D)They provide a variety of services, including respite care.

Question 16

In this program, the federal government makes monthly payments to people in financial need who are sixty-five years of age or older or to persons of any age who are legally blind or disabled:

A)Older Americans Act of 1965
B)Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
C)Medicare
D)Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (OASDHI)

Question 17

The following doctor has built a machine to help terminally ill persons end their lives, and has assisted a number to do so:

A)Jack Kevorkian
B)Jonas Salk
C)Benjamin Suess
D)C. Everett Koop

Question 18

With President Obama's health-care reform, the gap in the prescription drug assistance for seniors called the ____ will be closed.

A)Black hole
B)Donut hole
C)Medic-gap
D)Bad-gap

Question 19

This program created the Administration on Aging, and is the basis for financial aid by the federal government to assist states and local communities to meet the needs of older people:

A)Older Americans Act of 1965
B)Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
C)Medicare
D)Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (OASDHI)

Question 20

Many workers who retire early do not need to supplement their pension with another job.

Question 21

Older people are the most uniformly undernourished segment of our population.

Question 22

The Foster Grandparent Program employs low-income older people to provide personal care to children who live in institutions.

Question 23

Is there any evidence to support the hypothesis that productive activity, either paid or unpaid, is a   key to aging well?

Question 24

What is involved in the Supplemental Security Income program?

Question 25

Identify five factors that predict high status for older people in a culture.

Question 26

What is the purpose of nursing home ombudsman programs?

Question 27

In our materialistic society, there is no real way for older people to have meaningful roles.

Question 28

The cost of prescription drugs is a major concern for older people who live on fixed incomes.

Question 29

Explain the dependency ratio.

Question 30

The supplemental security income is usually referred to as social security.