Deck 14: Counseling Older Adults

Question 1

The most widely known theory addressing development in late life comes from _____.

A) Whitbourne
B) Erickson
C) Kuypers and Bengtson
D) Bandura

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Over half of older people are ____.

A) Male
B) Female
C) People of color

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Most older people live in _____ areas and in the same geographical location where they lived in midlife.

A) Rural
B) Metropolitan
C) Tropical
D) Suburban

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Most older people experience physical conditions that limit their daily activities in some way to the degree that they cannot continue to live independently.

Question 5

Older women are more likely than older men to live in poverty.

Question 6

Loss is a predominant theme in the lives of older adults.

Question 7

Institutionalized discrimination against older LGBTQ adults is at the root of their lack of access to health care, housing, and other social services.

Question 8

Match the following
-More likely to live alone and in poverty

A) Older women
B) Gerotranscendence
C) Psychiatric diagnoses common among older adults
D) Older people of color
E) When counseling older First Nations adults

Question 9

Match the following
-To move from a more materialistic to a more transcendent spiritual view of life

A) Older women
B) Gerotranscendence
C) Psychiatric diagnoses common among older adults
D) Older people of color
E) When counseling older First Nations adults

Question 10

Match the following
-Depression, cognitive impairments, and dementias

A) Older women
B) Gerotranscendence
C) Psychiatric diagnoses common among older adults
D) Older people of color
E) When counseling older First Nations adults

Question 11

Match the following
-Tend to be poorer, less well educated, and experience earlier death; generally will have a lower quality of life

A) Older women
B) Gerotranscendence
C) Psychiatric diagnoses common among older adults
D) Older people of color
E) When counseling older First Nations adults

Question 12

Match the following
-Show respect by avoiding direct eye contact; listening more than speaking, valuing nonverbal communication, not criticizing directly

A) Older women
B) Gerotranscendence
C) Psychiatric diagnoses common among older adults
D) Older people of color
E) When counseling older First Nations adults

Question 13

Match the following
-Ability to demonstrate knowledge of human development for older people, including major psychological theories of aging, physiological aspects of ""normal"" aging, and dysfunctional behaviors of older people.

A) Minimum essential gerontological competency
B) Intergenerational family issues
C) Ageism
D) Elder abuse
E) Bibliotherapy

Question 14

Match the following
-Most frequent reason for older Asian American adults to go to counseling

A) Minimum essential gerontological competency
B) Intergenerational family issues
C) Ageism
D) Elder abuse
E) Bibliotherapy

Question 15

Match the following
-Discrimination and a tendency to view all older people similarly and negatively.

A) Minimum essential gerontological competency
B) Intergenerational family issues
C) Ageism
D) Elder abuse
E) Bibliotherapy

Question 16

Match the following
-Probably higher than statistics report due to institutionalization being a likely alternative

A) Minimum essential gerontological competency
B) Intergenerational family issues
C) Ageism
D) Elder abuse
E) Bibliotherapy

Question 17

Match the following
-Requires assessing client's literacy levels

A) Minimum essential gerontological competency
B) Intergenerational family issues
C) Ageism
D) Elder abuse
E) Bibliotherapy