Deck 9: Community Health and Aging

Question 1

What does the Road Scholar program entail?

A) It includes trips, homework assignments, examinations, and grades.
B) It is only for people age 55 and over.
C) It includes both older and younger adults in low-cost travel, room and board, and an array of programs via universities, museums, parks, and other community sites.
D) It enables older students to experience college by living in dormitories and eating in college dining halls.

Answer 1

C
The Road Scholar international program includes both people aged 55 and over and youth (age 21 and over) in low-cost travel, room and board, and an array of 10,000 educational programs via universities, museums, state and national parks, and other community sites. Examples of the new educational travel programs include meeting with Buddhist monks in a monastery in Cambodia and taking a West Virginia rafting trip that includes education about Appalachia. There are no homework assignments, no examinations, and no grades. The emphasis is on thought-provoking and challenging programs.

Question 2

What is the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) responsible for?

A) Planning, monitoring, and coordinating services at the international level, even though not all of the services are under the control of the AAAs
B) Planning, monitoring, and coordinating services at the local level, even though not all of the services are under the control of the AAAs
C) Planning, monitoring, and coordinating services at the national level, even though not all of the services are under the control of the AAAs
D) Planning, monitoring, and coordinating services at the state level, even though not all of the services are under the control of the AAAs

Answer 2

B
The AAA includes 655 agencies cover the entire United States population and are responsible for planning, monitoring, and coordinating services at the local level, even though not all of the services are under the control of the AAAs. An effective AAA not only provides a wide range of services to older adults but is also aware of the aging programs and services sponsored by others, such as the local hospitals, universities and colleges, voluntary and faith-based programs, Road Scholar programs, American Association of Retired People services and programs, senior centers, private case managers, home health agencies, and so forth.

Question 3

Describe your local Area Agency on Aging and what it does.
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Answer 3

Answers will vary based on geographic location. The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging can provide current information on local AAAs. The Eldercare Locator can provide current information on local caregiver services and resources, provided either by the local AAA or affiliated agencies.

Question 4

What services does the aging network provide for people age 60 years and over?
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Question 5

Which of the following practices are associated with the OASIS program (Older Adult Service and Information System)?

A) Mall walking program
B) Computer-training program for adults age 50 and older
C) Training for teaching staff; offers hardware, software, and 150 course curricula; and shares strategies with community organizations for effective marketing to seniors
D) Educational programs based in shopping malls

Question 6

Which of the following is considered an important institutional change to meet the needs of older workers?

A) Flexible work arrangements
B) Work from home jobs
C) Working in community office spaces
D) Multiple computer monitors

Question 7

The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program's textbook, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, focuses on which of the following self-management techniques?

A) Medical management, social management, and emotional management
B) Mental health and physical health management
C) Transportation management
D) Healthcare management

Question 8

Gardening leads to which of the following benefits for older adults?

A) Improved physical strength, flexibility, cognitive ability, socialization, and overall quality of life
B) Reduced anxiety of dementia patients in nursing homes
C) Interpersonal intimacy among older adults and improved psychological well-being
D) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is true of arthritis?

A) Arthritis cannot be prevented nor cured.
B) The function of arthritic joints naturally decreases with age.
C) It is difficult to mitigate arthritic pain.
D) Biofeedback improves arthritic joints.

Question 10

Ethel Percy Andrus said that the way to lead a life with purpose and meaning was "to serve, and not to be served."-what organization is she a founder of?

A) Alzheimer's Association
B) National Association on Mental Illness
C) American Association of Retired People
D) National Senior Services Corps

Question 11

Which of the following statements about churches, synagogues, or mosques is true?

A) The mission of religious institutions is to include substance use services.
B) Religious institutions are able to connect with hard-to-reach older adults, who may be isolated from other sources of healthcare.
C) The health promotion of congregation members is a large source of services provided by most religious institutions.
D) Religious institutions provide expensive services.

Question 12

Name and describe an example of a computer education program for older adults.
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Question 13

Which of the following statements about senior centers is true?

A) Senior centers are mainly financially supported by community member donations.
B) They are excellent places to go to access innovative, health-promoting activities.
C) Senior centers usually offer only community bingo.
D) 90% of senior centers are multipurpose.

Question 14

The goal of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is which of the following?

A) To address long-term care resident complaints and advocates for improvements in the long-term care system
B) To host a national website for older adults and service providers to look for federal and state long-term program benefits that older adults are entitled to, but are not currently receiving
C) To advocate for fun and a sense of humor in long-term care
D) To help older adults drive safely and remain living in the community

Question 15

In 1965, Congress passed the Older Americans Act, along with the following initiative(s):

A) Social Security
B) PeaceCorps
C) National Senior Service Corps
D) Medicare and Medicaid