Deck 34: My Mothers Hip: Lessons From the World of Eldercare

Question 1

Identify the pros and cons of family caregiving and government sponsored care. Choose which system you feel the United States should work toward and discuss what changes would need to be made to the current status of medicine, family structure, and/or caregiving to make your option effective

Answer 1

Varies.

Question 2

Briefly explain a moralist's argument regarding care obligations for aging parents. Then, explain whether you agree or disagree with this argument and why. Will you care for your parents as they age? What are the health or age cut-offs, if any?

Answer 2

Varies. May include the following:
-Children did not ask to be born and therefore do not have the same degree of commitment toward their parents that parents have toward them.

Question 3

Researchers have consistently shown that family caregiving ______.

A) is economically advantageous
B) is dangerous for elderly
C) creates family conflicts
D) brings families closer together

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT true about people with chronic illnesses?

A) There is slow and consistent decline and health and well-being.
B) They tend to push themselves when they feel "well," which results in painful and bitter relapses.
C) There are good days and bad days, depending on the symptoms and the context.
D) Their friends and families are often insensitive to the dominance of the illness.

Question 5

What is likely a contributing factor as to why the majority of care recipients are female?

A) Women tend to live longer than men.
B) Men tend to be healthier than women.
C) Women tend to accept care more readily than men.
D) Men are more likely to care for themselves than women.

Question 6

Which of the following has NOT contributed to the difficulty in providing consistent care to the elderly?

A) geographical mobility
B) divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies
C) multiple career paths for men and women
D) increase in people retiring to places like Florida

Question 7

The average adult child providing hands-on care is ______.

A) male, middle-aged
B) male, 65 and older
C) female, middle-aged
D) female, 65 and older

Question 8

What legislation drastically changed the ways elderly family members are cared for in the United States?

A) the Older Americans Act of 1965
B) Medicare and Medicaid Acts of 1965
C) the 1987 Nursing Home Reform Act
D) the Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act

Question 9

Women, who often rearrange their personal and professional lives to care for elderly parents, currently make up approximately ______ percent of adult children providing hands-on care to the elderly.

A) 77
B) 81
C) 64
D) 49

Question 10

______ in ten elderly care recipients suffer from medical conditions that are chronic or long term in nature.

A) Nine
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven