Health and Aging Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Health and Aging explores the complex relationship between aging processes and health outcomes in later life. This course examines the physiological, psychological, and social changes associated with aging, including chronic disease management, mental health, mobility, and nutrition in older adults. Students will learn about the impact of lifestyle choices, health care systems, public policy, and cultural perspectives on aging populations. Emphasis is placed on promoting healthy aging, understanding common age-related health issues, and evaluating interventions that support well-being and quality of life for older adults in diverse communities.
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Aging and Society Canadian Perspectives 7th Edition by Mark Novak
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Chapter 1: Aging Today
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Q1) According to research by Baker and Gringart (2009),what method do older men use to deal with aging?
A) They go on dates.
B) They isolate themselves.
C) They engage in physical fitness.
D) They have cosmetic surgery.
Answer: C
Q2) As of 2011,what percentage of the population comprised older Canadians?
A) 16.0%
B) 15%
C) 9.1%
D) 6.8%
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is given in the text as a reason for studying aging?
A) to help oneself live the best old age possible
B) to enable people to avoid or reverse the effects of aging
C) to enable people to make old age as inexpensive a time of life as it can be
D) to learn how to work with elderly clients
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Theories and Methods
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Q1) Which of the following defines age-group differences?
A) differences in age between specific groups of people
B) differences between cohort effects
C) similarities of characteristics due to differing age groups
D) differences due to the effects of aging
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following describes qualitative methods in research on aging?
A) They have decreased as a result of the increased use of computers to provide accurate statistical analyses.
B) They are able to distinguish between environmental effects and cohort effects.
C) They are less time consuming and expensive than other study methods.
D) They use an interpretive theoretical approach to understand data.
Answer: D
Q3) How are social problems described in structural functionalism?
A) as internal pressures for change
B) as dysfunctions that should be corrected by planning
C) as conflicts between social institutions
D) as the initial reaction to social change and evolution
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Aging in Canada and the World Today
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Q1) Which of the following led to the aging of Canadian society more than any other factor?
A) a decrease in infant mortality rates
B) a drop in birth rates
C) the socialization of the medical system
D) decreased immigration
Answer: B
Q2) In 2010,Yoshi and his wife lived in a developed country in which low fertility rates and low death rates lead to a continuance in population aging.In which country did the couple live?
A) China
B) India
C) Japan
D) Thailand
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Aging and Ethnicity
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Q1) Which of the following individuals would be classified as a visible minority in Canada?
A) Julia, an Italian female
B) Haruto, a Japanese male
C) Igor, a Russian male
D) Makawee, an Aboriginal female
Q2) Interview a senior who immigrated to Canada.What has his or her experience been like? Why did he or she choose Canada? What challenges did he or she face?
Q3) According to Lai and Chappell (2007),what percentage of older Chinese Canadian immigrants use a combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)and Western health services?
A) 1/4
B) 1/2
C) 2/3
D) 3/4
Q4) Define the terms "minority groups" and "visible minorities." List three examples of each group who reside in Canada.
Q5) Define the concept of gentrification and provide examples of how it changes a neighbourhood.
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Chapter 5: Personal Health and Illness
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Q1) According to Fontana and Klein (2007),which of the following conditions is considered a negative effect of calorie restriction (CR)among humans?
A) low muscle mass
B) dementia
C) prolonged menstruation in women
D) digestive problems
Q2) In general,how do older people make use of computer technology as compared to young people?
A) Older people use computer technology more.
B) Older people use computer technology less.
C) Older people use computer technology in a more complicated way.
D) Older people hardly use computer technology.
Q3) More than 75% of elderly persons have at least one chronic condition,but only about what percentage developed a long term-activity limitation?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 60%
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Chapter 6: The Psychology of Aging and the Social Psychology of Aging
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Q1) In general,what have studies found about the risk of depression in later life ?
A) The risk decreases.
B) The risk remains constant.
C) The risk increases.
D) The risk decreases slowly until middle age, and then increases sharply by about age 65.
Q2) What are the two main definitions of intelligence used by psychologists?
A) quotient and scalar paradigms
B) the interpretive model and the constructive model
C) the global view and the pragmatic view
D) concrete and abstract reasoning
Q3) Researchers break the process of remembering into a series of steps.Which of the following is a step in this information processing model?
A) sensory memory
B) motor memory
C) intermediate memory
D) working memory
Q4) According to Baltes and colleagues (Schiebe,Kunzmann,and Baltes,2007),what are the five criteria of wisdom,and what is important about these criteria?
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Chapter 7: Healthcare
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Q1) According to the CIHI (2011),what percentage of seniors with one chronic health condition are able to self-manage their medical treatments at home?
A) 76%
B) 82%
C) 89%
D) 97%
Q2) What is the major goal of long-term homecare?
A) to prevent disease and promote self-care
B) to reduce healthcare costs associated with iatrogenic illnesses
C) to manage symptoms, and reduce complications, for chronic diseases
D) to provide services that will enable people to stay out of institutions
Q3) Uncle George wants to do his part in decreasing healthcare costs,and he opts for one of the current so-called "shifts" in managing his own health,while cutting costs to the healthcare system.What method of care has Uncle George chosen?
A) using acute care hospitalization
B) using homecare and community care services
C) letting nature take its course with his health conditions and challenges
D) moving into a long-term care facility
Q4) What challenges are currently being experienced by Canada's telehealth programs?
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Chapter 8: Finances and Economics
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Q1) What were income security programs designed to do?
A) allow people to remain above the poverty line
B) allow people to maintain their pre-retirement income and lifestyle
C) allow people to meet their basic needs in retirement
D) allow less money to be spent on private pension programs
Q2) According to McDonald and Robb (2004),the pension system needs reform to meet the needs of which of the following groups?
A) older men
B) older women
C) younger men
D) younger women
Q3) The Old Age Security (OAS)and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)are examples of which of the following?
A) income security programs
B) the Canada Pension Plan
C) income maintenance programs
D) social assistance programs
Q4) Compare and contrast the defined benefit pension plan and the defined contribution pension plan.
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Chapter 9: Retirement and Work
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Q1) Discuss the benefits of phased-in retirement.
Q2) In 2009,what percentage of senior women belonged to the workforce?
A) 6%
B) 8%
C) 10%
D) 12%
Q3) Which of the following is a social force today that leads a person to choose retirement?
A) a more positive attitude toward retirement
B) taxation rules
C) decreased sick-time allotment
D) more negative attitudes towards work
Q4) The near end of mandatory retirement comes at an opportune time.What might cause Canada to need its older workers to remain on the job?
A) early retirement
B) the retirement crunch
C) age discrimination
D) personal careers
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Chapter 10: Leisure, recreation, and Service
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Q1) What is the significance of the fact that older people often engage in socially satisfying,non-demanding,non-strenuous activities?
A) It lends support to the activity theory of aging.
B) It shows that older Canadians remained engaged in a wide variety of activities well into later life.
C) It is forcing gerontologists to develop new theories to describe the aging process.
D) It is due to the general physiological deterioration from aging.
Q2) Jones and Fox (2009)discovered that all age groups had a similar usage for their computers for what function?
A) email
B) shopping
C) researching health concerns
D) making travel arrangements
Q3) With what type of work is CESO primarily associated?
A) developmental work
B) healthcare work
C) political work
D) mental health work
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Chapter 11: Housing and Transportation
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Q1) What is the term that gerontologists use to describe a neighbourhood in which its population grows older,alongside the apartment buildings and community services?
A) natural senior environments
B) naturally occurring retirement communities
C) natural senior complexes
D) natural granny flats
Q2) According to Helpguide.org (2007),what is the most expensive long-term care solution available to seniors?
A) life lease housing
B) nursing homes
C) naturally occurring retirement communities
D) continuing care retirement communities
Q3) What does competence refer to,according to Lawton and Nahemow's (1973)ecological model?
A) the amount of security and support an environment provides
B) a high level of correlation between an environment's demands and an individual's ability
C) environmental demands made on the individual that lead to a response
D) a person's ability as a result of factors such as health and intelligence
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Chapter 12: Family Life
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Q1) Studies show that a child's feelings toward his/her grandparents rely on which of the following?
A) the child's parent's feelings for the grandparents
B) the young child's relationship with his/her parents
C) the amount of time spent with his/her grandparents
D) the physical appearance of the grandparents
Q2) Which of the following disproves the hydra-headed myth of family breakdown?
A) Older people find it difficult to keep in regular contact with their families.
B) Middle-aged children do not feel responsible for their aging parents.
C) Research shows that older people receive a great deal of informal support from their family.
D) Most older people prefer to see their children, but not to live with them.
Q3) When choosing a prospective dating partner,what attribute do men primarily choose as being most important?
A) social status
B) physical attractiveness
C) wealth
D) good health status
Q4) Discuss the challenges that the LGBT community faces as it ages.
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Chapter 13: Social Support
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Q1) Research suggests that which group of caregivers suffer a greater burden than caregiving adult children?
A) spouses
B) friends
C) adult grandchildren
D) doctors
Q2) What is the main characteristic of semiformal structures?
A) a voluntary support structure of the family
B) a semi-professionalized structure of the health and social service system
C) reliance on bonds of reciprocity and of mutual benefit
D) based on formal bonds of kinship
Q3) Which model of support recognizes that "one tie may provide one type of support for a broad range of support dependent on how the relationship has been negotiated over the life course"?
A) the task specificity model
B) the convoy model
C) the functional specificity of relationships model
D) the hierarchical compensatory model
Q4) List and explain the four models that describe the way that people use informal supports for care.
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Chapter 14: Death, dying, and Bereavement
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Q1) Your great Aunt Beverly's husband lives in a nursing home after he had a stroke.He has dementia and needs continuous care.She is saddened to be alone in her home and she grieves for her husband as he used to be.She is also sorrowful,in expectation of his impending physical death.What type of grief is your great Aunt Beverly experiencing?
A) anticipatory grief
B) disenfranchised grief
C) delayed grief
D) exaggerated grief
Q2) Which of the following can eliminate the question of responding to requests for active euthanasia?
A) the cessation of treatment of dying patients
B) laws that make active euthanasia illegal
C) using the closed awareness context for dying
D) symptom control and good palliative care
Q3) When did the first palliative care units open in Canada?
A) the mid-1960s
B) the mid-1970s
C) the mid-1980s
D) the mid-1990s
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