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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Overview-CARE OF OLDER ADULT-
FINAL Questions and Answers 100%
Correct
SOCIAL ASSESSMENT - ANSWER - It includes collecting information on the presence of a
social network and interaction between the older adult, friends, neighbors and community as a
whole.


Religiosity
Spirituality - ANSWER - Spiritual ASSESSMENT


Religiosity - ANSWER - strong religious feeling or belief
Believing in God, organized rituals


Spirituality - ANSWER - Ideas of belief that encompasses personal philosophy and
understanding of meaning and purpose in life


Spiritual support/ASSESSMENT - ANSWER - Spirituality is also an important source of inner
strength. When appropriate, encouraging patients to engage in spiritual practices such as
prayer, scripture reading, meditation, worship music can enhance wellness, coping, and
recovery.


Spirituality - ANSWER - also an important source of inner strength.


Anomia - ANSWER - is defined as a language specific disturbance arising after brain damage
whose main symptom is the inability of retrieving known words.


Aphasia - ANSWER - is a language disorder caused by damage in a specific area of the brain
that controls language expression and comprehension.

,Hippocampus - ANSWER - one of the brain areas affected by the Alzheimer's disease.


prayer, scripture reading, meditation, worship music - ANSWER - prayer, scripture reading,
meditation, worship music
When appropriate, encouraging patients to engage in spiritual practices such as:
can enhance wellness, coping, and recovery.


I was wondering how important spirituality or religion is to you?
Do you attend a faith community or belong to some other type of religious or spiritual group?
Are there any particular spiritual beliefs practices you find especially helpful in dealing with
challenges?
How your spirituality was shaped your understanding to your current situation? - ANSWER -
Examples of questions recommended for use in a brief assessment include:


1. Physiologic Functioning
2. Behavioral
-Anxiety
-Depression
-Polypharmacy
3. Safety
-Fall-Need to evaluate the gait, balance, and muscle strength - ANSWER - PROBLEMS
RELATED TO THE OLDER PERSONS


Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care
Affordable Housing
Skilled Nursing
Short Term Care - ANSWER - Levels of care to older people

, INDEPENDENT LIVING - ANSWER - Is simply any housing arrangement that is designed
exclusive for older adults. The house is supposedly friendlier to aging adults with easier
navigation and no maintenance to worry about.


abnormal build-up of proteins in and around brain cells. - ANSWER - Alzheimer's disease is
thought to be caused by


Amnesia
Apraxia
Agnosia
Anomia
Aphasia - ANSWER - 5 A's of Alzheimer's diseAse


Amnesia - ANSWER - refers to the loss of memories, including facts, information and
experiences


Apraxia - ANSWER - is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or
carry out skilled movements and gestures, despite having the desire and the physical ability to
perform them


Agnosia - ANSWER - is a rare disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify
objects or persons.


Affordable housing - ANSWER - -This refers to nursing homes
-Almost all nursing homes provide long-term care services to some degree, and many nursing
homes also provide additional community-based services.


Skilled nursing - ANSWER - Nursing homes are where people usually go when they require high
level of assistance


Skilled nursing - ANSWER - is a level of care that is already appropriate for the provision of
skilled rehabilitative therapies or medical care in cases such as recovering from stroke.

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