Hcad 222 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

HCAD 222 FINAL EXAM Question and answers 100% correct 2023 Longevity challenges - correct answer 1. Coping with and aging body 2. Maintaining a valued place 3. Individuals grow older in the wider contest of an entire society that is undergoing a transition to population aging Questions about modern societies values toward old age Are the old less valued than the young? Where will we get resources to help the elderly? Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for societ...

HCAD 222 EXAM 1 Question and answers 2023 verified to pass "Normal Aging" -vision, hearing, mobolity - correct answers Vision: -Begin mid-life, stabilizes at 70-80 -Then further changes--> 95% >70 yrs--> cataracts or other vision problems -To compensate: Increase illumination, Reduce glare, Use large, clear visual images, Increase contrast. Hearing: -Begin midlife, mild to 60-70 -Reduced ability to hear low intensity and high frequency sounds. Ex. "Thats the wrong way" ...

HCAD 222 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Cohort - ANSWERSA group of people born within a bounded period of years, such as the baby boom generation Young-old - ANSWERSages 65-74 Old-old - ANSWERSages 75-84 Oldest-old - ANSWERSages 85 and older Ageism - ANSWERSPrejudice or negative stereotypes about people based on chronological age Modernization theory - ANSWERSThe view that the status of older adults has declined since industrialization and the spread of technology (...

HCAD 222 Test Final Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Senior population changes/trends - ANSWERS-Our generation will live longer but will have less babies -Birth control -Better healthcare system -New advances in technology young old, old old, oldest old - ANSWERSyoung-old: 65-74 old-old: 75-84 oldest-old: 85+ Influences on Life Course - ANSWERSright of passage, anything that happens to you is a influencer (all had higher education, culture) Life course vs. Life span - ANSWERSLife...

HCAD 222 Lifespan vs. Life Course - correct answers Lifespan-period of time you are a live Life course-meaningful patterns and events during your lifespan Modernization Aging Theory - correct answers Status of elderly declines as the world modernizes Disengagement Aging Theory - correct answers old age is mutual seperation between old people and society Activity Aging Theory - correct answers the more things you do late in life the more life satisfaction continuity theory - corre...

HCAD 222 TEST 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025 "Normal Aging" -vision, hearing, mobolity - ANSWERSVision: -Begin mid-life, stabilizes at 70-80 -Then further changes--> 95% >70 yrs--> cataracts or other vision problems -To compensate: Increase illumination, Reduce glare, Use large, clear visual images, Increase contrast. Hearing: -Begin midlife, mild to 60-70 -Reduced ability to hear low intensity and high frequency sounds. Ex. "Thats the wrong way" vs. "thats ...

HCAD 222 Exam 21. Which of the following is the most prevalent chronic disease of old age? 2 .______ is the chief, primary government program that pays for health care for elderly Americans. 3. In 1983, Congress responded to the high costs of hospital care under Medicare Part A by introducing ______. 4. Once someone is admitted to a nursing home, they are likely to remain there for the rest of their lives. 5. A multidimensional functional assessment is best described as involving which of th...

HCAD 222 FINAL EXAMLongevity challenges - correct answers 1. Coping with and aging body 2. Maintaining a valued place 3. Individuals grow older in the wider contest of an entire society that is undergoing a transition to population aging Questions about modern societies values toward old age Are the old less valued than the young? Where will we get resources to help the elderly? Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for society, either for good or ill? Challenges peop...

HCAD 222 FINAL EXAM Longevity challenges - correct answers 1. Coping with and aging body 2. Maintaining a valued place 3. Individuals grow older in the wider contest of an entire society that is undergoing a transition to population aging Questions about modern societies values toward old age Are the old less valued than the young? Where will we get resources to help the elderly? Could medical breakthroughs have unforeseen consequences for society, either for good or ill? Challenges pe...

HCAD 222 Exam #3 Ageism - correct answers -as people grow older, less and less similar -aging remains as an individual affair -old age is described as a role less-role, a status with no clearly defined purpose or rules of behavior ageism - correct answers -stereotyping and discrimination based on age (sick and frail or worse: impoverished, impotent, senile, and unhappy) -we need to understand how all generalizations, including understanding conveyed by gerontology, should be balanced by a...