Medicare is designed to serve:
A) low-income older adults.
B) institutionalized persons.
C) older people with chronic disabilities.
D) all persons age 65 and over.
Mourning rituals:
A) are influenced by culture.
B) assist with individual expressions of grief.
C) focus on traditional funeral ceremonies.
D) are unique to traditional societies.
Financial abuse refers primarily to:
A) physical abuse.
B) emotional abuse.
C) economic exploitation.
D) violation of an older person's legal rights.
Sexual behavior is likely to be influenced by:
A) physiological changes.
B) the individual's personal sexual history and self-concept.
C) functional ability.
D) all of the above.
The following groups have benefited from prescription drug reform except:
A) private insurance companies.
B) affluent elders.
C) low income elders earning less than 12,000 a year.
D) older adults needing approximately 4,000 worth of prescription drugs per year.
With regard to grief and bereavement,:
A) anticipatory grief generally reduces the intensity of the grief process after death.
B) many people never fully cease grieving.
C) older people experience grief more easily than young people.
D) the bereaved experiences more distress if a partner dies at home.
Elder self-neglect is least likely to be associated with:
A) attention-seeking.
B) cognitive impairment.
C) depression.
D) alcohol abuse.
Discuss the difference between delirium and dementia.
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following health care costs does Medicare not cover?
A) long-term nursing home care
B) home health care
C) hospital care
D) physician visits
Grief and mourning are distinguished by the fact that:
A) grief refers to psychological and emotional responses to the death of a loved one.
B) mourning refers to individual differences in how grief is expressed.
C) the grief process is usually culturally prescribed; mourning is not.
D) grieving goes through specific, predictable stages.
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