When people cannot aspire to independence in the performance of daily occupations, the focus changes to consider:
a. How they can qualify for the highest level of welfare payment to have a comfortable lifestyle
b. How they may control their destiny with as little assistance from others as possible.
c. At what point they should permanently settle in a residential care facility
d. All of these
Question 2Whether the disability is visible or invisible matters because it influences the social reaction to how the person's limitations are perceived.
a. True
b. False
Question 3Disability acquired in young adulthood is likely:
a. To threaten career and relationship dreams
b. To have little impact as young adults are already established in their intimacy roles
c. To be accepted calmly as an ordinary life event
d. All of these
Question 4All of the following are true of acquired disability in adulthood EXCEPT:
a. They change your priorities and your worldview.
b. They impact and change your self-concept.
c. The impact is cumulative over time.
d. They result in a low motivation to succeed.
Question 5In the absence of disease or disability, most older adults retain their independence in ADLs well past the age of 80.
a. True
b. False
Question 6Which of the following is associated with a fear of falling?
a. Presbycusis
b. Presbyopia
c. Presbyastasis
d. Presbyphonia
Question 7All of the following mental functions are likely to stay intact throughout late adulthood in healthy elders EXCEPT:
a. Orientation functions
b. Intellectual functions
c. Temperament and personality functions
d. Attention functions
Question 8Therapists who want to support aging in place in their communities should advocate for:
a. Change in the zoning of residential neighborhoods to allow nursing homes and other residential care facilities
b. Efficient public transportation and downsized manageable housing
c. Restricting the development of the communities as service sector
d. None of these