Basic Geriatric Nursing Chapter 1
Aging According to the U.S. projected to exceed the number of children under age 5
Department of State, the number of people over age 65 is million people age 65 or older
- correct answerScope of the Aging Population
B. Women currently outlive men by approximately 5 to 6 years - correct answerTrue
disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes people
unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive - correct answerageism
medical specialty that deals with the physiology of aging and with the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases affecting older adults. - correct answergeriatrics
Medicare - correct answerThe government program that provides health care funding
for older adults and those with disabilities Most Americans older than 65 years qualify
for Medicare
Medicare A. - correct answerCovers inpatient hospital care; extended care in a skilled
nursing facility following hospitalization; some home health services and hospice
services-but only after the patient pays an any co-pay expenses
statistical study of human populations - correct answerdemographics
The Baby Boomers Account for - correct answerpeople approximately one-third of all
Americans today
The Baby Boomers Consists of - correct answerpeople who were born after World War
II, between 1946 and 1964
The fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into mainstream society - correct
answergerontophobia
The number of years a person has lived - correct answerchronologic age
The study of all aspects of the aging process, including the clinical psycho logic
economic and sociological problems of older adults, and the consequences of these
problems for older adults and society - correct answerGerontology
