Gerontology CH. 5

The World Health Organization defines health as having which qualities?

Complete physical, mental, and social well-being

Which group in the population is at particularly high risk for developing osteoporosis?

White women.

People living in the "cancer belt" are at particular risk for which form of cancer?

esophageal

The highest rates of stomach cancer are found among which racial/ethnic group?

Blacks

The increased release of elastase stimulated by cigarette smoking is thought to be a cause of which disease?

Emphysema

Which of the following is a side effect involved in taking NSAID's for osteoporosis?

Kidney disease and ulcers

The country with the highest death rate due to cardiovascular disease is:

Turkmenistan

In Alzheimer's disease, neurofibrillary tangles cause what changes to occur within the brain?

Twisting of microtubules in the neurons.

Destruction of the _______________ is a consequence of emphysema.

alveoli

Psychologists diagnosing Alzheimer's disease look for which key symptom in its early stage?

forgetting names of good friends or family

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is almost always caused by:

smoking.

You're the health care professional treating a 72-year-old woman who you determine suffers from arteriosclerosis. In explaining this condition to her, you inform her that this condition specifically is defined as involving:

thickening and hardening of the arteries

A prospective study of BMI and cancer risk showed that a high BMI is associated with a greater risk of which type of cancer?

Esophagus

Which country has the highest incidence of diabetes, according to the World Health Organization?

India

Because it focuses on the degree of independence an older adult is able to maintain, it is important to healthcare practitioners to measure instrumental activities of daily living. This measure includes which type of criteria?

awareness of time, place, and person.

The plaques found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease are made up of which substance?

beta amyloid

The "stroke" belt received its name because people living in this region tend to:

experience higher mortality rates from this disease.

Though very similar in many ways to Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia (MID) differs importantly in that it is caused by:

loss of blood supply to the brain.

One of the risks of osteoporosis medication (bisphosphonates) is the potential for the individual to develop:

loss of bone in the jaw.

The condition known as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is used in cases involving:

memory loss that may progress to Alzheimer's disease.

The family of an 83-year-old woman is distressed to learn that her recent development of the inability to get herself dressed, along with other memory problems, suggests that she is in which stage of Alzheimer's disease?

middle

A young woman is arguing with her grandmother about the risks associated with cigarette smoking, as the grandmother refuses to quit. One of the points the grandmother makes is that at least she doesn't use tanning booths, which the granddaughter does. Although both are putting themselves at risk, if you were asked to intervene on the granddaughter's behalf, what is a valid claim that you could make?

Lung cancer is far more deadly than skin cancer

Health professionals treating older adults with osteoarthritis are most likely to recommend which of the following approaches as a long-term strategy, particularly for individuals with mild symptoms?

Mild exercise

A true Mediterranean diet would include relatively little of which type of food?

Milk

A mental health clinician is evaluating an older adult patient referred for neuropsychological testing. The clinician recognizes that small changes in cognitive functioning, occurring in stepwise manner, may most likely be due to which condition?

Transient ischemic attack

Which theory of Alzheimer's disease proposed that beta amyloid releases an enzyme that causes neuronal death?

caspase

In general, guidelines for receiving cancer screening recommend that patients undergo systematic tests:

only as indicated by research guidelines.

The training of health professionals to work with the older population should, based on trends in chronic disease prevalence, involve knowledge about coping with which type of illness?

osteoarthritis

Clinicians seek to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from other neurocognitive disorders as soon as possible in their patients primarily because:

other disorders that look like Alzheimer's may be reversible if treated early on.

The enzymes that normally trim the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to make it flush with the neuron's outer membrane are the:

secretases

A middle-aged man is worried that his 83-year-old mother may develop osteoporosis, a reasonable concern because she:

takes in very little vitamin D.