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"I'm no fool, no sirree! I'm gonna live to be 103. . . ." sang the Disney character Jiminy Cricket decades ago. If Jiminy Cricket had been a human (most crickets live only a few weeks), what's the BEST advice you could have given him to live a very long life?

"Accept life's challenges with optimism, have good health habits, and inherit 'longevity' genes."

An individual suffering from a neurological disorder shows no evidence of infection or poisoning but experiences tremors, rigidity, and unsteadiness. The MOST probable diagnosis is:

Parkinson's disease.

An elderly person who believes falsely that others are conspiring against her, cheating her, or spying on her and who behaves in angry, irritable, and depressed ways is exhibiting:

a delusional disorder.

A person has normal acetylcholine and glutamate activity. If that person is suspected of having Alzheimer's disease, one might look next for:

an imbalance in the breakdown of calcium in the brain.

A clouding of consciousness that develops over a short period of time and can often be reversed if its underlying cause can be found is called:

delirium.

An 80-year-old hospitalized individual is recovering from surgery but now has gotten an infection. Over the course of a few days, the person shows increasing confusion and consistently misinterprets what others are trying to communicate. The MOST probable diagnosis for this condition would be:

delirium.

Approximately what proportion of nursing home residents is receiving antipsychotic drugs?

one-third

About how many new cases of Alzheimer's disease occur each year?

5 million

A partially supervised apartment, a senior housing complex for mildly impaired elderly people, and a nursing home with round-the-clock care are all examples of:

long-term care.

An elderly person who develops false beliefs that are not bizarre is MOST likely suffering from:

delusional disorder.

An individual with Alzheimer's disease is able to function independently. The MOST appropriate label for this person's condition is:

mild neurocognitive disorder.

An individual is extremely sad, can't sleep well, and experiences very low, and decreasing, self-esteem. These are features of depression among:

both the elderly and the young.

Depletion of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine has been implicated as a:

critical factor in Alzheimer's disease.

An elderly (older than 65) member of your community has just started using the Internet to keep up with friends and family. This community member is:

increasingly common: the number of elderly individuals using the Internet has doubled, then redoubled, in recent years.

A friend says, "My 70-year-old grandmother is in good physical health but has been diagnosed with depression. Should she even bother getting therapy? She is pretty old, after all." Your BEST research-based answer is:

"Yes, more than half of elderly patients show improvement with treatment."

An elderly person has been diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder, but the disorder is not Alzheimer's disease. Among the elderly, such a diagnosis is:

common—about a third of neurocognitive disorders are not Alzheimer's disease.

Early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include:

denial of symptoms.

Alzheimer's is a brain _____ while stroke is a brain _____.

disease; injury

Beatitudes, a facility that offers long-term inpatient care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, provides controls for patients by:

focusing on individualized care, such as allowing occasional access to alcohol or chocolate.

A person who has Alzheimer's, although there is no family history of the disease, is said to be experiencing:

sporadic Alzheimer's.