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extensive research on exercise involving weight lifting and resistance training shows that these forms of exercise helps to offset which normal age-related change in the muscles?

sarcopenia

An important first step in psychotherapy with older adults is establishing a _____ in which the client and clinician strive to collaborate in treatment.

therapeutic alliance

an important first step in psychotherapy with older adults is establishing an ____ in which the client and clinician strive to collaborate in treatment

therapeutic alliance

Sunscreen protects you from which harmful rays?

ultraviolet

a clinician may fail to diagnose correctly an older adults' major depressive disorder because he or she assumes that:

depression is a natural consequence of growing older

a clinician may fail to diagnose correctly an older adults' major depressive disorder because he or she assumes that:

depression is a natural consequences of growing older

which demographic category in the us includes the highest age-adjusted suicide rate?

males ages 75 and older

A mental status examination of an older adult typically includes a measure of _____, or knowledge of the time, the place and the person's own identity.

orientation

A BMI in the range of 25-29.9 places the individual in the category of:

overweight

Compared to younger adults, older adults with major depressive disorder are more likely to have symptoms involving:

physical pain

Normal age-related changes in the lens of the eye results in which condition that afflicts all older adults?

presbyopia

abuse of which type of illicit substance is most common in older adults?

prescription drugs

the normal enlargement of the ____ gland in men may cause difficulties with urination and pain.

prostate

One way you can communicate more effectively with older adults who suffer from hearing loss is to:

reduce interference from outside noise

One way you can communicate more effectively with older adults who suffer from hearing loss is to:

reduce interference from outside noise.

Based on prevalence data older adults with bipolar disorder were most likely to have developed it by the time they reached the age of about:

25

based on prevalence data, older adults with bipolar disorder were most likely to have developed it by the time they reached the age of about

25

Normal changes in the cardiovascular system with age in adulthood are reflected in a lowering of which measure?

aerobic capacity

One of the primary causes of aging of the respiratory system involves changes in the air sacs known as the:

alveoli

Which of the following is a documented risk factor for developing cataracts?

cigarette smoking

Changes with age in the dermis layer of the skin are associated with age-related alterations in which protein, also found in connective tissue throughout the body?

collagen

an 80-year-old woman is suffering from limited range of motion due to degenerative changes in her knees, shoulders, and wrists. If you were her physical therapist, you might suggest that she offset these changes by engaging primarily in:

flexibility training

a 45-year-old man is concerned because his 70-year-old mother seems unusually restless, tense, irritable, and prone to worrying. It is possible that his mother has developed which psychological disorder.

generalied anxiety

a 45-year-old man is concerned because his 70-year-old mother seems unusually restless, tense, irritable, and prone to worrying. It is possible that his mother has developed which psychological disorder?

generalized anxiety

a build-up of pressure within the eyeball is involved in which form of blindness that affects older adults?

glaucoma

In the disorder known as _____, individuals collect objects that they don't need, are unable to throw out those objects, and may clutter up their homes to the point of being almost unlivable.

hoarding

The perpetrator in cases of elder abuse involving self-neglect is the:

individual him- or herself

the perpetrator in cases of elder abuse involving self-neglect is the:

individual him-or herself

sarcopenia is associated with age-related changes in the ____

muscles


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