CLP2140 CH.15

Which of the following statements regarding the use of drug therapy to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease is MOST accurate?

Drug therapy slows down the disease in patients treated early in the course of a milder form of the disease.

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

long-term care.

About 17 percent of individuals with Alzheimer's disease also experience:

major depressive disorder.

Which of the following is MOST likely to be said by an elderly person regarding long-term care?

"I'm worried about how my life will change."

"Exercise helps people deal with many physical disorders; does it help with Alzheimer's disease?" your friend asks. Your MOST accurate reply would be:

"Yes; exercise helps both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease."

Among the elderly, psychotic cognitive symptoms are usually due to:

delirium and dementia.

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.

Early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include:

denial of symptoms.

The typical pattern of Alzheimer's for the patient is:

denial, anxiety, withdrawal, dependency.

Neurocognitive disorders are also associated with:

gonorrhea.

In people with Alzheimer's disease, memory problems appear to be caused by disruption of the production of:

memory-linked proteins.

Studies of the "oldest old" show that compared to those in their 80s and early 90s, the "oldest old" are usually:

more agile, healthier, and clear-headed.

Of the following, which is the MOST likely to lead to hospitalization for an Alzheimer's patient?

the caretaker being overwhelmed.

A person quite suddenly begins to show specific cognitive impairment and difficulty in speaking, yet other cognitive functions appear normal. MOST likely, that person is experiencing:

vascular neurocognitive disorder.

The percentage of the elderly population living in nursing homes at any given time is about:

5 percent.

What is the relationship between age and anxiety in the elderly?

As age increases, the rate of anxiety disorders decreases.

Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

According to recent research, should patients with Alzheimer's disease be encouraged to repeat activities daily that they enjoyed doing when they were younger?

Probably; they would tend to be happier, even after forgetting they did the activity.

What does the research show that nursing homes should do in order to meet the emotional needs of their patients?

They should let patients do what they want to do, so long as it's not harmful or disruptive.

Among the proposed causes of Alzheimer's are all of the following EXCEPT:

concussion or other brain injury.

As people age, the incidence of alcohol abuse and other forms of substance abuse:

decreases.

When an autoimmune response occurs, the body attacks:

its own tissue.

Samuel, who is over 65, reports taking five prescription drugs, in addition to regularly taking two over-the-counter drugs. Among the elderly, Samuel is:

normal; the average elderly individual takes about this amount of drugs.

A person who abuses alcohol frequently often drinks alone, blacks out occasionally, and falls a lot. These characteristics are:

over twice as common in young alcohol abusers as they are in elderly alcohol abusers.

The brain changes that those with Alzheimer's disease experience are:

similar to those of most elderly people, but happen to an excessive degree.