MODULE 15

memory difficulties.

A 65-year-old in otherwise very good health typically will experience occasional:

long term care

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:

misuse of prescription drugs.

A particular problem found MORE often in the elderly that is related to substance abuse is:

vascular neurocognitive disorder.

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:

more than twice as common in young alcohol abusers as they are in elderly alcohol abusers

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

sporadic Alzheimer's.

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

improvement both in short-term memory and in ability to cope under pressure.

A person with Alzheimer's disease is taking a drug designed to affect acetylcholine and glutamate and may experience:

no change in the function of short-term memory but problems in the conversion of short- term memories to long-term memories.

A person with Alzheimer's disease shows decreased brain activity in the diencephalon. This decreased activity should be related to:

5 million

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

a fear of losing mental abilities.

Among the "oldest old," those who are older than 95 years old, the MOST common concern is:

delirium and neurocognitive disorders.

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

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:

generalized anxiety disorder.

An elderly individual has just been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. MOST likely, the diagnosis is:

recover more slowly than average for both injuries and illnesses.

An elderly individual has just been diagnosed with depression. In the future, that individual would be expected to:

delusional disorder

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

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

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

experiencing delirium is positively correlated with living in a nursing home.

Compared to individuals who are older than 75 and living at home with assistance, similar individuals living in nursing homes are almost twice as likely to experience delirium, providing evidence that:

doing things that promote physical and mental health.

If a young person is taking a health-maintenance approach to aging, the person would be:

reduced hippocampus activity.

If you had a PET scan at a relatively young age to predict your likelihood of developing Alzheimer's, you would be most disturbed if you had:

neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques evident at autopsy.

alzheimer's disease is diagnosed on the basis of: