Chapter 18
denial of symptoms
Early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include...
selected neurons die
What generally happens in the thalamus and the hypothalamus of an individual with Alzheimer's disease?
45
What percentage of the elderly now use Facebook? ???%
Pick's disease
Which disease involves degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes?
temporal lobes
You would suspect a problem in the ??? for someone experiencing difficulty with long-term memory.
Parkinson's disease
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...
verbal skills
An individual who demonstrates a severe anterograde amnesia may still demonstrate evidence of...
mild neurocognitive disorder
An individual with Alzheimer's disease is able to function independently. The most appropriate label for this person's condition is...
major neurocognitive disorder
An individual with Alzheimer's disease is no longer able to function independently. The most appropriate diagnosis for this person's condition is...
one third
Approximately what proportion of nursing home residents are receiving antipsychotic drugs?
decreases
As people age, the incidence of alcohol abuse and other forms of substance abuse...
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...
sporadic
A person who has Alzheimer's, although there is no family history of the disease, is said to be experiencing ??? Alzheimer's.
cell breakdown and neuron death
A person who has an excess of plaques due to Alzheimer's would be likely to have...
major depressive disorder
About 17% of individuals with Alzheimer's disease also experience...
5 million
About how many new cases of Alzheimer's disease occur each year?
delirium and neurocognitive disorders
Among the elderly, psychotic cognitive symptoms are usually due to...
delusional disorder
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...
health maintenance
If you do things during your life that promote physical and psychological well-being, you are engaging in a ??? approach to aging.
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...
memory linked proteins
In people with Alzheimer's disease, memory problems appear to be caused by disruption of the production of...
neurocognitive disorder
Someone who has AIDS is also at risk for developing...
senile plaques
Sphere-shaped deposits of a small molecule in spaces between neurons in the hippocampus in individuals with Alzheimer's disease are called...
virus
The fact the Alzheimer's disease resembles Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease suggests that Alzheimer's may be caused by a...
Alzheimer's disease
The most frequent cause of neurocognitive disorder in the elderly is...
13
The percentage of the US population today aged 65 and older is about ??? percent.
5
The percentage of the elderly population living in nursing homes at any given time is about ???%
Alzheimer's disease
To control occasional pain and inflammation, a person uses an over-the-counter drug containing ibuprofen. Interestingly, recent research shows that the person may also be reducing the risk of contracting which disease?
health
To date, research shows that anxiety among the elderly is related to...
elderly
An individual seeking help from a geropsychologist is most likely...
delirium
An 80yr. 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 probably diagnosis for this condition would be...
day care facilities
Which is an example of a sociocultural approach to treating Alzheimer's?
