Week 1: Life Transitions Our Older Adults (Interpersonal/ Intrapersonal Needs)

Question 1

Standard I: Relational Care

Answer 1

communication and respectful interactions, empathy and understanding are foundational to the provision of high-quality are for older persons and their care partners

Question 2

Standard II: Ethical Care

Answer 2

consciously aware of and think critically about what ought to happen, what should be done and what is fair

consent, privacy

Question 3

Standard III: Evidence-Informed Care

Answer 3

provide comprehensive assessment and treatment of older persons’ needs using standardized assessments, including reliable and valid measures and evidence-informed interventions

Question 4

Standard IV: Aesthetic/Artful Care

Answer 4

connect to the human experience of sickness, suffering, recovery, transitioning and death

Question 5

Standard V: Safe Care

Answer 5

assessing the older person and the environment for hazards that threaten safety, as well as planning and intervening appropriately to maintain a safe environment

Question 6

Standard VI: Socio-Politically Engaged Care

Answer 6

Ageism that limits health care delivery and stigmatizes older persons within society

Care inequities across all sectors of health care delivery

Question 7

primary health care

Answer 7

focus health promotion, disease reduction, preventing illness,

Question 8

Interprofessional, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral collaboration

Answer 8

How do we work as a team (nurses, healthcare professionals, etc) to create or improve quality of care

Question 9

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR OLDER ADULTS

Answer 9

1. Non-perishable food and water
2. Flashlight and batteries
3. First aid kit
4. Sanitation and hygiene supplies
5. Sleeping bag and warm blankets
6. Communication devices
7. Medications
8. Health info and documentation
9. Clothes
10. glasses and hearing aids

Question 10

Most common types of abuse with older adults

Answer 10

Financial and emotional abuse

Question 11

INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE

Answer 11

Involves inadequate care and nutrition; low standards of nursing care; inappropriate and aggressive staff–patient interactions; or substandard, overcrowded, or unsanitary living environments

Question 12

SIGNS OF ELDER ABUSE

Answer 12

Fear, anxiety, depression
Dehydration, poor nutrition, or poor hygiene
Sudden drop in cash flow or financial holdings
Reluctance to speak about the situation

Question 13

Ageism

Answer 13

socially constructed way of thinking about older persons based on negative attitudes and stereotypes about aging

tendency to structure society based on an assumption that everyone is young, thereby failing to respond appropriately to the real needs of older persons.