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Question 1

What brings special pressures, unique upsets, and major biological changes

Answer 1

old age

Question 2

Living on a fixed income, running out of money are two what related to aging

Answer 2

pressures related to aging

Question 3

Elder abuse, health problems of age, arthritis are what related to aging

Answer 3

unique traumatic experiences and biological abnormalities related to aging

Question 4

Largest generation ever

Answer 4

baby boomers

Question 5

The percentage of elderly people in the population is expected to be more than _____ percent in 2030

Answer 5

20

Question 6

Field of psychology dedicated to the mental health of elderly people

Answer 6

GEROPSYCHOLOGY

Question 7

Percent of elderly that would benefit from mental health services and percent that actually receive them

Answer 7

50 percent, 20 percent

Question 8

The psychological problems of elderly persons may be divided into two groups

Answer 8

Disorders, Disorders of cognition

Question 9

Term for problems may be common in people of all ages but are connected to the process of aging

Answer 9

disorders of aging

Question 10

Term for problems that result from brain abnormalities

Answer 10

Disorders of cognition

Question 11

Depression, anxiety, and substance use among the elderly fall in the category of aging

Answer 11

disorders of aging

Question 12

Delirium, mild neurocognitive disorder, major neurocognitive disorder are three elderly disorders that fall in the category of aging

Answer 12

disorders of cognition

Question 13

One of the most common mental health problems of older adults, mostly women, raises risk of suicide

Answer 13

depression

Question 14

Another mental disorder common among the elderly, more common among women

Answer 14

anxiety disorders

Question 15

The most prevalent anxiety disorder among the elderly

Answer 15

general anxiety disorder GAD

Question 16

Leading kind of substance abuse among the elderly, often unintentional

Answer 16

Prescription drug misuse

Question 17

Another form of substance abuse among the elderly, occurs in institutions where patients need most care, often occurs when medication is stolen or over-medication

Answer 17

Nursing home medication misuse

Question 18

With age, ___________ increase, and they may occur regularly by age 60 or 70

Answer 18

memory difficulties and lapses of attention

Question 19

Most cognitive problems come from ________, particularly when they appear in later life

Answer 19

disease

Question 20

DELIRIUM, NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER, and MILD NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER

Answer 20

leading cognitive disorders among elderly persons

Question 21

Characterized by a major disturbance in attention and orientation to the environment, lose track of day, time of day, very noticeable, sometime hallucinations, agitated by confusion

Answer 21

DELIRIUM

Question 22

Includes over the course of hours or a few days, the individual experiences fastmoving and fluctuating disturbances in attention and orientation to the environment

Answer 22

Dx for delirium

Question 23

Collection of disorders characterized by significant decline in at least one area of cognitive function

Answer 23

Neurocognitive Disorders

Question 24

Term for Memory and learning, Attention, Visual perception, Planning and decision making, Language ability, Social awareness, Personality and behavior changes

Answer 24

areas of cognitive functioning

Question 25

Area of cognitive functioning describing confusion over visual images

Answer 25

Visual perception

Question 26

Area of cognitive functioning describing inability to plan or make decision

Answer 26

Planning and decision making

Question 27

Area of cognitive functioning describing inability to remember or learn things

Answer 27

memory and learning

Question 28

Area of cognitive functioning describing inability to speak, eg stuttering, confabulation

Answer 28

language ability

Question 29

Term for someone in the beginning stages of neurocognitive disorder where someone talks all around the issue to buy time to remember

Answer 29

confabulation

Question 30

Area of cognitive functioning describing inability to behave properly in public

Answer 30

social awareness

Question 31

Area of cognitive functioning describing person changing into someone you don’t even know anymore

Answer 31

Personality and behavior changes

Question 32

Two different neurocognitive categories

Answer 32

Major Neurocognitive Disorder, Mild Neurocognitive Disorder

Question 33

Major difference between major and minor neurocognitive disorder

Answer 33

in major, cognitive deficits interfere with everyday dependence; in mild, deficits do not interfere with independence

Question 34

The occurrence of substantial cognitive decline is closely related to age. Fewer than _______ percent of all 60-year-olds have major neurocognitive disorders, compared with as many as _____ percent of those who are 85

Answer 34

1 percent, 50 percent

Question 35

Most common type of neurocognitive disorder and accounts for as many as two-thirds of all cases, early onset is rare, most happens after 65

Answer 35

Alzheimer's Disease

Question 36

Early onset Alzheimer's often has ______ component

Answer 36

genetic

Question 37

6 steps of Alzheimer's progression

Answer 37

mild memory problems, trouble completing tasks and remembering, difficulty with simple tasks and personality changes, less awareness of limitations, fully dependent with no knowledge of past and not recognizing familiar faces, usually in good health until later stages of disease

Question 38

Senile plaques, Neurofibrillary tangles indicate

Answer 38

structural brain changes of Alzheimer’s

Question 39

Found between neurons in the brain, indicates Alzheimer's in an autopsy

Answer 39

senile plaques

Question 40

Neurons that have died and shriveled, indicates Alzheimer's in an autopsy

Answer 40

Neurofibrillary tangles

Question 41

Alzheimer's can only be definitively diagnosed when

Answer 41

after death

Question 42

Researchers have found that this form of Alzheimer' s disease can be caused by abnormalities in the genes responsible for the production of two proteins, involves familial transmission of genes

Answer 42

Early-onset Alzheimer's

Question 43

This form of the disease appears to result from a combination of genetic, environmental, and Iifestyle factors, APO-4 gene increases vulnerability

Answer 43

Late-onset Alzheimer’s

Question 44

What factors for Alzheimer's include damage to brain structures involved with recognizing people, prefrontal lobes, temporal lobes, diencephalon (mamillary bodies, thalamus, hypothalamus)

Answer 44

biological factors

Question 45

What factors involved with Alzheimer’s involve chemicals for proper function of memory and production of proteins

Answer 45

biochemical factors

Question 46

Four biochemicals involved with Alzheimer's disease

Answer 46

acetylcholine, glutamate, RNA, calcium

Question 47

Explanation of Alzheimer's disease that includes zinc, lead, autoimmune, and viral

Answer 47

Lther explanations of Alzheimer's disease

Question 48

Most cases of Alzheimer's disease can be diagnosed with certainty only after death, when an _______ is performed

Answer 48

autopsy

Question 49

One assessment tool which reveals structural abnormalities in the brain, which is viewed as an assessment tool is the

Answer 49

brain scan (PET scan)

Question 50

Neurocognitive disorder that suddenly appears, follows a CVA during which blood flow to specific areas of the brain was cut off, with resultant damage

Answer 50

VASCULAR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER

Question 51

Drug therapy for neurocognitive disorders that have had limited success target memory and affect which neurotransmitters

Answer 51

ACh and glutamate

Question 52

Drug therapies for neurocognitive disorders that have had modest success target what

Answer 52

off-label, NSAIDs, cognitive, behavioral treatments

Question 53

Three other treatments for neurocognitive disorders

Answer 53

home care, day-care, assisted living