ELDERLY, DEATH, AND DYING

Question 1

Proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will double from about 11% to what?

Answer 1

22%

Question 2

Absolute number of people aged 60 years and over is expected to increase from ___ to ___ over the same period

Answer 2

605 million to 2 billion

Question 3

What percentage of older persons in high-income countries have experienced some form of maltreatment at home?

Answer 3

4-6%

Question 4

25-30% of people have some degree of

Answer 4

Cognitive decline

Question 5

True or false: most elderly people are housebound

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or false: most elderly consider their pensions enough for daily living

Answer 6

False. Pensions are not enough for medication, rehabilitation, and maintenance

Question 7

Older people have the tendency to ___ their illness

Answer 7

Underreport

Question 8

What does ADL stand for?

Answer 8

Activities of daily living

Question 9

No 1. Leading cause of illness that affected ADL of order people

Answer 9

Respiratory illness

Question 10

Difficulty in stepping forward, walking, imbalance when person walks

Answer 10

Abnormal gait

Question 11

Difficulty in chewing

Answer 11

Dysphagia

Question 12

Bathing a bedridden person

Answer 12

Bed bath

Question 13

Republic act that grants senior citizens benefits and special privileges

Answer 13

RA 7432 - Senior Citizen’s Act of 1993

Question 14

Father of the senior citizens law

Answer 14

Edgardo Angara

Question 15

Expanded benefits for senior citizens like 20% discount and vat exemption, free vaccination against influenza and pneumococcal disease, 5% discount on water and electric bills, and additional government assistance

Answer 15

RA 9994 - Expanded Senior Citizen’s Act of 2010

Question 16

True or false: the nearest kin of the elderly can decide what to do during health care servicing

Answer 16

False. We must respect patient’s autonomy during
the intervention process

Question 17

___ care for older persons takes into account their development needs physical, psychological, mental & spiritual

Answer 17

Holistic

Question 18

Have access to adequate food, water, shelter, clothing & health care

Answer 18

Independent

Question 19

Remain integrated in society

Answer 19

Participation

Question 20

Be able to utilize appropriate levels of
institutional care

Answer 20

Care

Question 21

Be able to pursue opportunities for the full development of their potentials

Answer 21

Self-Fulfillment

Question 22

Be able to live in dignity and security and be free from exploitation and physical or mental abuses

Answer 22

Dignity

Question 23

Benefit from family and community care and protection

Answer 23

Care

Question 24

Have the opportunity to work as long as still they can

Answer 24

Independence

Question 25

Have access to the educational, cultural, spiritual, and recreational resources of society

Answer 25

Self-Fulfillment

Question 26

Be treated fairly regardless of age, gender, racial or ethnic background, disability or other status and be valued

Answer 26

Dignity

Question 27

Be able to seek and develop opportunities for service to the community

Answer 27

Participation

Question 28

Cessation of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual life here on earth

Answer 28

Dying

Question 29

Transition that a person goes through that ultimately ends in death

Answer 29

Dying process

Question 30

Begins with sedation and lethargy to comatose state and death accompanied by restlessness and confusion that often progresses to unpleasant hallucinations and delirium

Answer 30

Actively dying

Question 31

Withdrawal from the physical world around them in preparation for their final journey

Answer 31

Transitioning

Question 32

The body is in the process of shutting down

Answer 32

Imminent

Question 33

2 types of death

Answer 33

Clinical and biological

Question 34

Person's heart stops beating; Circulation of blood and respiration also stops when there is cessation of heart beat

Answer 34

Clinical death

Question 35

After 4-6 minutes without CPR, cells begin to die; “Point of no return”

Answer 35

Biological death

Question 36

Several hours after biological death. Rigidity of muscles occuring after death

Answer 36

Rigor mortis

Question 37

Process wherein where healthcare provider would clean the deceased body by removing IV, oxygen, and other attached in the body

Answer 37

Post-Mortem Care