Midterm 2

Question 1

Average Longevity

Answer 1

Age at which half the individuals born in a particular year will die

Question 2

What age group is the fastest growing?

Answer 2

85+

Question 3

Maximum Longevity

Answer 3

oldest age one can possibly live

Question 4

ethnic differences in health

Answer 4

immigrants are usually healthier b/c of screening processes

Question 5

other factors affecting longevity

Answer 5

genetics (20-30%)
environment (health care, food, water, dangerous areas)

Question 6

leading cause of injury and death in older adults

Answer 6

falls - due to arthritis, stairs, minimal balance

Question 7

2 components to disability

Answer 7

ADLs (personal hygiene)
IADLs (shopping, banking, cooking, medication)

Question 8

Medical Disability model

Answer 8

disability is caused by disease and poor health

Question 9

social disability model

Answer 9

disability is a socially created problem

Question 10

WHO-ICF model

Answer 10

disability is a mix of poor health/disease and a socially created problem

Question 11

Verbrugge/Jette model for disability

Answer 11

sociocultural factors
personals factors
risk factors
intervention strategies

Question 12

what is important for quality of life

Answer 12

finances, health, spiritual well-being, sense of control, dignity, community

Question 13

Rowe/Kahn successful aging model

Answer 13

the avoidance of disease and disability (maintain cognitive and physical function)

Question 14

Baltes successful aging model

Answer 14

aging is heterogenous
marked by selective optimization with compensation

Question 15

how is canada aging

Answer 15

has more individuals 65+ than children 14 and younger
Alberta is the youngest province
atlantic provinces are the oldest (nova scotia, newfoundland)

Question 16

countries with the most dementia

Answer 16

japan
usa
canada
western europe (germany/france)
norwat/sweden

Question 17

infectious diseases ppl are more likely to die from

Answer 17

influenza
pneumonia
UTIs
covid
sepsis

Question 18

common causes for hospitalization

Answer 18

falls
disability
cardiovascular
orthopedic issues
neurological issues

Question 19

vascular dementia symptoms

Answer 19

cognitive decline
difficulty planning
memory impairment
mood changes
speech problems
motor impairment

Question 20

alzheimer’s symptoms

Answer 20

memory loss
confusion on time/place
decreased judgement
misplacing items
difficulty with familiar tasks

Question 21

frontotemporal dementia symptoms

Answer 21

behaviour (personality change, loss of empathy)
language (speech impairments, semantic impairment)

Question 22

dementia in general symptoms

Answer 22

memory loss,
cognitive decline
communication difficulties
impaired judgement
disorientation

Question 23

most common type of dementia

Answer 23

alzheimer’s disease

Question 24

vascular dementia physiology

Answer 24

cerebral-vascular accident (rupture in body that makes its way to the brain)
small vessel disease

Question 25

fronto-temporal dementia

Answer 25

brain atrophy abnormal proteins accumulating neurotransmitter changes impact on bx and personality

Question 26

alzheimer's physiology

Answer 26

amyloid plaques (cut off in wrong part and forms outside the neuron) neurofibrillary tangles (inside neuron, tau collapses and twists into strands, neuron dies)

Question 27

diagnostic challenges for ALZ

Answer 27

GPs are busy so long waitlist lack of treatment label gets slapped on people lack of training

Question 28

ALZ risk factors

Answer 28

age women genetics

Question 29

DEM risk factors

Answer 29

age genetics gender physical inactivity unhealthy cardiovascular risk factors

Question 30

cause of psychosis

Answer 30

dementia deliruium medication side effects psychiatric disorders neurological conditions

Question 31

why migrate in old age

Answer 31

help their kids raise grandkids

Question 32

challenges to migrate in old age

Answer 32

loss of status decision making financial dependence linguistic barriers

Question 33

social security agreement

Answer 33

pensions will be sent between countries no agreement with china, india, philippines

Question 34

who has the most mental health issues

Answer 34

refugees - due to circumstances

Question 35

maturity principle

Answer 35

tend to be more successful in professional and personal lives

Question 36

mean level change measurement

Answer 36

personality traits do continue to change

Question 37

rank order change measurement

Answer 37

conscientiousness and agreeable showed more rank order change problems - masks individual changep

Question 38

personality traits associated with aging

Answer 38

low conscientiousness - high mortality conscientiousness promotes heath and longevity neurotic - experience more stress

Question 39

mid-life crisis

Answer 39

think of it as a time of reflection

Question 40

first person to look at development across the lifespan

Answer 40

G. Stanley Hall