Test 1 Gerontics Flashcards
(74 cards)
What age is oldest-old?
85+
What is classified as middle-old?
76-84
Consists of socially shared patterns of behaviors and belief that seek to relate humans to the superhuman
Religion
Stresses the person’s subjective perception and experience of someone or something greater than him/herself
Spirituality
Context-specific control that is strongly associated with occupation
Self-efficacy
Demands of the environment (according to Lawton)
Environmental Press
Individual’s perception of physical and psychological well-being characterized by adequate physical capacity for accomplishment of desired activities, couple with overall satisfaction with one’s life situation
Wellness
An intervention approach that does not assume a disability is present or that any factors would interfere with performance
Health promotion
Approach type of OT in which the focus is on individuals at-risk for occupational performance problems
Prevention
The application of occupational science in the prevention of disease and disability and the promotion of health and well-being of individuals and communities through meaningful engagement in occupations
Preventative Occupation
Individuals who experience a sense of control over their circumstances
Perceived control
What is most effective in promoting a sense of well-being and physical health?
Problem-solving coping strategies
Data collected to determine priorities and formulate an action plan
Needs assessment
Monitoring the program’s process, impact, and outcomes to determine its effectiveness
Program evaluation
The measure of one’s ability to distinguish details of objects in motion and should play a supplemental role in providing a better overall picture of functional visual acuity, strongest correlation to driving record of older adult
Dynamic acuity
Ability to see a target when there is limited contrast between the target and the background
Contrast sensitivity
Ability to perceive the presence or movement of stimuli in the periphery beyond the area of immediate focus that constitutes one’s central vision
Peripheral vision
Responsible for coordinated use of extra-occular eye muscles necessary for binocular vision and the efficient performance of conjugate eye movements
Oculomotor skills
Monocular skill that allows one to judge distances away from the self and is important in driving to judge how close vehicle is to other vehicles
Depth perception
Global attention broken down into what?
Focused attention, sustained attention, selective attention
Capacity for mental flexibility, enables one to shift the focus of attention and move between tasks having different cognitive requirements
Alternating attention
Allocation of attention to monitor stimuli simultaneously or performing multiple component tasks at the same time, highest level of skill
Divided attention
Spatial area within which an individual can be quickly alerted to visual stimuli in a variety of situations
Useful field of view
Ability to store and recall meaning
Semantic memory
