Exam 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Which factor is used as a predictor for mortality because it indicates overall physiology?

Parkinson's symptoms cannot be treated.

What characterizes Parkinson's disease?

Low socioeconomic status is associated with greater arthritis-related symptoms, poorer well-being, and greater use of maladaptive coping strategies among which group of people?

Delirium can be caused by ______.

Social and cultural factors playing a role in ethnic differences in Alzheimer's and other dementias is demonstrated by the fact that ______.

Omar is 74 years old, lives independently, has mild hearing loss, and continues the same swimming regimen he has had since college. He has a large social network, and few physical complaints. Gerontologists would put him in the category of ______.

Jim is a 78-year-old man who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He has lost the ability to comprehend and produce speech. His family can expect that Jim will now ______.

What impact does cognitive training have on an older adult's cognitive skills?

Brain aging involves declines in neuronal communication, especially in areas responsible for executive functioning and judgment, which are located in the ______.

Some people retain strong immune functioning into older adulthood.

Most healthy older adults have significant age-related declines in the ability to efficiently process information.

Cataracts can be caused by ______.

Age-related hearing loss typically begins at what phase of life?

When information that has previously been remembered disrupts memory for new information it is called ______.

Changing dietary needs means that older adults are at risk for ______.

What is the most notable contributor to increases in life expectancy?

Cordelia is 83, and her brain is changing with age. The area of her brain that will be the last to show loss is responsible for ______.

Cora has been showing some signs of memory decline. Which supplement would be most effective in helping protect her cognitive function?

More physically fit and active older adults tend to show more efficient activity in areas key to ______.