Exam 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in the Later Years

Wisdom is knowledge plus expertise.

____________________ is the study of aging.

In older adults, sarcopenia is associated with observable changes, such as:

For older adults, the ability to make planned sequential movements is not only a matter of muscle health, but also coordination with the:

As muscle fiber deteriorates through later adulthood, ______________ decreases.

With respect to the rate and process of aging, changes in the health of the brain and heart are:

Dr. Lladro, a developmental scientist who works from the program theory of aging is currently researching:

Memory declines are less accelerated among older adults who are more _________________ engaged compared to those who are less so.

An older adult with good skeletal health can reasonably expect to:

In older adults, Lewy body dementia is diagnosed when there is evidence of:

When Art told his middle-aged children that he was frustrated because he wasn't able to get out of the bed in time to use the bathroom several days in a row, he got annoyed when his children then asked him if he was having trouble with other :

Aging is a lifespan process that accelerates through middle adulthood and most rapidly near the end of the lifespan.

Changes associated with senses in older adulthood take place rapidly.

There is great variation in the rate and progression of the decline in physical systems during later adulthood.

Health care administrators recognize that the lengthening of the human lifespan has resulted in the need for more:

With regard to older adults, you might not explicitly recognize that they are experiencing cognitive declines, but when they complain about not being able to ____________ those are indicators that it is time for a cognitive assessment.

When people receive the news that a friend or family member has Alzheimer's, it is particularly distressing because they learn that eventually their loved one will be unable to ______________ and will die from the disease

In addition to regular health care, nurses trained to treat the elderly specifically also serve as caregivers and educators and help meet distinct ____________________ needs of patients aged 65 and older.

Autoimmune diseases are particularly distressing to older adults because they cause pain due to:

Studies of life expectancy within a population provide us with information about why certain people live longer than others as a function of the relationship between ______________ and the number of years that a group of people is expected to live.