Exam 23: Relationships, Roles, and Transitions

The community health nurse delivers a program about retirement planning to middle-aged adults, and wants to them to choose the year of their retirement. On which of the following areas should participants focus to ease their transition into retirement?

Which following older adult is most likely to need preretirement counselling to avoid significant concerns in retirement?

Which of the following statements about the role of grandparents is true?

As the wife of a university president, an older female adult met exciting people and travelled extensively until her husband died. The nurse identifies that, besides grieving an intimate partner, this woman is most likely to grieve for the loss of which area of her life?

Which older adult will have the highest economic risk at the beginning of retirement?

What is the most important element for older adults to have to enhance their transition into retirement?

As older adults' health begins to deteriorate, caregiving often becomes the responsibility of their middle-aged children. Of the following people, who is the most likely to provide care for an aging parent?

Which statement is true about the relationships of older adults?

The children of an older female adult ask the nurse for advice about helping their mother heal after her husband's death. Which strategy should the nurse share with the family?

Which of the following statements is true about caregiving?

The World Health Organization defines sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality. What is the most common reason for sexual inactivity among older adults who have a partner?

Which of the following statements about older adult relationships is true?