Deck 12: Public Health and Aging

Question 1

The field of public health and aging is also known as:
a. Cultural demography
b. Political economy
c. Gerontological health
d. Social epidemiology
Questions from lecture: Public Health and Aging

Answer 1

Gerontological health

Question 2

Preventive gerontology refers to health screening programs for persons 50 and older.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Compression of morbidity refers to which of the following?
a. People stay healthy as long as possible until the end of life
b. Morbidity is restricted to a small segment of the population that has reached an advanced age beyond the average lifespan
c. Morbidity is restricted to a small segment of the population in the middle of the lifespan
d. It is associated with the rectangularization of the morbidity curve such that people of any age who get sick do not live long but die quickly

Answer 3

People stay healthy as long as possible until the end of life

Question 4

The most prevalent form of dementia among persons over age 70 is which of the following?
a. Vascular dementia
b. Alzheimer's disease
c. Dementia praecox
d. Senility

Question 5

The "demographic cross-over effect" refers to which of the following phenomena?
a. At advanced ages, men have a higher life expectancy than women
b. Migrant populations are often undercounted in census data
c. More robust "survivability" for minority persons who have experienced social disadvantage and still lived 85 years
d. Death rate declines, followed by birth rate decline

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE regarding decision-making among the elderly?
a. An assessment is required to ascertain each individual's decisional capacity
b. Self-neglect should be looked upon differently from informed decisions to reject professional advice
c. Involuntary hospitalization for mental illness is an accepted basis for determining incapacity for decision-making
d. Family members can be involved in the process of determining decisional capacity

Question 7

In Florida's west coast counties, the percentage of persons over 65 years is:
a. 18%
b. 54%
c. 12%
d. 34%

Question 8

The first legislation that had significance for aging and public health was:
a. The Social Security Act of 1935
b. The Older Americans Act of 1965
c. The creation of the Veterans Administration in1980
d. The creation of the National Institute on Aging in 1974

Question 9

The oldest advocacy organization for the elderly in the U.S. is which of the following?
a. American Association of Retired Persons
b. Grey Panthers
c. Silver Haired Legislature
d. Gerontological Society of America