Deck 16: Relationships in the Later Years

Question 1

Social Security benefits amount to about what percentage of worker's preretirement wages?

A)30
B)40
C)50
D)60

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following do grandfathers report about their relationships with grandchildren under age 26?

A)social interaction and fewer depressive symptoms
B)more stress and fatigue
C)remembrance of youth and depression
D)physical activity and better health

Answer 2

A

Question 3

About what percentage of elderly women/elderly men live with their adult children?

A)17% / 7%
B)32% / 22%
C)44% / 34%
D)56% / 46%

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What are the effects of one elderly spouse having diabetes in terms of depressive symptoms?

A)The spouse with diabetes reports depressive symptoms.
B)The spouse without diabetes reports depressive symptoms.
C)Neither spouse reports depressive symptoms.
D)Both spouses report having depressive symptoms.

Question 5

What percentage of Internet users aged 50-64 and ages 65 and older use social networking sites such as Facebook?

A)15% / 5%
B)25% / 10%
C)47% / 25%
D)60% / 45%

Question 6

What percentage of children live with their grandparents or other relatives?

A)4%
B)8%
C)10%
D)12%

Question 7

Which of the following was not revealed as a reason for retirement?

A)maximization of life
B)poor health
C)financial security
D)availability for grandchildren

Question 8

How often do those 70 and older have intercourse?

A)never
B)once every week
C)once every month
D)once every 6 weeks

Question 9

Families meet what percentage of long term care for the elderly?

A)20 percent
B)40 percent
C)60 percent
D)80 percent

Question 10

What was the life expectancy in the United States in 2010?

A)76 years
B)81 years
C)86 years
D)90 years

Question 11

About what percentage of the 325 million individuals in the United States are over age 65?

A)5 percent
B)15 percent
C)30 percent
D)45 percent

Question 12

Which of the following is not an effect of caring for one's elderly parents and children?

A)time problems
B)stress problems
C)missing days at work
D)increased substance abuse

Question 13

Caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease identified which two themes in their decision to institutionalize their loved one?

A)having no one to help and cost
B)anticipating the inevitable and reaching the limit
C)sadness and request of the loved one
D)not having the time and needing to care for one's own family

Question 14

What is the single most important determinant of an elderly person's reported happiness?

A)good physical health
B)a satisfying relationship
C)supportive family and friends
D)a good sex life

Question 15

How many relationships are retired individuals likely to maintain with someone they knew at work?

A)zero
B)at least one
C)three or more
D)all work relationships

Question 16

Which of the following is not a component of women's work history that makes them disadvantaged in terms of not having insurance?

A)History is discontinuous.
B)They tend to have part-time jobs.
C)They provide childcare, which has not been taxed.
D)They tend to have low-paying jobs.

Question 17

Which of the following has the lowest suicide rate?

A)Non-Hispanic Blacks
B)Non-Hispanic Whites
C)Hispanics
D)Asians

Question 18

Which of the following is true in terms of perceived health status and race/ethnicity?

A)African Americans rate their health more positively than White Americans.
B)White Americans rate their health least positively.
C)Hispanics rate their health least positively.
D)They all rank their health about the same.

Question 19

Which of the following is not a factor related to a happy retirement?

A)good health
B)involvement with a significant other
C)being able to travel
D)enough money not to worry

Question 20

At age 80 and over, what percentage are hearing/visually impaired?

A)10%/20%
B)20%/40%
C)45%/25%
D)65%/40%

Question 21

The "sandwich generation" refers to:

A)adult caretakers of elderly parents who also take care of their own children
B)dual earner spouses who are sandwiched between jobs and children
C)adolescents caught between different moral values
D)individualistic college students coping with traditional parents

Question 22

The elderly in Spain report considerable life satisfaction, suggesting that aging is:

A)culturally defined
B)psychologically defined
C)chronologically defined
D)cynergistically defined

Question 23

When faced with taking care of their elderly parents, most adult children in the United States:

A)abrogate their responsibility
B)select institutionalization as a last resort
C)select institutionalization as a first option
D)engage in "granny dumping"

Question 24

____ is a term that refers to the systematic persecution/degradation of old people.

A)Ageism
B)Gerontophobia
C)Gerontology
D)Elderism

Question 25

As a young college student, you can expect to retire and draw social security at age:

A)60
B)65
C)67
D)72

Question 26

The elderly who abuse alcohol and who do not exercise are vulnerable to:

A)depression
B)divorce
C)stroke
D)estranged relationships

Question 27

A DNR order for a frail patient in a hospital or nursing home means:

A)do not resuscitate
B)to call the family immediately if there is a change in the health status of the patient
C)do not use morphine since the patient can get hooked
D)that the diet of this patient must be vegetarian

Question 28

What percentage of males whose wife had died demonstrated resilience in terms of participating in relationships and activities and returning to a life that had satisfaction and meaning?

A)almost 20 percent
B)almost 40 percent
C)almost 60 percent
D)almost 80 percent

Question 29

The single most important determinant of an elderly person's happiness is:

A)income
B)children living near by
C)health
D)a spouse that loves him or her

Question 30

Most of the care given the elderly is:

A)provided informally by family members
B)provided formally in institutional settings
C)provided informally in institutional settings
D)paid for by Medicaid and occurs in nursing homes

Question 31

Elderly men who garden and have hobbies and women who belong to organizations:

A)have a much higher mortality risk
B)are as likely to die as those who read and have sedentary lives
C)also tend to drink moderate amounts of alcohol
D)have a much lower mortality risk

Question 32

Being a widow is associated with which of the following?

A)increased risk of contracting an STI
B)depression
C)increased suicide risk
D)declining physical health

Question 33

____ is the criterion used by the elderly to define themselves as old.

A)Being called "old" by others
B)Not being able to walk without assistance
C)Having old wrinkled dry skin
D)Failing health

Question 34

What percentage of university students reported having a loving relationship with their grandmother/grandfather?

A)25% / 20%
B)40% / 35%
C)72% / 63%
D)90% / 89%

Question 35

Which of the following is a reason that grandparents are reluctant to seek legal access to their grandchildren after their child divorces?

A)to avoid disrupting the child's life
B)fear of angering the custodial parent
C)do not wish to see grandchildren
D)do not want to put the children in the middle

Question 36

We may be ____ away from significant breakthroughs in research to allow a person to live hundreds of years longer.

A)a couple of years
B)20 to 30 years
C)one to two hundred years
D)about five years

Question 37

Dementia among the elderly is:

A)severe cognitive impairment
B)the same as Alzheimer's
C)a skin disease that results from too much sun in one's youth
D)a lung ailment requiring oxygen to help the elderly breathe

Question 38

Which of the following are used by elderly men to help create an erection?

A)Cialis and Levitra
B)Paxil and Zoloff
C)CRI inhibitors
D)maximine

Question 39

A person in U.S. society is viewed as among the "old-old" when he/she reaches:

A)65
B)75
C)85
D)95

Question 40

The theory of aging in current vogue is:

A)life course
B)symbolic interactionism
C)age stratification
D)conflict

Question 41

According to Wang et al. (2011), which of the following is not a variable associated with enjoying retirement?

A)physical/mental health and financial stability
B)escape from job stress/job demands
C)luck-having some good fortune along the way (everything cannot be planned)
D)planned voluntary retirement

Question 42

Which of the following reported having "forbidden thoughts"' about caring for a dying family member?

A)a family member caring for an elderly family member
B)a social worker placed in charge of caring for an elderly member of a family
C)a nurse hired to take care of an elderly member of a family
D)a step-sibling who was never accepted into the family

Question 43

Hostetler (2011) noted that some senior citizens avoid using senior centers because:

A)the centers are in poor neighborhoods and some are embarrassed to be seen there
B)the centers are usually so far away and do not provide transportation
C)they have strained relationships with elderly friends and don't want a confrontation
D)of an image issue-they do not want to be labeled as an old person

Question 44

The greatest fear of the elderly is not the fear of death but:

A)the sadness over leaving one's children behind
B)the guilt over leaving a partner behind who will be lonely and debt ridden
C)the dying process
D)the fear of not knowing what happens after death

Question 45

After the divorce of their children, grandparents have what rights to their grandchildren?

A)Grandparents have limited legal options to see their grandchildren.
B)Step-grandparents have clear legal rights to see their grandchildren if there is divorce.
C)Grandparents have clear legal rights in all states to grandchildren/step-grandchildren.
D)Grandmothers, not grandfathers, have legal rights to see grandchildren.

Question 46

Kulik exposed the "myth of the happy grandmother" and noted that some are:

A)bored taking care of their grandchildren
B)exhausted by their demanding grandchildren
C)in conflict since they have their own lives and don't want to be burdened
D)all of the above

Question 47

What state allows for physician-assisted suicide?

A)no state
B)Oregon
C)California
D)New York

Question 48

Depression is one of the factors associated with being a caregiver.

Question 49

The elderly parent most likely to agree to go willingly to a nursing home is:

A)from the lower class
B)has only a high school education
C)frail
D)has only sons as children

Question 50

____ is a state welfare program for low income individuals that pays for health benefits.

A)Medicare
B)Medicaid
C)Medigap
D)Federal Government Health Protective program

Question 51

Gerontophobia is the fear of dying.

Question 52

In the Landmark Harvard Study on Adult Development, ____ was identified as the single most significant factor in terms of health.

A)not smoking
B)exercise
C)being active in one's church d .eating low levels of trans fat foods and cutting salt intake to avoid high blood pressure

Question 53

Most individuals requiring long term care are being cared for in a nursing home.

Question 54

Social security accounts for about 80 percent of what a person previously made.

Question 55

With regard to the satisfaction with social relationships, which of the following is true?

A)Younger adults have higher levels of satisfaction than older adults.
B)Older adults have higher levels of satisfaction than younger adults.
C)Younger adults are quicker to forgive than older adults.
D)Younger adults tend to minimize conflicts more than older adults.

Question 56

Estrogen replacement therapy is:

A)no longer routinely recommended for women as they age
B)more beneficial to the health of the woman than not taking it
C)being replaced by low doses of Cialis for women
D)recommended for women up to age 48 but not later

Question 57

____ is a federal insurance program for ____-term acute hospital care.

A)Medicare; long
B)Medicare; short
C)Medicaid; long
D)Medicaid; short

Question 58

Which term means "good death" and is the deliberate taking of an individual's life at his/her request?

A)euthanasia
B)physician resuscitation procedure
C)suicide
D)advance directive termination

Question 59

What percentage of family caregivers provide care for an elderly parent for five or more years?

A)4%
B)40%
C)84%
D)94%

Question 60

Private full time nursing home care including room, board, and medical care costs about:

A)$1000 to $1500 a week
B)$100 to $150 a week
C)$500 to $700 a week
D)$2,500 to $3,000 a week

Question 61

Review five ways the term "age" is conceptualized.

Question 62

Discuss the "myth of grandparenthood."

Question 63

Oregon is the only state in the U.S. that permits physician assisted suicide.

Question 64

Discuss the relationships of those over 85 with their spouses and children.

Question 65

Discuss the conditions under which Oregon allows physician-assisted suicide.

Question 66

What sexuality changes might women and men expect as they age?

Question 67

Identify and discuss four reasons why an increasing number of individuals are becoming
the "sandwich generation."

Question 68

Discuss the association between physical fitness and a quality of life among the
elderly.

Question 69

Identify and discuss seven issues relevant to deciding to place one's parent in a nursing
home.

Question 70

Having enough money is the single most important criterion for happiness among the
elderly.

Question 71

Medicare is a federal insurance program that pays for long term nursing care for the
elderly.

Question 72

Hispanics view their health more negatively than African-Americans view their health..

Question 73

Whites have the lowest suicide rates.

Question 74

The single most important factor associated with happy retirement is adequate income.

Question 75

Discuss how one might go about aging successfully.

Question 76

Identify the factors associated with having a happy retirement.

Question 77

What is the current recommendation by specialists in regard to estrogen replacement
therapy?

Question 78

Compare the effects of aging on the sexuality of women and men.

Question 79

Review the thoughts of those over 85 in the last year of life. How do they feel about the end?

Question 80

Discuss how one might best come to the end of life.