Deck 15: C: Aging and the Elderly

Question 1

The share of the elderly population is increasing quickly in:

A)the world's poorest nations.
B)all the world's nations.
C)the world's high-income nations.
D)Canada,but not elsewhere.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Biological changes that accompany growing old include:

A)less keen senses.
B)loss of height and weight.
C)wrinkles in the skin and graying of the hair
D)All of the above are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Since 1960,the poverty rate among the Canadian elderly:

A)has dropped sharply.
B)has fluctuated up and down.
C)has remained stable.
D)has gone up.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In Canada,males typically outlive females.

Question 5

In hunting and gathering societies,older members are considered a valuable resource to the group.

Question 6

In today's society,most deaths occur in:

A)impersonal settings such as nursing homes.
B)the homes of people's children.
C)a person's own home.
D)a hospice.

Question 7

What is the poverty rate among elderly people in Canada? How has it changed in recent decades?

Question 8

Who,of the following,died the youngest?

A)Mozart
B)Shakespeare
C)Edgar Allen Poe
D)Oscar Wilde

Question 9

Social isolation is most commonly a problem for:

A)elderly men.
B)elderly women.
C)elderly men and women living with their children.
D)elderly men and women living with spouses.

Question 10

Compared to the "young old," the "old old" in Canada:

A)contains a larger share of women.
B)is richer.
C)has better health.
D)All of the above are correct.