Question 1

Which of the following characteristics does not describe the typical nursing home resident?

Accepted Answer

A)  white 
B)  poor 
C)  widowed 
D)  male

Question 2

The circumstances that facilitate feeling at "home" while living in a nursing home include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  participating in the placement decision. 
B)  having prior knowledge of the facility. 
C)  focusing on family and social relationships. 
D)  focusing on autonomy and personal objects.

Question 3

The average older adult enrolled in Medicare who live in a long-term care facility aged 65-74 are roughly

Accepted Answer

A)  10%. 
B)  25%. 
C)  17%. 
D)  less than 1%.

Question 4

Risk factors for placement in a nursing home include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  being over the age of 85. 
B)  living alone. 
C)  having recently been admitted to a hospital. 
D)  being male.

Question 5

Which of the following may actually facilitate adjustment to relocation?

Accepted Answer

A)  being homesick 
B)  reminiscing about home 
C)  forgetting about previous life and friends 
D)  quickly deciding to relocate before there is too much time to think about it

Question 6

Langer has argued that routines in nursing homes are detrimental to well-being because they result in

Accepted Answer

A)  mindfulness. 
B)  monotony. 
C)  mindlessness. 
D)  consistency.

Question 7

First step to take when deciding the optimal environment is to decide whether the individual has significant cognitive or _____ impairment requiring intervention.

Accepted Answer

A)  physiology 
B)  social 
C)  mental 
D)  physical

Question 8

What is the major aspect of aging in place?

Accepted Answer

A)  feeling safe 
B)  feeling comfortable 
C)  feeling balanced 
D)  feeling at home

Question 9

The basic assumption of person-environment interactions is that

Accepted Answer

A)  the person is a function of behavior and the environment. 
B)  behavior is a function of the person and the environment. 
C)  environment is a function of the person and behavior. 
D)  the person,behavior,and environment are unrelated.

Question 10

Inappropriate speech directed toward older adults based on stereotypes is

Accepted Answer

A)  secondary baby talk. 
B)  insulting. 
C)  patronizing speech. 
D)  infantilization.

Question 11

In Ryan and colleagues' (1995)communication enhancement model,they proposed that interchanges should recognize individualized cues and _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  empower both older adults and health care workers 
B)  communication should be modified to suit individual needs and situations 
C)  appropriately assess health and social issues 
D)  all of these

Question 12

Seventy-eight-year-old John is recovering from a broken hip.Where is John most likely to be living at the moment?

Accepted Answer

A)  nursing home 
B)  assisted living facility 
C)  adult family home 
D)  psychiatric hospital

Question 13

Many nursing homes still rely on a _____ approach of rules,routines,and requirements.

Accepted Answer

A)  skilled 
B)  congruence 
C)  traditional 
D)  changed

Question 14

Nursing homes that use person-centered planning show that residents have all of the following except.

Accepted Answer

A)  more sleep 
B)  live longer 
C)  improvements in well-being 
D)  improved activity level

Question 15

Based on the various theories of person-environment interactions,the best nursing homes use which approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  person-centered planning 
B)  staff-to-patient planning 
C)  person-environment planning 
D)  centered- person planning

Question 16

One of the negative consequences of infantilization of older persons is

Accepted Answer

A)  treating the older person as overly independent. 
B)  causing an older person to lose the desire to be self-sufficient. 
C)  making them remember more about the present so they forget the past. 
D)  making the older adult disoriented.

Question 17

One of the nurses at Joan's nursing home always speaks to her in a way she feels is belittling.She of says things such as "Joanie,dear,we need to get you ready for the day,so hurry,hurry" or "Uh-oh sweetie,it looks like you have made a big mess here.We'd better get this cleaned up quickly." This type of speech is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  stereotypical speech. 
B)  insulting. 
C)  patronizing speech. 
D)  infantilization.

Question 18

In the discussion on competence-environment press model provided an option where one can modify the environment to make the tasks easier.This best describes which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  home modification 
B)  living options 
C)  apartments 
D)  daily modifications

Question 19

Special care units require special training in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Special care units require special training in...

Question 20

The theoretical upper limit of an individual's capacity to function is called

Accepted Answer

A)  performance. 
B)  adjustment. 
C)  adaptation. 
D)  competence.

Exam 5: Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions