List three residential options for older adults. Identify the characteristics of the aging adult as they apply to making decisions about these options
What will be an ideal response?
Independent living community: since these are apartment communities where residents are provided areas for common social interaction, the person needs to be relatively self-sufficient. Assisted living facilities provide some level of assistance with ADLs, and nurses are available for emergencies. The person who lives in an assisted living facility still needs to be able to assist in their own care. Skilled nursing facilities are typically for those who need considerable assistance with ADLs or who need total around-the-clock care. Continuing-care retirement communities offer a continuum of care ranging from independent living to skilled nursing care.
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a. Gardner's multiple intelligences theory b. Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence c. Cattell's concept of crystallized and fluid intelligence d. Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence
Biological motives are
a. needs that are learned, such as the need for power or for achievement. b. innate but not necessary for survival. c. not innate but necessary for survival. d. innate and necessary for survival.
As originally developed, "living wills" indicating an individual's desires about medical treatment
a. were legal documents mandating no intubation and life-saving medications b. had legal force in the United States c. stated the wishes of persons when their health status changed and they became incapacitated d. acknowledged a desire to live and to receive all measures to prevent death e. applied to individuals who are terminally ill
Elderly individuals who have a sense of __________ in their lives appear to be among the most satisfied
a) justice b) family c) integrity d) control