Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Disability free” or “active” life expectancy is the number of years an individual can expect to live beyond age 65 without significant functional impairment due to disability or chronic illness.
2. A challenge in determining the need for care in the older population is that population surveys on health in later life measure health status in multiple ways.
3. Even if the compression of morbidity continues, there will still be an increase in health care resources needed because the size of the older population is increasing.
4. International research on health trends in later life provides consistent results across countries.
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
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____________ falls under both the "Social workers' ethical responsibilities to clients" standard as well as the "Social workers' ethical responsibilities as professionals" standard of the NASW Code of Ethics
A) ?Competence B) ?Supervision and consultation C) ?Education and training D) ?Sexual harassment
Enterprising personality types possible occupations include:
A) ?contractor, salesperson, entrepreneur, human resources specialist, newscaster, lawyer, or lobbyist. B) ?carpenter, cook, electrician, industrial arts teacher, materials engineer, mechanical engineer, metal shop supervisor, paramedic. C) ?accountant, bookkeeper, building inspector, editorial assistant, investment analyst, mortgage processor, payroll clerk, website editor. D) ?counselor, elementary school teacher, employee relations specialist, nurse, occupational therapist, personnel manager, police officer, political scientist.
Major changes affecting community life have been
a) economic b) demographic c) technological d) all of the above
The most important role social workers play in community planning is
a. to help community members, who are too often accustomed to thinking of themselves as marginal, learn to use their abilities. b. to teach community members learn how to use the political system and make it work for them, rather than against them. c. to insist that the poor and the powerless and uninfluential develop plans for their communities that matter as much as the plans of the rich, the powerful, the connected. d. to remind community members not to overplay their hand and anger those with more resources and power.