The older adult is at higher risk for acute psychological pain than a younger adult because the following is true of older adults:
a. They have many illnesses.
b. They possess fewer assets.
c. They experience more loss.
d. They live with impairments.
C
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A Incorrect. Older adults tend to have more illnesses than younger adults and ill-ness can trigger depression.
B Incorrect. The lack of assets of younger and older adults is unlikely to be related to acute psychological distress unless a sudden loss of a large asset is expe-rienced.
C Correct. Older adults are at higher risk for acute psychological pain than younger adults because they experience more loss such as the pain occurring in early bereavement or in a major depressive episode.
D Incorrect. Older adults do not necessarily live with impairments; and, if impair-ment causes psychological distress, the acute phase is likely to occur at the onset rather than in day-to-day activities.
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