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Final Exam: Week 1 Foundations Flashcards

1
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Why will OTs continue to be important in the future?

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  • Baby boomer generation ages and people will remain active in later life
  • Ability of patients to pay through health insurance
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How can OTs help individuals maintain their independence?

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Recommending home modifications to make ADLs easier

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Which individual has the longest life expectancy?

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A white female in the U.S

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Early theories of aging focused on describing it as…

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A problen

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Definition of culture

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Patterns of behavior from family, all ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation

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Aspects of culture

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  • The way of life for an entire society
  • Learned, localized, patterned, evaluative, and has continuity
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Cultural identity

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  • Language
  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Religion
  • Occupation
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How can culture impact occupational performance?

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Approaching difficult changes in their life with different perspectives

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How to assess the impact of culture during and evaluation

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Ask questions like “where did you grow up?”
- Their upbringing teaches culture of a specific location

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What reflects a possible cultural identity?

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Race, religion, and occupation

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Although increasing awareness of positive aging has begun to improve attitudes, this outlook has been criticized for its potential to…

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Encourage subtle discrimination against those who are not able to age well

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12
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MOHO components of occupational participation

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Volition, habituation, performance capacity

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MOHO assessment and intervention

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Based in beliefs about the nature of humans and strategies for change

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The MOHO is an example of a theory that can explain…

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The experience of growing older in the context of human performance

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15
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What are difficult ADLs and IADLs for older adults?

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ADL- Going outside
IADL- Phone management

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16
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Do most older adults need help with self-care?

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No

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What is the practical side of self care?

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Things we need to do… washing hands, wiping after using the bathroom

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What is the symbolic side of self care?

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Things that improve independence and self esteem…washing face, applying makeup

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What factors should OTRs look at before completing a self care assessment?

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  • Vision, hearing, sensory skills, cognition
  • Think of the whole individual
20
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Definition of leisure

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Something we choose to do, can increase occupational performance

21
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Why are leisure activities important to older adults?

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It is time they have earned, keeps them going, improves client factors (ROM, cognition)

22
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Evaluation of older adult’s leisure skills

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Ask questions such as “what do you love to do?”, “what are you passionate about?”, “what makes you forget about the outside world?”

23
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How can employers support older adults?

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Working in shifts

24
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Factors to consider prior to retirement

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Better health, higher incomes, positive attitude, planning retirement

25
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Alternatives to working full time

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Volunteer, part time work, consultation

26
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In late life, the number of expected roles tend to…

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Decrease

27
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Occupational value can be thought of as…

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The individual’s assessment of the importance of the activity

28
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Benefits of social networks in later life

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Improves cognition and connection with others

29
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Societal trends that affect late life family interactions

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Smaller family size, high divorce rate, geographic mobility

30
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Common occupations/roles of older adults and what are the benefits?

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Grandparents as babysitters, friends, neighbors
- Feel important/needed, reciprocity

31
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Nursing home STD rates

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  • Decreased inhibition as you get older
  • OT should discuss safe sex with patients
32
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Informal care network

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Friends and family

33
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Formal care network

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Professional services

34
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What influences the use of formal care by older adults?

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  • Don’t want to be a burden to their family (wound care/injections)
  • Being a non-minority, living alone, income level
35
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Home Health Care

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  • Rigid medicare guidelines
  • Provides support services to elders with daily living needs so they can remain at home
  • Administered by the executive office of elder affairs (EOEA)
36
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Home health care services can include…

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  • Light housework
  • Personal care
  • Home delivery of meals
  • Transportation
  • Community support services
37
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Home health care eligibility

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Based on age (60+), financial status, and ability to carry out daily tasks

38
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Older Americans Act

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Provides funding for community-based services

39
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Community based services are used by…

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A small proportion of older adults

40
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Community based care reduces…

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Need for expensive institutional care, instead utilize services in their home

41
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Older adults typically prefer services provided by…

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Nuclear or extended family

42
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Medicare history

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Became law in 1965, health insurance for those 65 and over, largest payer of healthcare services in the U.S and the largest reimbursed of OT/PT/SLP services

43
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Medicare components

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Part A- hospital stays, short stay SNF, home health, hospice
Part B- supplemental insurance that covers 80% of outpatient services, office visits, and DME

44
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Does the U.S have universal healthcare?

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No

45
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Medicaid

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Law that addresses healthcare needs of low income and older individuals

46
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Centers for Medicare Services (CMS)

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Change how reimbursement works and can drive how you are documenting

47
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Medicare coverage for OT

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  • Services must be prescribed by a physician and approved
  • Performed by a qualified OT
  • Services are reasonable and necessary
  • Services must not be a duplicate of another discipline

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