Module 8 - Quality Of Life

Question 1

Health, family and other relationships, independence, mobility and autonomy, social and leisure activities, finance, wellbeing, standards of living ALL CONTRIBUTE TO…

Answer 1

Quality of life

Question 2

Acronym to assess spiritual needs

Answer 2

Brave; build trust, respect, actively listen, value and validate individuality, empower and encourage

Question 3

What is the primary goal of palliative care?

Answer 3

To optimise quality of life

Question 4

Pain scale for people with advanced dementia

Answer 4

Abbey pain scale

Question 5

Why does it becomes more difficult to see in the dark as we age?

Answer 5

The pupils become less responsive to light changes

Question 6

4 most common eye diseases in older people

Answer 6

Cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration

Question 7

What causes a decline in ability to detect and identify smells in ageing

Answer 7

A trophy of the olfactory bulb in the brain

Question 8

Gradual hearing loss is called

Answer 8

Presbycusis

Question 9

What causes presbycusis

Answer 9

Thickening of eardrum and changing in structure and nerves of inner ear

Question 10

What age does hearing loss start

Answer 10

30

Question 11

Dysphagia

Answer 11

Difficulty swallowing