Older Persons & Patient Education

Question 1

An older adult is considered anyone over the age of ___

Answer 1

65

Question 2

What is Gerontology?

Answer 2

The study of all aspects of the aging process and its consequences

Question 3

What is Geriatrics?

Answer 3

Branch of medicine that deals with physiological and psychological aspects of aging and with diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting older adults

Question 4

What is gerontological nursing concerned with?

Answer 4

Assessment of the health and functional status of older adults, diagnosis, planning and implementing health care and services to meet the identified needs, and evaluating the effectiveness of such care

Question 5

What are the 5 health promotion strategies to improve the health of older adults?

Answer 5

• Build health public policy
• Create supportive environments
• Strengthen community action
• Develop personal skills
• Reorient health services

Question 6

What are the 3 main goals of patient education?

Answer 6

• Maintaining and promoting health and preventing illness
• Restoring health
• Optimizing quality of life with impaired functioning

Question 7

What is health literacy?

Answer 7

Patient’s ability to find, access, read and understand reliable health information and to use that information to make informed decisions about their health

Question 8

In Canada, how many adults are not health literate?

Answer 8

~50-60%

Question 9

As a general rule, patient education materials should be written at a grade ____ level

Answer 9

5-8

Question 10

Older adults are considered to be “aging well” when they ___

Answer 10

• Are achieving self-integration of all aspects of growing older
• find ways to maintain their quality of life

Question 11

What are the 5 stages of change in the transtheoretical model of behaviour change?

Answer 11

1. Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
4. Action
5. Maintenance