Quiz questions (before midterm) Flashcards
A practice to support health literacy would be best demonstrated by:
a: Ensuring the client can locate health resources and ask pertinent questions
b: Offering home programs in written and recorded media
c: Discussing treatment options with the client and care partners
d: Providing written instructions in the client’s first language
A
An older adult lives in a suburban area outside a large metropolitan city. What would be the occupational therapist’s first concern about the older adult’s ability to independently access health care and basic needs?
a. Family social supports
b. Access to community senior center programming
c. Neighborhood social supports
d. Access to transportation
D
When considering aging-in-place supports for their older adult clients, in addition to home modifications, what would an occupational therapist consider addressing with their client as part of therapy intervention?
a. Community mobility
b. Internet and virtual technology access
c. Roles the older adult can play in civic leadership
d. Employment options
A
When considering intervention supports for an older adult client who is homeless, the therapist’s first priority would be to:
a. Assess basic ADLs, including grooming
b. Develop an intervention on basic food preparation
c. Recommend institutionalization, e.g., a nursing home
d. Consult with social services on basic shelter needs
D
What government action has helped lift people out of poverty in the United States?
a. Public health measures
b. Socialized medicine
c. Social Security Act
d.Americans With Disabilities Act
C
An occupational therapist is working with an older male client in rehabilitation following a hip replacement. Motivation to participate has been a challenge in therapy, and the occupational therapist discovers that the client’s partner of 61 years recently died. What would be the first action taken by the therapist?
a. Refer the client to a chaplaincy
b. Ensure the client’s guns are removed from his home
c. Elicit the client’s perception of his needs
d. Explore the client’s social support system
C
An occupational therapist assesses an older adult client’s sensory abilities. They are assessing which domain of the ICF
a. Body functions and structure
b. Social participation
c. Activity limitation
d. Personal factors
A
According to George and Park (2016), meaning in life comprises which of the following?
a. Community engagement, political action, and family solidarity
b. Resources, health, and social connections
c. Comprehension, purpose, and mattering
d. Prestige, recognition, and social media presence
C
An older woman lives with her husband and recently took over managing the household budget for the first time. She is pleased to be doing this to support the couple’s well-being. This would be an example of which kind of occupational meaning?
a. Evaluative
b. Identity
c. Existential
d. Instrumental
D
Spiritual occupations address which of the following themes of meaning?
a. Evaluative
b. Existential
c. Identity
d. Instrumental
B
Reginald Hill is a 65-year-old man who is recently widowed. He and his wife had no children and he himself was an only child. His only remaining family are a few distant cousins from his wife’s family. He reports missing family events and feeling lonely around the holidays. How might an occupational therapist help him find ways to fulfill his wish for family co-occupations?
a. Give him a list of movies and books that involve family interactions to substitute for his loss
b. Discuss what in particular he valued about his family occupations and help him explore alternatives to address those values
c. Encourage him to take up a hobby like hunting or fishing that he can do with a group of other men
d. Suggest that he volunteer to read to children in a homeless shelter
B
Occupational therapists can use surrounding factors and elements to influence the functional performance of older adults. Which theories support this approach?
a. Social
b. Environmental
c. Cognitive
d. Psychological
B
During a session with an occupational therapist providing caregiver support in a skilled nursing facility, the adult child caregiver for a 92-year-old man in the facility reports feeling extremely tired. The caregiver then states, “I’ll rest later. My father took care of me for fifty years. Being here for him now is the least I can do.” This is an example of:
a. Political economy of aging
b. The life course perspective
c. Social exchange theory
d. Social constructionist perspective
C
Which environmental theory incorporates concepts of care provision and care partners?
a. Ecological Model of Aging
b. Place Integration
c. Situational Model of Care
d. Ecological Systems Theory
C
Which cognitive domain does the MoCA primarily assess?
a. Motor skills
b. Auditory processing
c. Visual acuity
d. Executive functions
D