Mental and Emotional Well-Being
1. Define the classic aging pattern of intelligence. Identify three factors that can affect or explain this pattern of intelligence in old age.
2. List three factors other than level of intelligence (IQ) that could influence older people’s performance on tests to assess their learning or intelligence.
3. Identify three factors that can affect tests of memory. Then list three strategies to improve our memory as we age.
4. Give three examples of how signs of dementia would differ from what is considered “normal” memory loss.
5. Self-concept and self-esteem are generally established early in life, but are modified through social roles and interactions and life experiences. Discuss some experiences of the later years that may negatively influence
an older person’s self-concept and self-esteem. What might be ways to boost older persons’ self-concept and self-esteem?
6. Describe the elements of successful aging. How would you advise a baby boomer the best ways to prepare for a successful old age?
7. What are the two most common mood disorders faced by older people? What types of interventions have been found to be effective in treating these mood disorders?
8. What are two reasons that depression is often over looked or misdiagnosed by health care providers?
9. List three causes of reversible dementia.
10. Discuss what is known about the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. How does this research on causes affect the diagnosis and treatment of the disease?
11. Identify three factors that increase the stress for families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, especially compared to c aregivers of relatives with illness other than dementia.
12. What interventions have been found to be most beneficial to older people with Alzheimer’s disease and family caregivers?
13. Describe why alcoholism is often more difficult to detect in older people than in younger adults.
14. What is the most common form of drug abuse among older people?
15. List three risk factors for suicide in old age. Why are some groups of older adults at greater risk of suicide than others?
1. Define the classic aging pattern of intelligence. Identify three factors that can affect or explain this pattern of intelligence in old age.
2. List three factors other than level of intelligence (IQ) that could influence older people’s performance on tests to assess their learning or intelligence.
3. Identify three factors that can affect tests of memory. Then list three strategies to improve our memory as we age.
4. Give three examples of how signs of dementia would differ from what is considered “normal” memory loss.
5. Self-concept and self-esteem are generally established early in life, but are modified through social roles and interactions and life experiences. Discuss some experiences of the later years that may negatively influence
an older person’s self-concept and self-esteem. What might be ways to boost older persons’ self-concept and self-esteem?
6. Describe the elements of successful aging. How would you advise a baby boomer the best ways to prepare for a successful old age?
7. What are the two most common mood disorders faced by older people? What types of interventions have been found to be effective in treating these mood disorders?
8. What are two reasons that depression is often over looked or misdiagnosed by health care providers?
9. List three causes of reversible dementia.
10. Discuss what is known about the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. How does this research on causes affect the diagnosis and treatment of the disease?
11. Identify three factors that increase the stress for families caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, especially compared to c aregivers of relatives with illness other than dementia.
12. What interventions have been found to be most beneficial to older people with Alzheimer’s disease and family caregivers?
13. Describe why alcoholism is often more difficult to detect in older people than in younger adults.
14. What is the most common form of drug abuse among older people?
15. List three risk factors for suicide in old age. Why are some groups of older adults at greater risk of suicide than others?
