According to Phyllis Grosskurth, what is the most important thing in aging?
True/False: Though it is riskier, Phyllis and her husband redesigned their home, so that she can stay at home.
What generation is making Canada more aged in the population?
Canada is being criticized for what flaw in their policies for seniors?
By age 85, what proportion of seniors will have dementia?
What initiative was introduced to keep seniors independent longer, and to place money away from institutions and into the community?
The shift in focus of where money is being spent is directed away from hospitals and towards __________ and ___________.
How many Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) were opened to provide care at home and control access to long-term care facilities?
True/False: The CCAC provides enough care to keep seniors at home.
True/False: Community-based programs obtain a substantial amount of money to support the needs of seniors.
A new initiative is in place to aid seniors to avoid falling injuries, and to aid in exercise and nutrition.
What 3 advantages come from this program?
What program targets aging soldiers or their widows, and provides services to help them stay independent?
True/False: VIP replaces the support from the CCAC.
True/False: Study found that wait lists for nursing homes shrank when veterans joined VIP because they could manage at home.
What is the name of the facility that allows seniors to participate in the performing arts and stay active?
True/False: Performing Arts Lodge provide a cheaper place to live and a community for seniors, but residents here must be active and participate.
What 4 services do seniors receive to help allow them to stay independent and at home?
Network that provides affordable housing for older women who are faced with poverty.
What are the 2 goals of the Older Women's Network?
True/False: Older Women's Network includes only aid for women.
Facility that provides for Chinese immigrants as they are hindered by the language barrier and often left in isolation in old age.
True/False: Yee Hong Center for Geriatric Care provides for South Asian, Filipino, and Japanese seniors as well as Chinese seniors.
What are the 3 advantages of the Yee Hong Center for Geriatric Care?
Program that trains seniors to take their own blood pressure and assess themselves for strokes and heart attack risk factors.
True/False: Cardiovascular Health Awareness Programs provides a system to manage diabetes and heart diseases, so elderly can still live longer independently.
What is the name of the network that forms a province-wide discussion on major health topics in the aging community?
What are the 2 goals of the Seniors Health Research Transfer Network?
What program provides memory aids using technology (palm pilots) to aid seniors in life?
Which program aids in getting elderly people off the street?
How does the Mid-Toronto Program aid isolated seniors?
Which program helps elderly to stay at home and gives them care? Seniors are given a pull cord in case of emergency, so that they can be independent.
Dr. Mark makes home visits to seniors before they die. What does he also do during his visits?
True/False: Medical system needs more doctors to make home visits, but they would be paid less than office appointments.
Many seniors do not want to be in a nursing home and would not receive treatments without Dr. Mark's visits. What would allow these seniors to receive treatment?
Henry Legg is 93. She has no pain and mind is still there. How has she remained healthy?
Jeanne Calment lived for 122 years and showed no sign of dementia in death. To what lifestyle trait does she attribute her health?
What is the hardest thing to face in life?
True/False: You need to learn to be independent and should not feel shame about it.
What is the most important thing in caring for elderly?
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Seniors clogging up emergency rooms.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Too far geriatricians to support the incoming seniors.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Overmedication of seniors.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Deterioration of mind and body based on internalizing ageism.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Doctor not making house calls.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Cost to keep seniors in long-term care facilities.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Too many programs, but no national framework.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Lack of housekeeping and ground keeping.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Isolation, depression, and boredom.
What is a possible solution?
Problem: Elder abuse.
