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SOLVED (Newest 2025) What has happened to life expectancy over the last century?

• Correct Answers ✅% of Americans 65+ has TRIPLED

T/F Women have a greater life expectancy than men? - Correct Answers ✅T How many more years of life are you expected to have after you turn 65? - Correct Answers ✅19.2 years T/F PTA's can obtain a credential for geriatrics - Correct Answers ✅F, ONLY PT's T/F Elderly commonly use physical agents as a modality - Correct Answers ✅F Presbyopia - Correct Answers ✅condition associated with aging where the lens of the eye become less flexible

• ways to communicate with someone who is suffering

presbyopia - Correct Answers ✅make sure the area is well lit, use fonts bigger than 12 pt, and make sure they have glasses What is the 3rd most prevalent chronic condition in older adults? - Correct Answers ✅hearing loss 1 / 3

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) 24% of people with hearing loss can benefit from purchasing what device? - Correct Answers ✅hearing aids T/F Poor hearing causes misunderstandings and negative reactions - Correct Answers ✅T Presbycusis - Correct Answers ✅age related hearing loss

• Ways to communicate with someone suffering from

presbycusis - Correct Answers ✅make sure patient has a hearing aid, be in a quiet environment, and always check for understanding/clarify hearing T/F Depression is irreversible and a natural part of aging - Correct Answers ✅F; do not leave untreated MMSE - Correct Answers ✅mini mental status exam What exam requires patients to ask questions, count in reverse, repeat phrases and draw objects? - Correct Answers ✅mmse 2 / 3

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) Programmed Theory - Correct Answers ✅aging is the result of a sequential switching on and off of certain genes

• Programmed Theories of Aging - Correct Answers

✅programmed longevity, hormonal theory, and immunological theory Immunological Theory - Correct Answers ✅immune system programmed to decline over time which results in disease and death

• Types of Error or Damage Theory - Correct Answers

✅Wear and tear, free radicals, rate of living, cross linking Wear and Tear Theory - Correct Answers ✅cells and tissues have vital parts that wear out resulting in aging Analogy of Wear and Tear Theory - Correct Answers ✅like an aging car, parts of the body wear out due to repeated use, killing them, then the body Free Radicals Theory - Correct Answers ✅proposes that free radicals cause damage to the macromolecular components of cell, giving rise to accumulated damage, causing cells and eventually organs to stop functioning

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