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Mrs. Carson, 89 years old, takes the senior ride van to her daily swimming lesson, where she spends 45 minutes with four friends doing water aerobics.
 
  The only complaint anyone ever has is how difficult it is to hear the instructions because the instructor does not use a loudspeaker. This health-promotion activity is properly designed except
  a. It is not accessible
  b. It is not reasonable
  c. It is not sensitive to the needs of the older adult
  d. It is not enjoyable and social

Question 2

Oliver Jones, 71 years old, has been admitted to the long-term care facility with end-stage emphysema. He refuses to have physical therapy. He continues to smoke.
 
  He asks other residents to push his wheelchair down to the smoking room, leaves his oxygen tank in the hall, and goes into the room to smoke two to three cigarettes. When this behavior has been confronted, he responds that he enjoys smoking and that he knows that he will eventually die from emphysema. Which of the following rehabilitation principles should guide his rehabilitation?
  a. Convalescence is a gradual process that can take a long time
  b. The duration of rehabilitation depends on the psychological acceptance of the older adult of his or her condition
  c. Loss and its meaning vary with every person
  d. Values are examined and limitations are put into perspective over time



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Answer to Question 1

C
The program is accessible because the senior ride van provides transportation. It is reasonable because it is the right activity for the correct reason. It is enjoyable and social because the friends are together. It is not sensitive to the hearing issues of the older adult, however.

Answer to Question 2

D
Mr. Jones' continued smoking is distressing, but he has verbalized an acceptance of his disability and has expressed a desire to continue smoking. This is an expression of his values and beliefs about his health and quality-of-life choices. Responses A, B, and C do not address Mr. Jones' conscious choice to continue to smoke as an expression of his values and beliefs.





 

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