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Arii_bell · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Identify the Healthy People 2020 emerging issues in the health of older adults. (Select all that apply.)

a. Coordinating care for the older adult pop-ulation
b. Assisting older adults in the management of their own care
c. Identifying levels of training for those caring for older adults
d. Making community resources available for older adults
e. Increase in health disparities for rural older adults

Question 2

The older adult is at a higher risk for acute psychological pain than a younger adult because older adults:

a. Have many ill-nesses. c. Experience more loss.
b. Possess fewer as-sets. d. Live with impair-ments.

kalskdjl1212 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, C
According to United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS): Healthy People 2020, emerging issues in the health of older adults are the following: coordinating care; helping older adults manage their own care, establishing quality measures; identifying minimum levels of training for people who care for older adults; and researching and evaluating appropriate training to equip providers with the tools they need to meet the needs of older adults.

Answer to Question 2

C
Older adults are at higher risk for acute psychological pain than younger adults because they ex-perience more loss such as the pain occurring in early bereavement or in a major depressive epi-sode. Older adults tend to have more illnesses than younger adults, and illness can trigger de-pression. The lack of assets of younger and older adults is unlikely to be related to acute psycho-logical distress unless a sudden loss of a large asset is experienced. Older adults do not necessar-ily live with impairments. Further, if impairment causes psychological distress, then the acute phase is likely to occur at the onset rather than in day-to-day activities.