A homecare nurse in an area of the country that is prone to ...

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A homecare nurse in an area of the country that is prone to tornadoes routinely discusses disaster preparedness with older adult clients. What is the primary rationale for this intervention?
 
  a. Older adults are less likely to seek formal and informal help when affected by natu-ral disasters.
  b. The older adult is more likely to live in a communal environment that provides as-sistance in times of natural disasters.
  c. Most older adults have insurance to help them recover from material losses due to a natural disaster.
  d. Federal and private assistance agencies generally provide older adults with priori-ty attention in time of natural disasters.

Question 2

A homecare nurse visits an older patient who lives in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Commu-nity (NORC). The nurse understands that NORCs are:
 
  a. purpose-built senior housing communities.
  b. neighborhoods or buildings where a large segment of the residents are older adults.
  c. communities where volunteers coordinate access to services for older adults.
  d. intentional collaborative housing where residents participate in the design and op-eration of the neighborhood.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Older adults are less likely to seek assistance than younger adults in times of disaster. The re-maining options are not generally proven to be true for the majority of older adults.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
NORCs are neighborhoods or buildings where a large number of the residents are older adults. They were not purposely built as senior housing. The residents in a NORC aged in place. The vil-lage model is where volunteers coordinate access to affordable care for seniors. Cohousing is an intentional collaborative model where residents participate in the design and operation of the neighborhood.