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eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

Gerontology instructors at City College of Nursing impress upon their students that gerontological nurses should be concerned with the welfare of both the current aged population and future ones.

The best way nurses can help young and middle-aged adults prepare for their retirement is to promote: A) Meaningful leisure time activities
B) Freedom from family responsibilities
C) Achievement in a worthwhile occupation
D) Maximal use of community health resources

Question 2

Most older women become widows. Widows must adjust to the significant loss of loved ones and the new task of living alone. Studies show that most widows:

A) Require short-term treatment for depression
B) Adjust well, finding new friends, interests, and activities
C) Turn to their still-married female friends for advice and support
D) Move in with their adult children for a period of time

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

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
Retirement is facilitated by learning how to use, appreciate, and gain satisfaction from leisure time throughout an employed lifetime. Occupational achievement may actually hinder a successful retirement if the work role proves difficult to abandon or replace. Although the use of community health resources and freedom from family responsibilities can contribute to a healthful old age, they are not the major sources of satisfaction to be cultivated earlier in life.

Answer to Question 2

B
Feedback:
Most widows adjust well. The friendships of the past between married couples become less important, and friendships with other widows develop. Most widows successfully live alone, and relatively few require treatment for depression.