The nurse recognizes that a major indicator of a positive self-image in an older adult living in a long-term care facility is:
a. feeding self independently.
b. maintaining urinary continence.
c. having family visitors every week.
d. neat grooming and wearing fresh clothing.
Question 2
The nurse explains that older adults often resort to cosmetic surgery to maintain the appearance of youth and self-worth because the concept of ageism has painted old age as:
a. an inactive population of self-indulgent persons.
b. a group that has opted to isolate themselves.
c. physically inept and nonproductive.
d. an antisocial but active group.
Image of a flower petal.
Sample Exercise Program for Limited Older Adults
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Social and leisure organizations VS. activities by Canadians age 65 and older.
Children and adolescents define themselves as they get older
Energy flows from the environment into living organisms, then back to the environment