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Social Welfare for Older Adults MCQ

Increased longevity is beneficial to society.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Gray Panthers was founded on the principles of equality and anti-racism.

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Correct Answer: True

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The ______ is the median age of death for a particular group.

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Correct Answer: Life expectancy

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Older adults are a heterogenous group, meaning that ______.

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Correct Answer: Older adults are different although they may share some similarities

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Which federal agency runs Medicare in the United States?

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Correct Answer: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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Which program is funded jointly by states and the federal government that provides health coverage to eligible low-income adults, many of whom may have mental impairments?

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Correct Answer: Medicaid

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What is the oversight agency for the Older Americans Act?

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Correct Answer: The Administration on Aging

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______ serves as a clearinghouse for older adult volunteers and helps connect them to organizations and programs to volunteer in the communities.

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Correct Answer: The Corporation for National and Community Service

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Which of these was founded on the principles of equality, democracy, and anti-racism?

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Correct Answer: The Gray Panthers

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Where do the majority of older adults in America live?

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Correct Answer: In their homes

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Benefits that are designed to replace something of equal or similar value is called

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Correct Answer: Substitutive benefit

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An acronym often used as shorthand for sexual orientation and gender identity is called

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Correct Answer: SOGI

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A term sandwich generation describing the cohort of people who simultaneously provide care and support to both older and younger family members, such as parents of young children who also provide care to their own aging relatives

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Correct Answer: True

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The social and economic benefits of healthy aging essentially by using preventative medicine is called longevity dividend

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Correct Answer: True

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The median age of ______ or a particular group is called life expectancy

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Correct Answer: Death

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A concept expressing the mutual and reciprocal reliance of people and communities is called

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Correct Answer: Interdependence

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The tendency for people to live and associate with people like themselves is called

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Correct Answer: Homophily

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A term that refers to the compounding nature of disadvantage that accrues across the life course is called

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Correct Answer: Cumulative disadvantage

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Inequality; differences in outcomes between different populations or groups is called

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Correct Answer: Disparity

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The ratio of those who provide support to those who receive support is called

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Correct Answer: Dependency ratio

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Adjustments that are made to ______ to ensure that they retain their value is called Cost-of-living adjustment

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Correct Answer: Benefits

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The portion of payment for a _______ such as a doctor’s visit that the beneficiary must pay is called coinsurance

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Correct Answer: Services

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