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Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1
Keeping track of money, doing light housework, taking medicine, and running errands is known as
A)long-term care.
B)activities of daily living.
C)instrumental activities of daily living.
D)caregiving.
2
In the year 2000, only _____ percent of long-term care costs in the United States were paid by private insurance.
A)1
B)1.5
C)2
D)2.5
3
A recent study finds that women are _________ to leave the labor force once they begin caring for a family member.
A)less likely than men
B)more likely than men.
C)as likely as men.
4
Which group of frail elderly is significantly more likely to be cared for by their adult children?
A)whites
B)African Americans
C)Hispanics
D)Asian Americans
5
Role reversal occurs when
A)the parent acts like a child.
B)the adult child is stressed.
C)the parent becomes the dependent one.
D)None of the these
6
Most long-term care of the frail elderly is provided by
A)hired caregivers.
B)private nursing homes.
C)their families.
D)state institutions.
7
Common home- and community-based services include all of the following except
A)personal care.
B)housekeeping.
C)case management.
D)managing stock portfolios.
8
Which of the following statements is not true?
A)Caregivers of the frail experience many costs.
B)The degree of stress felt by a caregiver depends partly on the coping skills she or he may have developed to deal with other life events.
C)One of the most disturbing possible outcomes of caregiver stress is abuse of the care recipient.
D)Women who are employed outside the home report the greatest levels of stress.
9
The relationship between the caregiver and an elderly parent can take many forms. One study found three patterns. Which of the following is not one of these patterns?
A)habituated
B)ambivalent
C)mutuality
D)conflicted
10
Which of the following characteristics does not describe the typical health aide?
A)middle-aged
B)poorly educated
C)not the primary wage earner of a household
D)member of a racial or ethnic minority







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