social work with the aging final

chapters 7-11

What percentage of older adults ages 60 and older internationally live with a mental health disorder?

15%

What is comorbidity?

Having two or more physical health, mental health, or substance use conditions simultaneously.

What is an individual’s capacity to maintain stability, endure, and recover in light of negative life events?

Resilience

Which evidence-based practice involves client-centered techniques that clinicians use to promote motivation to change from within the client?

Motivational interviewing

Which evidence-based practice involves working with clients to understand the relationship between their automatic thoughts/feelings/emotions associated with the event and subsequent actions that result in maladaptive than adaptive behaviors?

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Which evidence-based practice is an effective intervention in emergency rooms and primary care settings that reduces alcohol use and alcohol-related adverse consequences?

Screening brief intervention and referral for treatment

______on the part of the client toward the clinician if the clinician reminds the client of another clinician he or she has worked with, favorably or unfavorably, in the past, or if the clinician reminds the client of someone in the position of being a high-risk relationship trigger for relapse

Transference

The clinician may have experience with substance use or mental health conditions or know someone who has, or the clinician may overidentify with the client and overinvest in the treatment, recovery, and aftercare plan for the client.

Countertransference

How long does a chronic disease have to last to be considered a chronic illness?

3 months or longer

What is the leading cause of death in adults 65 or older in the US?

Heart disease

Which evidence-based practice is a client-centered model that emphasizes what clinicians and clients do together in treatment that is beneficial versus what the clinician does that is beneficial for the client?

Solution-focused therapy

Which evidence-based practice a positive approach to clinical intervention that focuses on training in constructive problem-solving attitudes and skills?

Problem-solving therapy

How many older adults in the United States will be in need of long-term care services in their lifetime?

One out of two

What serves within states as the primary means for allowing a client to convey their preferences for end-of-life and life-sustaining measures?

Advanced care directive

What evidence-based practice engages an older adult in discussions about their life and provides an opportunity for addressing Erikson’s developmental stage, integrity versus despair?

Reminiscence therapy

Which evidence-based practice is a way for clients to speak on tape about various aspects of life they would most want permanently recorded and ultimately remembered?

Dignity therapy