BCG Assessment & Screening in Gerontological Practice 3

Question 1

During a home safety assessment for an older adult at risk for falls, which environmental modification has the strongest evidence base for fall prevention?

Accepted Answer

Removing loose rugs and improving bathroom grab bar installation

Answer

Installing handrails on both sides of all staircases

Answer

Replacing incandescent lighting with LED bulbs

Answer

Rearranging furniture to create wider walking paths

Question 2

The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale measures which level of functional ability?

Accepted Answer

Complex tasks needed for independent community living

Answer

Basic self-care tasks such as bathing and dressing

Answer

Vocational and leisure activity performance

Answer

Physical strength and endurance for daily tasks

Question 3

A gerontological specialist is selecting a tool to assess an older adult for elder mistreatment. Which screening instrument is specifically designed for this purpose?

Accepted Answer

Elder Assessment Instrument (EAI)

Answer

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

Answer

Vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale (VASS)

Answer

CAGE questionnaire

Question 4

Which of the following best characterizes the 'Get Up and Go' test compared to the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test?

Accepted Answer

Get Up and Go is a qualitative observational version without timing

Answer

Get Up and Go uses a stopwatch for precise timing

Answer

Get Up and Go requires two trials and averages the result

Answer

Get Up and Go includes a cognitive dual-task component

Question 5

In gerontological assessment, '5-meter gait speed' is a reliable predictor of which outcome?

Accepted Answer

Mortality, disability, and hospitalization risk

Answer

Cardiovascular event risk only

Answer

Cognitive decline trajectory exclusively

Answer

Medication non-adherence patterns

Question 6

When conducting a spiritual and existential assessment of an older adult, the FICA tool evaluates which domains?

Accepted Answer

Faith, Importance, Community, and Address in care

Answer

Fatigue, Insomnia, Cognition, and Affect

Answer

Family, Independence, Communication, and Autonomy

Answer

Function, Integration, Coping, and Anxiety

Question 7

A gerontological care manager completes a comprehensive geriatric assessment and finds that an 80-year-old scores positive on frailty screening. Which tool most likely identified frailty using phenotype criteria (weakness, exhaustion, low activity, slowness, and unintentional weight loss)?

Accepted Answer

Fried Frailty Phenotype

Answer

Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

Answer

FRAIL Scale

Answer

Edmonton Frail Scale