Certified Senior Advisor MCQ Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of a 'Five Wishes' document?
Answer: To outline an individual's personal, emotional, and medical end-of-life preferences
Five Wishes is an advance directive that addresses medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual end-of-life preferences in plain language, meeting legal requirements in most states.
A senior advisor notices a client is making repeated large cash gifts to a new romantic partner. Which concern should the advisor address first?
Answer: Possible financial exploitation or undue influence
Repeated large gifts to a new acquaintance are a red flag for financial exploitation, which takes priority over tax or estate planning considerations.
Which Medicare Advantage plan feature most directly differentiates it from Original Medicare?
Answer: Private insurers administer the plan and may include extra benefits like vision and dental
Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans are offered by private insurers approved by Medicare and often include supplemental benefits such as vision, dental, and hearing not covered by Original Medicare.
What does 'Instrumental Activities of Daily Living' (IADLs) measure that ADLs do not?
Answer: Complex tasks needed for independent living such as managing finances and transportation
IADLs assess higher-order functions like cooking, managing medications, finances, and transportation that allow someone to live independently in the community.
Which of the following best describes a 'continuing care retirement community' (CCRC)?
Answer: A campus providing a continuum from independent living to skilled nursing care under one contract
CCRCs offer multiple levels of care—independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing—on one campus, typically requiring an entrance fee and monthly fees.
Which concept in geriatric care refers to the cumulative effect of multiple medications interacting in an older adult's body?
Answer: Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy—the simultaneous use of multiple medications—is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions and side effects.
Under the Older Americans Act (OAA), which organization coordinates and funds services for older adults at the local level?
Answer: Area Agencies on Aging (AAA)
Area Agencies on Aging, established under the OAA, plan, coordinate, and fund local aging services including meal programs, transportation, and caregiver support.