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Directions: Please provide a short answer response (one page minimum, double-spaced per response) for (2) questions only. There are three questions to choose from. This quiz is worth 100 points. Each brief essay is worth 50 points. Please include your references on a separate page (APA Recommended).

Background: Parenting One’s Own Parent

The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to more than double from 46 million today to over 98 million by 2060, and the 65-and-older age group’s share of the total population will rise to nearly 24 percent from 15 percent. Over the past decade, there has been significant scientific progress in understanding and managing dementia, with research focused on the most common form of the disorder, Alzheimer’s disease. During the next decade, it will be important that progress be made in:

• Improving the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias • Developing interventions to delay or prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s

disease and other dementias • Finding better ways to manage dementia when other chronic conditions

are present • Understanding the influence of lifestyle factors on a person’s risk of

cognitive decline and dementia

Many aging individuals will need to receive ongoing care from their children due to special circumstance and illnesses such as Alzheimer’s.

Questions

1. Question. Please view this four-minute Alzheimer’s video below:

• http://www.dementiatoday.com/video-what-is-alzheimers-disease/ and then answer the following question: Please describe what happens when the brain experiences Alzheimer’s?

2. Question. Please read the articles below and explain how an adult child of an aging parents can respectfully help protect them from being exploited and scammed?

Name ____________________ Date __________________ Parenting Today

Quiz Three Spring 2018 (Due by March 4, 2018 by 11:59 PM EST)

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http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protection/preventing- elder-abuse

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protection/money- management-and-the-aging-brain

https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication

3. Question. How can an adult caretaker assist a parent/guardian diagnosed

with Alzheimer’s who is struggling with two of the following issues? Please use the following site: https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/topics/caregiving http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/consumer-protection/money- management-and-the-aging-brain

• Agitation and Aggression • Personality Changes • Grooming and Dressing • Changes in Communication • Home Safety

Identify and share one resource in your area that provides services to support multigenerational households and those who are elderly caregivers. Please describe

• The services offered • The cost associated with the services • The types of insurance accepted, if any • The types of professionals that offer the services • The types of license the facility has