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Discrimination against people because of increasing age
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Ageism
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The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems affecting older adults
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Geriatrics
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The study of all aspects of the aging process and its consequences
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Gerontology
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Nursing concerned with the assessment of the health and functional status of older adults
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Gerontological nursing
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A seldom-used term, considers the nursing care of older adults to be the art and practice of mursing, caring, and comforting rather than the treatment of disease.
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Gerontic nursing
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The biological theories of aging are
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Stochastic (stuh-kas-tik) or Nonstochastic
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of or pertaining to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
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Stochastic
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Aging is viewed as the result of tandom cellular damage that occurs over time
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Stochastic theories
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Genetically programmed physioloical mechanisms within the body control the process of aging define
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Nonstochastic theories
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of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
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cognitive
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What are 3 common impairments for older adults?
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1. Delirium
2. Dementia 3. Depression |
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An acute confusional state that is often due to a physiological cause
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Delirium
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What are the physiological causes of delirium?
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1. Electrolyte (inorganic compounds) imbalance
2. Cerebral anoxia 3. Hypoglycemia 4. Medications 5. Tumors 6. Subdural hematomas 7. Cerebrovascular infection 8. Infarction 9. Hemorrhage |
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an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues; hypoxia.
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anoxia
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a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
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infarct
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How does delirium present?
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It accompanies systemic infections that are presented as pneumonia or urinary tract infection.
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What environmental factors can conribute to delirium?
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1. Sensory deprivation
2. Unfamiliar surroundings 3. Psychosocial factors - emotional distress or pain |
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A generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes with social and occupational functioning. It is a gradual,progressive, irreversible cerebral dysfunction.
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Dementia
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What are the 4 major types of dementia?
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1. Alzheimer's disease
2. Diffuse Lewy body disease (abnormal protein deposits that disrupt the brain's normal functioning. ) 3. Frontal-temporal dementia 4. Vascular dementia |
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The presentation of degenerative disease in focal areas of the cerebral cortex
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Frontal Temporal dementia
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a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason.
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Depression
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A communication technique that makes an older adult more aware of time, place, and person.
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Reality Orientation
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What is the purpose of reality orientation?
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1. Restoring a sense of reality
2. Improving the level of awareness 3. Promoting socialization 4. Elevating independent functioning 5. Minimizing confusion |
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An alternative approach to communication with a confused older adult. It accepts the description of time and place as stated by the confused older adult.
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Validation Therapy
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Recalling the past
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Reminiscence
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What are the three classic pyschosocial theories of aging?
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1. Disengagement theory
2. Activity theory 3. Continuity theory |
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The oldest psychosocial theory states that aging individuals withdraw from customary roles and become introspective and self-focused.
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Disengagement theory
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The older adult continues with activities oerformed during middle age
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Activity theory
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The older adult's personality remains the same and behavior b ecomes more predictable with aging
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Continuity theory
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the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.
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aphasia
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the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.
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aphasia
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