1. Gerokinesiology Flashcards
Who lives longer and by how many years? Men or women
Women by around 4 years
By 2025, the population of the age of 65 will be greater than ___ of the total population in 6 countries.
20%
% of population over 65 yo in Canada?
20%
What is the median age of the Canadian population?
40
What is the median age of the Quebec population?
41
1 in ___ Canadians is at least 65 years old
1 in 5 = 20%
If current population trends continue, it is estimated that seniors will outnumber children by a factor of ____ in 20 years time
3:2
SLIDE 16 - no answers
TBD
Birth rate in Canada
1.5 birth/woman
Death rate in Canada and Quebec is increasing or decreasing?
Decline
Why is the death rate in decline in Quebec and Canada?
Mortality rates of common conditions like stroke, heart disease, and cancer DECREASED significantly
What are the implications of a decrease in mortality rates?
- Medical costs
- Burden on health and social services
- Social dynamics
What are the actions taken to help with older population?
World-wide movement to help promote active lifestyles in population of all ages
Disability and employment rates figure: What to understand from it?
To DECREASE the number of years people live with chronic disabilities (and increase employment rate + decrease medical cost)
Active Life Expectancy refers to:
The number of expected years of
- physical well-being
- emotional well-being
- intellectual vigor
- functional well-being
What is functional well-being?
Healthy aging
Data regarding activity levels of aging population - what is the trend?
Low numbers - bad because it means they don’t move enough or not enough of them do
Being older leads to being less active
what is the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults?
Adults aged 65 or older should accumulate at least 150 min of M-V aerobic activity per week, in bouts of 10 minutes or more.
PA level vs Medical cost - what is the trend
Reduction in medical cost associated with ↑ PA level in OA
ex: inactive women age 45 or over pay nearly twice as much money
Chornological age refers to:
Passage of time from birth in years
Defining old age: 65-74
young/old
Defining old age: 75-84
middle/old
Defining old age: 85-99
old/old
Defining old age: 100+
oldest/old
Biological aging or senescence refers to:
Group of processes within the body that eventually lead to:
- loss of adaptability
- loss of flexibility
- disease
- physical impairments
- functional limitations
- disability
- death
Another term for biological aging
Primary aging
Functional age refers to:
One’s functional fitness in comparison with others within the same age bracket and gender
Example of test to determine functional aging
Performance on the 30-second chair stand test vs Norms in your age group
Physical function can be divided into 5 levels:
- Physically elite
- Physically fit
- Physically independent
- Physically frail
- Physically dependent
The normal process of aging is to move down the scale at what rate?
At a variable speed
Speed of decline will depend on many factors, including: 2 main
lifestyle (exercise and nutrition) and genetic predisposition
Physical levels can be used for 2 things
- Categorize your participants
- Motivate your participants
Define physically elite
High level sports competition
Olympics
High risk sports
Define physically fit
Moderate physical work
All endurance sports
Define physically independent
Very light physical work (ex: walking)
Gardening
Golf
Can pass all IADLs
Define physically frail
Light housekeeping
Food preparation
Grocery shopping
Can be home bound
Define physically dependent
Needs home or institutional care
Cannot pass some or all BADLs (ex: walking, bathing, dressing, etc.)
3 types of aging process
Usual
Pathological
Successful
Textbook definition of usual aging
Gradual decline in body function, leading to physical impairments, disease, and functional limitations, and eventually the onset of disability and death
The way most people age
Usual aging
Textbook definition of pathological aging
- Characterized by premature disability and death
- ↑ incidence in individuals genetically predisposed to certain diseases or having negative lifestyles
Textbook definition of successful aging
Better than average physiological and psychological characteristics in late life and healthy genes
Key point of successful aging
To stay as far away as possible from frailty + disability threshold
What is Gerokinesiology
A specialized area of study within the larger discipline of kinesiology
What is the focus of gerokinesiology
To understand how PA influences all aspects of health and well-being in the older adult population
