A. Demographics of Aging Flashcards
the study of aging or the aging process
Gerontology
Medical care of the aged
Geriatrics
a specialty within nursing practice where the clients/patients/residents are older persons
Gerontological Nursing
process of becoming older
Aging
the number of years a person has lived
Chronological Aging
determination of age by body function
Physiologic Age
the person’s ability to contribute to society, benefit others and himself
Functional Age
Global Aging
Population aging is…
- Population aging is unprecedented and will become more evident in this twenty-first century.
- Population aging is pervasive affecting each individual but across countries, the process may not be the same as the pace of the change differs gently.
- Population aging is enduring.
- Population aging has profound implications for many facets of human life.
Aging of population is AKA _ and _.
demographic population, population aging
is a summary term for shifts in age distribution (i.e., age structure) of a population toward older ages.
Aging of population
Factors that directly influence this shift (aging of population), and these include:
- Fertility transition (decline)
- Mortality decline at older ages among others
describes population change over time (a shift from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates) which may be influenced by health conditions and disease pattern and is usually with stages in industrial development.
Demographic Transition
Demographic Transition is a sequence of _ stages
5
high mortality and high birth rates
Stage 1
mortality falls, but birth rate, are still high
Stage 2
