ageing

Question 1

senescence

Answer 1

decline in health and function associated with ageing

Question 2

gerontology

Answer 2

study of bio, behavioural, social phenomena from maturity to old age

Question 3

geriatrics

Answer 3

branch of medicine dealing with medical care and treatment of ageing population

Question 4

primary ageing

Answer 4

age-related changes that occur to everyone as they grow older

Question 5

secondary ageing

Answer 5

changes experienced by people with certain genes and environmental differences

Question 6

sensory loss of vision

Answer 6

cataracts
glaucoma
macular degeneration

Question 7

sensory loss of hearing

Answer 7

high frequencies lost first
more likely in men
difficult to hear over background noise

Question 8

sleep changes

Answer 8

tired earlier in evening and awake earlier in morning.
older adults need less sleep than younger ones

Question 9

osteoporosis

Answer 9

loss of bone mass making them more fragile

Question 10

type II diabetes

Answer 10

inability to create own insulin

Question 11

brain changes in ageing

Answer 11

neurons drop by 2-4%
general cognition gets slower
reduced grey matter and cortex thins

Question 12

major neurocognitive disorder

Answer 12

dementia - forgetting
changes in personality
irreversable

Question 13

grandmother hypothesis

Answer 13

long human female postmenopausal lifespan is due to an adaptation explained by kin selection

Question 14

five stages of grief

Answer 14

denial
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance