Ageing and Society

Question 1

What is demography?

Answer 1

The study of the stats of a population

Question 2

How does a life expectancy calculator work?

Answer 2

• Input DOB and gender to get life expectancy

Question 3

What affects your life expectancy?

Answer 3

• Birth cohort
• Gender
• Life expectancy changes the longer you live
• Socioeconomic status

Question 4

What is frailty?

Answer 4

• A state of vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis following a stressor event .A consequence fo culumative decline in many physiological systems during a lifetime
• Culmulative decline depeletes homeostatic reserves until minor stressors trigger a disproprtionate change in health status

Question 5

What characteristics are used to determine frailty?

Answer 5

• unitentional weight loss (>4.5kg/ past year)
• <2Oth population centile for grip strength
• Self reported exhaustion
• Low physical activity such that persons woulf only rarely undertake a short walk
• Slowed walking speed, defined as lowest population quartile on 4 min walking test

Question 6

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What are the levels of Frailty?

Answer 6

Mid , Moderate and Severe Frailty