Aging and Multimorbidity Flashcards
By 2050, the number of older people in the world will exceed the young for the first time in history.
Give some factors other than decreasing fertility and decreasing premature mortality which may be relevant
Migration
Health education programmes such as those relating to:
- AIDS
- Malaria prevention
Improvements in public health in relation to:
- Housing
- Clean water
- Nutrition
How big a problem is population aging?
Its a pervasive global phenomenon affecting every man, woman and child.
The steady increase of older age groups in national populations, both in absolute numbers and in relation to the working age population, has a direct bearing on the intergenerational and intragenerational equity and solidarity that are the foundations of current society
What particular problems with developing countries experience with an aging population?
As the pace of population ageing is much faster in developing countries than in developed countries, developing countries will have less time to adjust to the consequences of population ageing. Moreover, population ageing in the developing countries is taking place at much lower levels of socio-economic development than was the case in developed countries.
Whats the fastes growing age-group in the world?
80+ age band
People in Scotland are living longer.
Life expectancy at birth is 74.3 years for males and 79.4 years for females for those born around 2004,
What is this projected to increase to by 2031?
79.2 years for men and 83.7 years for women
What are the impacts to healthcare of an aging population in scotland?
Increased numbers of geriatricians and health professionals involved in care of the elderly will be required.
Increased facilities for elderly health care will be required.
The care of many long term conditions e.g. diabetes, CVD, neurological conditions, renal disease is moving from secondary care to primary/community care.
The end stage of these diseases requires as much palliative care as cancer.
The prevalence of such diseases will increase as the population ages.
Specific health promotion campaigns aimed at the elderly.
What are the social impacts of an aging population in scotland?
As the population ages, they will be increasingly dependent on families and/or carers who are also ageing.
The demand for home carers and nursing home places is likely to increase.
Within local communities, there will be increasing emphasis on providing social activities for the elderly.
The role of the elderly as grandparents and carers of grandchildren is likely to change.
Housing demands are likely to change as more elderly people live alone.
What are the economic impacts of an aging population in scotland?
Retirement/Pension age is already increasing.
Finding employment may become harder for young people, as older people being required to work for longer blocks the “top end” of the employment sector.
Proportionately less people will be paying into tax and pension funds, making it increasingly difficult to obtain an adequate return from pension funds.
Those elderly who have not contributed to a private pension fund may find that the state pension is inadequate, resulting in poverty.
Increasing cost of “free personal care for the elderly” policy (Scotland)
What are the political impacts of an aging population in scotland?
Current decision making and workforce planning must take account of the ageing population.
The increasing elderly population will potentially have the power to influence political decision making in relation to their specific concerns.
What is multimorbidity defined as?
The co-existence of two or more long term conditions in an individual
What are anticipatory care plans?
Advance and anticipatory care planning as a philosophy, promotes discussion in which individuals, and their care providers and often those close to them, make decisions with respect to their future health or personal and practical aspects of care
When should anticipatory care planning be done?
At any time in life that seems appropriate
Continuously
Who should do anticipatory care planning?
By anyone with an appropraite relationship
How should anticipatory care planning be done?
Thinking ahead and making plans
Carefully! Write it down
How can an anticipatory care plan be shared?
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