Aging/Disorders Flashcards
What is the difference between primary and secondary aging?
Primary - normal, passage of chronological time
Secondary - aquirred disability
Explain what changes occur to attention, memory, language, and emotion with age?
Attention - difficulty switching between 2 tasks, executive attention (blood flow)
Memory - decreased recall/retrieval speed/prospective memory
Language - robust
Emotion - high sibjective wellbeing, decreased risk of depression/anxiety, emotional regulation
What is the Frontal Love Theory?
Deterioration of frontal lobe causes problems with attentional resources and working memory
Define Wisdon.
expert knowledge and judgement about important or difficult questions in life
What are Cohen’s Stages of Old Age?
Midlife Reevaluation, Liberation Stage, Summing Up Phase, Encore Phase
What is Cortensen’s Socialemotional Seectivity Theory?
motivational forces that shape social network size and composition and how they change mean that in older age, quality is looked for over quantity (social selectivity)
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
a progressive neurological disorder, with the presence of neurofibrilary tangles and neuritic plaques
What is a common course for Alzheimer’s
Hippocampus first, then spreads (cognitive dysfunction, personality/emotional changes, behaviour problems
What is Vascular Dementia?
dementia related to cardiovascular disorder (SUDDEN)
What are the common causes of Vascular Dementia?
Multiple Cortical Infarcts, A single Infarct in critical brain region, small vessel disease in brain
What are the risk factors for Vascular Dementia?
strokes, diabetes, hypertention, smoking
Define Frontotemporal Dementia
involve changes in personality, behaviour and language (decline in interpersonal conduct and inhibition (rude)
Define Lewy Body Dementia?
fluctuating cognition with variations in attention/alertness (recurrent visual hallucinations and spontanious symptoms of parkinsonism
What does assessment for dementia involve?
clinical history check, full assessment, estimation of cognitive function
What is important in treating someone with dementia?
good client-career communication, modify environment, meds may be used to slow deterioration
What can be done to manage wandering in people with dementia?
aiding navigation, minimise restrictions, soothing and reassuring nature when aiding them
What additional features might depression over 60yrs involve?
lethargy, agitation, high medical condition comorbidity, brain changes, high suicide risk (CBT and IPT for treatment with antidepressants)
What additional features might anxiety over 60yrs involve?
vegitative symptoms, agitation and memory loss; treatment CBT (anti anxiety meds not recommended)
What problems are associated with being a custodial grandparent?
depression, hypertention, insomnia, diabetes, social isolation
What may lessen dysfunction associated with the death of a loved one in old age
if it is expected
What is the main difference between a major and a mild neurocognitive disorder?
A major NCD interferes with a persons independance and a mild NCD does not. Also, level of cognitive decline is more substantial for major NCD.
Explain Baltes Model for Selection, Optimisation and Compensation
Identify and prioritise goals, maximise performance to ensure successful goal achievements, the adapting to limitations that may hinder goal pursuit
