ch.24

Question 1

ageism

Answer 1

attitudes that stereotype the older adult on the basis of chronologic age

Question 2

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 2

type of dementia in which discrete patches of brain tissue degenerate; this devastating disease eventually affects all body functions

Question 3

delirium

Answer 3

a temporary state of confusion

Question 4

dementia

Answer 4

organic impairment of intellectual functioning, gradually leading to interference with social or occupational functioning, memory, and often personality integration

Question 5

gerontology

Question 6

gerotranscendence

Answer 6

study of all aspects of the aging process and their consequences

Question 7

middle adulthood

Answer 7

realization that the halfway point in life has been reached and youthful goals may not have been achieved

Question 8

older adult

Answer 8

refers to adults over age of 65

Question 9

polypharmacy

Answer 9

the use of many medications at the same time

Question 10

sarcopenia

Answer 10

loss of muscle mass that frequently occurs in older adults as part of the natural aging process

Question 11

sundowning syndrome

Answer 11

describes a phenomenon when a person habitually becomes confused or disoriented with darkness

Question 12

free radical theory

Answer 12

free radicals have adverse effects on adjacent molecules

Question 13

genetic theory

Answer 13

genetic inheritance

Question 14

immunity theory

Answer 14

functions of immune systems

Question 15

cross linkage theory

Answer 15

chemical reaction damaging DNA and cause cell death

Question 16

disengagement theory

Answer 16

an older adult may substitute activities but does disengage from society

Question 17

delirium

Answer 17

a temporary state of confusion that can last from hours to weeks and resolves w/in a treatment