ELDERLY, DEATH, AND DYING Flashcards
Proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will double from about 11% to what?
22%
Absolute number of people aged 60 years and over is expected to increase from ___ to ___ over the same period
605 million to 2 billion
What percentage of older persons in high-income countries have experienced some form of maltreatment at home?
4-6%
25-30% of people have some degree of
Cognitive decline
True or false: most elderly people are housebound
True
True or false: most elderly consider their pensions enough for daily living
False. Pensions are not enough for medication, rehabilitation, and maintenance
Older people have the tendency to ___ their illness
Underreport
What does ADL stand for?
Activities of daily living
No 1. Leading cause of illness that affected ADL of order people
Respiratory illness
Difficulty in stepping forward, walking, imbalance when person walks
Abnormal gait
Difficulty in chewing
Dysphagia
Bathing a bedridden person
Bed bath
Republic act that grants senior citizens benefits and special privileges
RA 7432 - Senior Citizen’s Act of 1993
Father of the senior citizens law
Edgardo Angara
Expanded benefits for senior citizens like 20% discount and vat exemption, free vaccination against influenza and pneumococcal disease, 5% discount on water and electric bills, and additional government assistance
RA 9994 - Expanded Senior Citizen’s Act of 2010
True or false: the nearest kin of the elderly can decide what to do during health care servicing
False. We must respect patient’s autonomy during
the intervention process
___ care for older persons takes into account their development needs physical, psychological, mental & spiritual
Holistic
Have access to adequate food, water, shelter, clothing & health care
Independent
Remain integrated in society
Participation
Be able to utilize appropriate levels of
institutional care
Care
Be able to pursue opportunities for the full development of their potentials
Self-Fulfillment
Be able to live in dignity and security and be free from exploitation and physical or mental abuses
Dignity
Benefit from family and community care and protection
Care
Have the opportunity to work as long as still they can
Independence
Have access to the educational, cultural, spiritual, and recreational resources of society
Self-Fulfillment
Be treated fairly regardless of age, gender, racial or ethnic background, disability or other status and be valued
Dignity
Be able to seek and develop opportunities for service to the
community
Participation
Cessation of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual life here on earth
Dying
Transition that a person goes through that ultimately ends in death
Dying process
Begins with sedation and lethargy to comatose state and death accompanied by restlessness and confusion that often progresses to unpleasant hallucinations and delirium
Actively dying
Withdrawal from the physical world around them in preparation for their final journey
Transitioning
The body is in the process of shutting down
Imminent
2 types of death
Clinical and biological
Person’s heart stops beating; Circulation of blood and respiration also stops when there is cessation of heart beat
Clinical death
After 4-6 minutes without CPR, cells begin to die; “Point of no return”
Biological death
Several hours after biological death. Rigidity of muscles occuring after death
Rigor mortis
Process wherein where healthcare provider would clean the deceased body by removing IV, oxygen, and other attached in the body
Post-Mortem Care
