Gero 17 Flashcards
Lifespan
Duration of life of an organism in a particular environment and/or under certain circumstances.
Living will
A written statement detailing a person’s desires regarding their medical treatment in circumstances in which they are no longer able to express informed consent, especially an advance directive.
Locus of authority
Occurs when there are questions regarding who is responsible or under whose authority something falls Who is the right moral agent to carry out the course of action and be held responsible for the outcome?
Longitudinal design
A longitudinal study is an observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subjects repeatedly over a period of time. Longitudinal research projects can extend over years or even decades. In a longitudinal cohort study, the same individuals are observed over the study period.
Long-term care ombudsman
Serves as an advocate for older persons receiving long-term care services in facilities, the community, or at home Provides older Virginians and their families with information, advocacy, complaint counseling, and assistance in resolving core problems.
LTC Long Term Care
Services and supports necessary to meet health or personal care needs over an extended period of time. Can take place in the home, adult day care, assisted living facilities, nursing homes. 2016 changes: residential rights, freedom from abuse, admission/transfer rights, arbitration agreements
Longevity
The word “longevity” is sometimes used as a synonym for “life expectancy” in demography. However, the term longevity is sometimes meant to refer only to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas life expectancy is always defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age
Macro-ageism
A generalization about all older adults or aging in general (aging as a crisis, aging as vulnerability)
MCI Mild Cognitive Impairment
Problems with memory, language, or other functions that are noticeable but do not interfere with daily live Will not necessarily evolve into Alzheimer’s 3-9% of elderly
Mean
A measurement of central tendency Arithmetic average
Median
A measurement of central tendency; the equivalent to the 50th percentile - half above, half below Center point odd=middle number even=middle numbers average
Medicaid
Medicaid provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. Medicaid is administered by states, according to federal requirements. The program is funded jointly by states and the federal government. Individual may qualify through spend down
Medicaid certified bed
A nursing facility bed in a building or part of a building that has been determined to meet federal standards for serving medicaid recipients.
Medicaid HCBS Waiver
Funding for home and community based long term support and services provided through the Medicaid program to qualified individuals. States can receive waivers from certain Medicaid requirements in order to provide targeted assistance to different populations in non-institutional settings.
Medical model
the traditional approach to the diagnosis and treatment of illness as practiced by physicians in the Western world since the time of Koch and Pasteur. The physician focuses on the defect, or dysfunction, within the patient, using a problem-solving approach. The medical history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests provide the basis for the identification and treatment of a specific illness. The medical model is thus focused on the physical and biological aspects of specific diseases and conditions, and not the person.
