late adulthood kt Flashcards
older adulthood
65-death
functional age
actual competence and performance
aging progresses at ______ rates
varying
life expectancy
increasing; lower infant mortality and fewer deaths in adulthood
average healthy life expectancy at birth
how long an individual expect to live before facing disease or serious injury
what place is the US in average healthy life expectancy at birth?
29th
healthy life expectancy
low rates of heart disease, obesity, healthy diet, and favorable healthcare policies
___% of population will be older adults by 2025
18%
in 1900, life expectancy was
just under 50yrs
wage gap between wealthy and poor is ___ for men and ___ for women
14 1/2; 10
SES accounts for _____ year age gap of euro-amer over african amer
2-3
ADLs
activities of daily living - basic self care bathing, dressing, getting out of bed
LADLs
tasks to conduct business of daily life and requiring some cognitive competence telephoning, shopping, food preparation,
aging of nervous system starts in 50s and we lose ____% by age ___
5-10% 80
what causes changes in nervois system
withering of myelin sheaths, loss of synapses and neurons, larger ventricles
can the brain compensate for diminished efficiency? how?
yes, recruiting other brain areas
what parts of the brain show greatest shrinkage
frontal lobes, prefrontal cortex, corpus collosum
macular degeneration
cells in the center of retina break down
what are risk factors of macular degeneration and cataracts
heredity, smoking, obesity, and diabetes
hearing loss solutions
minimizing background noise
hearing aid
learning to attemd nonverbal ques
family members patients and inculsions
heartbeat becomes less ____ meaning _____ pulse
forceful, slower
vital lung capacity is cut in _____ between ages _____
half; 25-80
T-cell effectiveness decreases meaning
more infection and disease
appearance changes
thinner skin, wrinking, and spotting
nose broaden
teeth darken
hair thinner and gray
