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Identify various perceptions of aging.

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🔸 Biological Age - This is the age of our organs.

🔹 Chronological Age - These are the years we actually live.

🔸 Physiological Age - This is how we actually feel when we live (pain in the joins, Achy body).

🔹 Social Age - This is the way some old people perceive themselves at their social age, (some old people think they are still young and they try to live like the young people. they party, club, and drink).

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Identify various definitions of aging.

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🔸 Nonagenarian
🔹 Centenarian
🔸 Baby Boomer

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Describe demographic changes and projections of the aging population in the 21 century

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🔸 African America - 4M in 2014 (9% of older population) and projected 12M by 2060.

🔹 Hispanic (of any race) - 3.6 M in 2014 (8% of older population) and projected 21.5M by 2060 (22% of older population)

🔸 Non-Hispanic Asian - 1.9M 2014 (4% of older population) and projected 8.5M by 2060 (9% of older population).

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Discuss nursing roles and standards of practice in gerontological nursing

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1) Advanced practice gerontological nurses.

2) Functions on variety of settings:-
* Hospitals
* Home
* Subacute
* Community
* Long-term care facilities

3) Their mission is to :-
* Preserve functions
* Enhance Health
* Enhance quality of life and dying.

4) They will play a role in:-
* Research
* Innovations in care
* Provision of services to the growing population of older adults in global society.

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Differentiate the concepts of health and wellness

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Health - Its the absence of disease.
Wellness - Its a concept of wellness incorporates all aspects of one’s being:-
* Physical
* Emotional
* Intellectual
* Social
* Spiritual

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Describe objectives for older adults in Healthy People 2020

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🔸 Provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

  • Eliminate preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
  • Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
  • Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
  • Promote healthy development and healthy behaviors across every stage of life.
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Identify primary and secondary disease prevention strategies for older adults

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🔸 Primary Prevention (PREVENTION)
* Healthy lifestyle behaviors
* Stress management
* Active social engagement
* Cognitive stimulation
* Immunizations
* High dose FLU Vaccine.

🔹 Secondary Prevention (SCREENING)
* Screening an older adult for diabetes by checking BG & hgb A1c
* Annual wellness visits
-physical exam & labs
* Personalized prevention plan
- presenting a diabetic person with a diet plan (can also be considered tertiary bc diet can be a treatment for a diabetic)

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Differentiate theories of aging

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🔸 Biological Theories.
* Programmed Aging - cells designed to age.
* Error Theories - Random errors in the synthesis of DNA to RNA (wear & tear , Cross- linkage theories)

🔹 Psychological Theories.
* Activity Theory - Trying to keep the body from aging by ( being active, staying young & eating healthy).
* Continuity Theory - Roles, responsibilities & activities for succesfull aging.

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Discuss health disparities and describe factors contributing to risk

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🔸 Health Disparities - Differences in the state of health and in health outcomes between groups of persons.

🔹 Factors contributing to Health Disparities:-
* Genetics.
* Access to care.
* Poor quality of care.
* Poverty.
* Violence.
* Poor air quality.
* Language barriers.
* Health behaviors.
* Inadequate access to healthy foods.
* Limited personal support systems.

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Identify terms and concepts associated with culturally sensitive care of the older adult

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  • Awareness of one’s cultural worldview.
  • Attitudes toward cultural differences.
  • Knowledge of different cultural practices, worldviews and cross-cultural skills.
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Formulate a care plan incorporating ethnically sensitive interventions

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🔸 Culturally & Ethnically Sensitive Assessment.
* Listening (Very Important)
* Health beliefs
* Cultural beliefs
* Culturally competent encounter.

🔹 Designing interventions.
* Promote healthy aging in cross- culture situations.
- Mutually acceptable.
- Respect
- Work “with” the client not “on” the client.

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Gerontology

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  • Its the scientific study of the process of aging and the problems of aged persons holistic including:-
    * Physically
    * Mentally
    * Socially
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Nonagenarian

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  • They live to 90+ yrs
    E.g (The Queen of UK)
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Centenarian

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  • They live to 100+ yrs
  • Most are females (85%)
  • 30% have NO evidence of Dementia.
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Super- Centenarians

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  • Those who live until at least 110 yrs of age.
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Baby Boomer

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  • Born (1946 - 1964)
  • They began turning 65 in 2011
  • 3-4M born every year through 1964.
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Gerontological nursing

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  • Also called geriatric nurses, care specifically for elderly patients.
  • Professionals who specialize in this area.
  • Often work in rehabilitation centers, hospice facilities, nursing homes, geriatricians’ offices and patients’ homes for one-on-one care.
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Geriatrics

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  • its the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases & treatment of older people.
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Programmed aging theories

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  • The cells designed to age.
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Error theories

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  • Random errors in the synthesis of DNA to RNA (wear & tear , Cross- linkage theories)
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Error Theories includes

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  • Wear & Tear - Cells wear out or become damaged overtime.
  • Cross - Linkage Theory - Damage from errors with cross-linked proteins.
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Psychological Theories

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  • Activity Theory - Trying to keep the body from aging by :-
    - Being active.
    - Staying young.
    - Eating healthy.
  • Continuity Theory - Roles, responsibilities & activities for successful aging.
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Developmental Theories.

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🔸 Maslow
- Widely accepted by nursing
- Includes bio/psycho/social needs
- Hierarchy of needs:-
* Physiological.
* Safety.
* Love/belonging.
* Self-Esteem.
* Self actualization

🔹 Tornstam
- Gero-transcendence (look back on life positively)
- Aging is moving from birth to death and maturation “toward wisdom”.
- Looking inside (withdrawing) & spiritual reflection can lead to wisdom.

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Culture

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  • Its the shared or learned beliefs, expectations, & behaviors in group
25
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Health disparity

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  • Its the differences in the state of health and in health outcomes between groups of persons
26
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The family member of a patient asks if vitamin C will prevent aging. In formulating an appropriate response, the nurse considers the

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Free radical theory

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