Lifespan Development-ch23: Promoting Health In Older Adults Flashcards
A day care center that provides health and social services to the older person
Adult day care
Deep and profound prejudice in American society against older adults
Ageism
Disease that involves progressive dementia, memory loss, and inability to care for self
Alzheimer’s disease
Facility with various degrees of personal care assistance designed to meet the needs of an older person
Assisted living
An opacity of the eye lens or its capsule that blocks the light rays
Cataract
People maintain their values, habits, and behavior in old age
Continuity theory
A global impairment of cognitive function that usually is progressive and maybe permanent; interferes with normal social and occupational activities
Dementia
Aging involves mutual withdrawal (disengagement) between the older person and others in the elderly persons environment
Disengagement theory
Difficult or labored breathing
Dyspnea
Medical care of the elderly
Geriatrics
The study of aging in older adults
Gerontology
A core body temperature below the lower limit of normal
Hypothermia
Excessive convex curvature of the thoracic spine
Kyphosis
The repository for information stored for periods longer than 72 hours and usually weeks and years
Long-term memory
Demineralization of the bone
Osteoporosis