Module 3 Flashcards
What is the multi-dimensional perspective?
Aging in terms of body (physical changes that influence how we feel and live), psychological (the way we interpret/experience our lives). Need both the body and the mind to experience the social dimensions of aging. Interplay of biopsychosocial processes. Aging is not a disease.
What is a disease?
Disorder of structure/function of something that produces specific signs/symptoms. Aging as natural. Diseases are common in both young and old age.
How do diseases develop?
Genetic and environmental. Aging as a cobination of these factors: social, genetic, and personal lifestyle choice.
How do we measure aging well?
Reflected in how healthy/unhealthy we are. Degree to which we can live independently without assistance. mobility. Friends, family, driving, site etc.
How is disability experienced in older people?
Not a disease, most common in old age: pain, mobility, flexibility. Significant number of older people over 65 have one disability but all experience it differently.
What is disability?
Ones reported difficulty performing everyday tasks.
What is an Activity of Daily life?
Dressing, getting out of bed, grooming, using the bathroom.
What are Instrumental Activities of Everyday Life?
Shopping, meal prepping, banking, cleaning, maintiaining a home, and driving.
Which aspect, ADL’s or IADL’s, have public funding?
ADL’s. IADL’s are a private matter.
What is frailty?
Sickness, rather than age. Impairments across physiological systems that often entail imbalances in systems. Diagnosable state. professionals use it to describe someone experiencing a great decline in physical health, defined by having at least 3 of 6 symptoms.
What are the symptoms of frailty?
1) weakness in muscles
2) Fatigue
3) Decreased activity
4) Low Weight
5) Poor posture
6) reduced mobility
What is frailty caused by?
Genetics, disease, injury, lifestyle, bone density loss.
What is the WHO definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease. Very subjective definition.
What is the compression of morbidity?
With improved LE, we can also expect that the years of declining health and morbidity will be compressed into the final years of life (rather than over decades).
How many years do women outlive men by?
4 years