N3A EGD Flashcards
lack of essential nutrients and poor oxygen delivery to the
Deprivation theory
5 BIOCHEMICAL AGING THEORY
Wear and Tear Theory
Rate of Living Theory
Waste Theory
Somatic mutation theory
Deprivation theory
Married - more males than females
Single - more females than males
Widowed: ?
MORE MALES THAN FEMALES
the faster one lives, the sooner one ages and dies.
Rate of Living Theory
reside in the rural areas, HOW MANY PERCENT?
75%
refers to young-old elderly
55-75
links aging to failure of body mechanisms to adapt to stress.
Adaptation Theory
Prioritizing parents care can ease pain and worry, but might impact their health.
Physical effects
Men outnumbered women. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE: women outnumbered men
describes aging as the cumulative effects of stresses of living.
Stress Theory
3 THEORIES OF AGING
Biochemical Aging theory
Physiological Aging theory
Psychosocial Development theory
traditional definition of “elderly”
60 YEARS
refers to people old-old usually with health problems
FRAIL ELDER
old adult
75 AND OLDER
exposure to low dose of radiation accelerates the aging process
Somatic mutation theory