NCM114 (WEEKS 1&2)

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Field of study in medicine that looks at complications and patterns of aging and illness to older adults

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Geriatrics

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A broader term that looks not only medical but social and nursing as well.

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Gerontology

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Is a type of nursing career that specializes of caring of older adult

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• Gerontological nursing. Is a type of nursing career that specializes of caring

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Means care taking of seniors. The goal is to help seniors to remain active and resist self-control of their lives as possible

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• Gerontic nursing

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2 Theories of Aging

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Biological and Psychosocial

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Community Based Services, that is a residential community or housing complex designed for older adults who are generally able to care for themselves

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Retirement Communities

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are designed to provide care and companionship for older adults who need assistance or supervision during the day.

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Adult Day Care

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a type of housing designed for people who need various levels of medical and personal care.

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Assisted living

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Health care service that allows being able to live at home offers a sense of comfort and independence.

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Home Care

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provides short-term relief for primary caregivers. It can be arranged for just an afternoon or for several days or weeks.

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Respite Care

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focuses on the care, comfort, and quality of life of a person with a serious illness who is approaching the end of life.

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Hospice Care

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Type of Institutional Care for people who are not severely ill but need: support to regain their ability to carry out activities of daily life after an episode of illness

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Subacute Care

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Type of Institutional Care to improve or restore a patient’s quality of life after illness or injury to as close a level as possible prior to the adverse event.

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Rehabilitative

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Type of Institutional care for people who don’t need to be in a hospital but can’t be cared for at home.

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Nursing home

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All are normal integumentary changes except:
• Decrease elasticity
• Loss of collagen
• Redistribution of fat cells (central part in the body)
• Actinic keratoses, leukoplakia

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Actinic keratoses, leukoplakia

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A form of cancer that begins in melanocytes (cells that make the pigment melanin).

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Melanoma

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also called solar keratoses, are dry scaly patches of skin that have been damaged by the sun.

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Actinic keratoses

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a condition in which one or more white patches or spots (lesions) forms inside the mouth.

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Leukoplakia

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are injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin.

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Pressure wounds

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a fungal infection of the fingernails or toenails that causes discoloration, thickening, and separation from the nail bed.

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Onychomycosis

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All are normal sensory changes except:
• Presbyopia, changes in color vision
• Presbycusis with loss of high frequencies
• Macular degeneration
• Atrophy of taste buds, especially sweet and salty

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Macular degeneration

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a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye, colors look faded

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Cataracts

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an eye disease that can blur your central vision and distortion of straight lines in your field of vision.

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• Macular degeneration

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an eye problem that happens when your retina is pulled away from its normal position at the back of your eye.

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Retinal detachment

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is a complication of diabetes, caused by high blood sugar levels damaging the back of the eye (retina).

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Diabetic retinopathy

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a disease that damages your eye’s optic nerve.

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Glaucoma

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conditions that affect your eyelid, where your eyelid turns out and does not touch your eye.

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Ectropion

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the eyelid turns in and causes the eyelashes to rub against the cornea (the clear, dome-shaped outer layer at the front of your eye)

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Entropion

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All are normal respiratory changes except:
• Decrease cough reflex
• Increase in arterial oxygen saturation
• Increase airway resistance
• Decrease collagen leads to loss of recoil

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Increase in arterial oxygen saturation

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a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs.

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COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)

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TB is caused by a type of bacterium called

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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loss of gag reflex trapping food in the lungs

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Aspiration

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An abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide more than they should or do not die when they should.

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Neoplasms

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All are Normal Cardiovascular Changes except:
• Decrease lumen of arteries with increased
• Decrease in cardiac muscle, cardiac output
• Increase resistance of heart valves
vessel rigidity
• Increase compliance of venous valves and peripheral circulation

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Increase compliance of venous valves and peripheral circulation

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unable to pump blood around the body properly.

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Heart failure

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The body’s network of blood vessels, known as the vascular system, changes with age. Arteries get stiffer, causing blood pressure to go up.

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Hypertension

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a blood circulation disorder that causes the blood vessels outside of your heart and brain to narrow, block, or spasm.

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Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)

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restricts the blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta and may also affect the pressure in the left atrium.

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Aortic stenosis

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are a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat caused by changes in your heart’s normal sequence of electrical impulses

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Dysrhythmias

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also called postural hypotension, a form of low blood pressure that happens when standing after sitting or lying down.

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Orthostatic hypotension

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All are Normal Musculoskeletal Changes except:
•	Decrease muscle mass and strength
•	Decalcification of bones
•	Degenerative joint changes
•	Dehydration of intervertebral disks
•	Decrease in gait and station changes

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none

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• is the terminology coined by Butler in 1969 to describe the deep and profound prejudice in American Society against older adults.

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Ageism

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“geras”, meaning

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“old age”

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a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and problems of old age.

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Geriatrics

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Gerontology from the Greek word “geron”. which means

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“old man”

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the scientific study of the process of aging and the problems of aged persons

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Gerontology

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specialty of nursing involves assessing the health and functional status of older adults

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Gerontologic nursing

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Gerontic nursing was developed by

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Gunter and Estes in 1979

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It connotes to nursing the older persons – the art and practice of nurturing, caring, and comforting.

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Gerontic nursing

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is the statistical science dealing with the distribution, density, and vital statistics of human populations.

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Demography

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deference and respect to one’s parents and ancestors in all things

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filial piety