Older Adults 4 Flashcards

Exam 3

1
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What is used as a biomarker of aging?

A

Telomere length

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2
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What is senolytics?

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Studying of how to slow aging, focus on research that adds resistance to apoptosis

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3
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What is the older americans act?

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  • supplies grants for states for funding and social services
  • established Administration on Aging (administers the grants)
  • originally passed in 1965 due to lack of community social services for older persons
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4
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What are some examples of older adult programs?

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  • Adult Day Care Centers
  • Congregate Meals
  • Meals on Wheels (food delivery, wheelchairs, access to medications, pet care, cooking classes)
  • Age of Central Texas (social and wllness centers, memory loss support, medications, equipment lending, computer classes)
  • Home Instead (in home senior care - personal care, nursing, meal prep, transportation, hospice support)
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5
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What are some end of life considerations?

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  • elder abuse and neglect
  • living will
  • pain management
  • consequences of forcing fluids at end of life
  • ethical and legal considerations

research indicates no pain with withholding food/fluids at end of life

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