Older adults Flashcards
Caregiver neglect:
Unsafe and unclean living conditions
Teaching strategies for older adults: (4)
- Using past experiences to connect new learning with previous knowledge
- Focusing on a single topic at a time
- Giving pt enough time to respond
- Keeping tone of voice low
Most common to least common condition that lead to death in older adults:
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Chronic obstructive lung disease
- Cerebrovascular accidents
Older patients with dementia plan of care:
- Keep routine
- Give limited choices
- Promote social interaction
ADLs:
Bathing, dressing, toileting
IADLs:
Ability to write a check, shop, make phone calls, prepare meals
Presbycusis:
Difficulty hearing
Physiological events that could cause confusion in older adults:
Electrolyte imbalance Untreated pain Infection Cerebral anoxia Hypoglycemia Med effects Tumors Subdural hematoma Cerebrovascular infection Hemorrhage
Environmental factors that could cause confusion in older adults:
Sensory deprivation Overstimulation Unfamiliar surroundings Sleep deprivation Emotional distress
Validation therapy:
Accepting describing of pt’s perspective
Reality orientation:
Improving level of awareness
7 developmental tasks for older adults:
retirement residence change death (spouse or significant other) redefining relationships with adult children ageing bodies: health socialization income
Ageism:
prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person’s age
Common physiological changes:
- Older adults’ concepts of health depend on personal perceptions of functional ability.
- General survey
- Begins during initial nurse-patient encounter
- Quick, but careful, head-to-toe scan
- Eye contact and facial expression
- Presence of universal aging changes
Integumentary changes:
Loss of elasticity and moisture
Age spots- senile ventiligo
Sun damage
Malignant changes
