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Semester 3 FS Exam 4 > Overview of Aging > Flashcards

Overview of Aging Flashcards

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Geriatrics

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The branch of medicine concerned with the medical problems and care of the aged

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Geras

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Old age

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Iatrikos

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Healing

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Gerontology

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The scientific study of the biological, psychological and social aspects of aging

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Current percent of pop above 65 years

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14.5%

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Projected 2050 percent of pop above 65 years

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21%

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Functional classification of age groups - Young Adult

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20-39
1st half of working life
90-100% function

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Functional classification of age groups - Middle Age

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40-64
2nd half of working life
10-30% dec function

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Functional classification of age groups - Old Age

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65-74
Immediate post retirement period
Significant loss of function but maintain homeostasis

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Functional classification of age groups - Very Old Age

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75-84
Likely impairment of function for ADLs
General potential for relative independence

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Functional classification of age groups - Oldest Old Age

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85+
High incidence of need for help with ADLs
High risk for nursing or institutional care assistance

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Key demographics - Population over 65 current is 1 in __ 2030?

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Current = 1 in 8
2030 = 1 in 5
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Key demographics - marital status

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Women outlive men at all ages
75% of men live with spouse
40% women

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Key demographics - poverty

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9% of elderly in poverty
8% live within 125% poverty level
1 in 5 are at or near poverty
Women = 2X rate of men

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Health Care - what percent of non institutionalized individuals over 65 years rate health as good to excellent

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40%

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Health Care - how many have chronic condition

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More than 1/2

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Health Care - what percentage over 65 have some kind of disability

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37%

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Health Care - Visits to physician per year

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  1. 8 over 65

3. 8 under 65

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in 2014 how many over 65 required long term care

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9 million

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20
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Annual cost of private room in SNF is

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73,000

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Ageist attitudes of healthcare professionals

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Neg attitudes toward older adults
Need to justify why medical needs were not addressed
Feelings of frustration about demands
Feelings of helplessness from lack of cure
Inc awareness of ones own mortality

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Social roles

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Retirement - daily recognition to limited recognition
Caregiver
Grandparents raising grandchildren
All with fixed income

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Those with adequate social connections have what percentage greater likelihood of longevity

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50%

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Cultural perspectives - Vietnamese

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elder is authority

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Cultural perspectives - Athabascan Indian Culture in Alaksa

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Elder is burden

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Cultural perspectives - US

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Individualism

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Cultural perspectives - Hispanic

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Close family relationship

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Social Relationships

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Desire and engage in social relationships

Computers and social media

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Aging couple - by 85 yo ___ women for every ___ men

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100 women for every 54 men

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Aging parent

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Continue to provide emotional, physical and financial support
Finger pointing may occur
Adults(children) in sandwich role
Grandparents welcome interaction

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Advocacy groups

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AARP
Gray Panthers - fighting ageism
Senior Service America

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Health promotion and disease prevention

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Healthy people 2020

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Healthy people 2020 goals

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Attain high equality, longer lives free of dx
Achieve health equity
Create social environment that promote good health
Promote quality of life

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Exercise

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Use it or lose it
Maintain fitness, stimulate mind, establish social contact…
Exercise should emphasize strength, flexibility, and endurance

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Stress Management

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Exercise
Diet
Mm relaxation
Mediation
Deep breathing 
Visualization desensitization 
Biofeedback
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Substance Abuse

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Alcohol, recreational drugs and medication absorbed at higher levels - lean body mass, polypharmacy

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Economics

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Changes in financial status or financial aid security

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Life span

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Length of life (birth to death)

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Longevity

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Number of years of life

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Mean longevity USA

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Life expectancy
76 yrs
ideal is 85 yrs
95% die between 77-93

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Max longevity

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Max life span

110-120 yrs

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Intrinsic Factors

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Primary determinants of possible life span + life expectancy
Genetic code
Heredity

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Extrinsic Factors

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Factors that modify the genetically endowed life span
Non-genetic factors
Environmental influences
Social, psychological, environmental factors

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Causes of death

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Trauma or Accidents
Disease
Eugeric Death

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Trauma or Accidents - Cause of Death

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Major cause in young

Numbers influenced by values of society

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Disease - Cause of Death

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Older body less tolerant
Numbers influenced by knowledge and technology
Pathogeria = disease of the old

47
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Eugeric Death - Cause of Death

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Death due to no specific pathology
Not caused by trauma, accident, or disease
Inability to maintain homeostasis

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Chronic Dx leading to death

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23% of deaths from chronic disease are from sedentary lifestyles
OA, CAD, COPD, Stroke, PVD, Depression, Parkinsons, RA

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Universal Manifestations of Aging - Anatomical Changes

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Thinning and graying of hair
Deterioration of teeth
Body weight loss and redistribution
Loss of nerve cells
Loss of mm mass
Inc cellular inclusion of aging pigments
50
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Universal Manifestations of Aging - Physiological Changes

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Decline in motor activity
Reproductive senescence
Impaired homeostasis

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