Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Question 1

Dementia

Answer 1

• Memory problems, forgetfulness
• The most common cause for its Alzheimers, it’s responsible for 70-80% of cases
• Common in older people, can take 4-7 years from diagnosis to death
• Early onset is a shorter and faster progression

Question 2

Poly-Pharmacy

Answer 2

• Occurs when people have multiple doctors and might use more than one pharmacy
• Can cause dementia due to many prescribe medications
• This is when you’re old and taking many meds at the same time, and this causes a bad reaction
• A combo of drugs which does not work well together

Question 3

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 3

• Causes dementia
• Memory loss - commonly sign
• Irreversible
• Progressive brain disorder
• Memory loss
• Lost of Cognitive ability
• Lost the ability to carry simple task
• They have good and bad days
• Early symptoms mid 60s
• Dramatic changes in the brain

Question 4

Cerebrovascular Dementia

Answer 4

• Common
• Another cause of dementia
• Areas of the brain get clogged, & then the parts which they are supporting die
• Very tiny blood vessels, is indicative of tiny strokes, which is indicative or cerebrovascular dementia and larger strokes

Question 5

Alzheimer’s Disease Structural Changes

Answer 5

1. Neuro-Librarily Tangles
   - The abnormal chemical changes lead tau to separate from microtubules and follow to other tau molecules, generating threads that eventually unite to create tangles inside neurons.
2. Amyloid Plaques
   - These contributes to a loss of brain tissue in the brain
   - Abnormal levels of this naturally occurring protein clump together to form plaques that disrupt cell function.J

Question 6

Alzheimer’s Disease Lowered Levels of Neurotransmitters

Answer 6

1. Acetylcholine
   - It does: memory–so you can lose memory ability–short term, long term, instant
2. Serotonin
   - Mood and sleep
   - Depression–many folks with alzheimers have this–maybe its because having alzheimers is depressing, but it can also be because of the disease so sometimes they get SSRI for alzheimers

Question 7

Stereotypes about Aging

Answer 7

• Ageism persist
• Many view all older adults as experience dementia
  — Treat them as babies and small babies (infant)
  — Get angry when they do treat them like children
• In reality there are wide individual differences in aging

Question 8

Wisdom

Answer 8

• It is the breadth and depth of practical knowledge
• Stereotype: As we get older, we become older (not true)
• Odd commonality: those who are have wisdom, tend to gravitate to social services jobs (enjoy helping others
• It is a reflection, on knowledge that makes life more bearable and worthwhile
• Has Emotional maturity
• Has integrative creativity

Question 9

Baltes 5 Component of Wisdom (theory)

Answer 9

1. Factual knowledge - basic knowledge
2. Strategies, procedures, knowing how to solve basic problems
   - What we apply with basic knowledge
3. Lifespan contextualism - consider multiple domains
   - Believes we are capable of this when we get older
4. Relativism - life souls and values are relatives
   - Changes when grow, Such as a kid you focus on your birthday and get a pony. Now when you get older, you barely thinking about your birthday and all you want is a peaceful evening
5. Unceratiny - plan for and acknowledge life uncertainty
   - Adapt to how the world is running