Sr. Letty Kuan Flashcards
What is the model of Kuan?
Retirement and Role Discontinuity Model
When and where does Kuan born?
November 19, 1936 in Katipunan-Dipolog Zamboanga Del Norte
How many masters degree Kuan have?
2 (MA in Nursing and MS in education major in guidance counseling)
Kuan authored several books giving her insight in the areas of ______, ______ and _______.
- Gerontology
- Care of the older person
- Bioethics and essence of caring
What are the several books of Letty Kuan?
- Concepts of illness and healthcare intervention in an urban community
- Understanding the filipino elderly; a textbook for nurses and related health professional
- Essence of caring
- Pag-aaruga sa mga taong may edad na
- Bioethics in nursing
What is the religious community of Kuan?
Notre Dame de Vie founded in france in 1932
______ is a classification of age group to any person reaching the mid 70s up to 80s
Elderly
______ given to people who are old but gracefully able to function as useful citizen at home and in the community and an exemplar in fidelity to prayer life.
Gerone
Define as elderly and gerone
Person
Defined as aging
Health
It is a slow process of growth towards maturity of mind body and spirit
Health
Growing old is reaching a _______ but one must understand and accept what is aging.
“Happy plateau”
Aging is a reality and must be accepted as a process towards fulfillment of a _______.
Total self
Developing positive attitudes toward aging while still young contributes to a great deal to feeling _____ while growing old.
Comfortable
Did Kuan mention any metaparadigm on the topic of environment?
Kuan did not mention any metaphor time on the topic of environment
It is preparing the person to have fulfillment and their retirement years, and assisting them in their elderly years in leaving a legacy.
Nursing
What are the basic assumptions and concept of Kuan?
- Physiological age
- Change of life
- Role
- Retiree
- Role discontinuity
- Coping approaches
______ is the endurance of cells and tissues to withstand the where and tear phenomenon of the body.
Physiological age
Some individuals are gifted with strong genetic _____ to stay young for a long time.
Affinity
______ refers to the set of shared expectation focused upon a particular position.
Role
_____ may include beliefs about what goals or values the position incumbent is to pursue and the norms that will govern his behavior.
Role
_____ is a set of shared expectations from the retirees socialization experiences and the values internalized while preparing for the position as well as the adoption to the expectation socially defined for the position itself.
Role
______ is the period between near retirement and post retirement years.
Change of life
_____ in medico-physiologic terms this equates with the climacteric period of adjustment to another tempo of life.
Change of life
______ is an individual who has left the position occupied for the past years of productive life because he or she has reached the prescribed retirement age or has completed the required years of service.
Retiree
______ is the interruption in the line of status enjoyed or rolled performed, which may be brought about an accident, emergency and change of position or retirement.
Role discontinuity
______ refer to the interventions are measures applied to solve a problematic situation or state in order to restore or maintain equilibrium and normal functioning.
Coping approaches
______ is an inevitable change in one’s life.
Retirement
What are the determinants of fruitful aging?
- Health status
- Income
- Work status
- Family constellation
- Self preparation
_____ refers to physiological and mental state of the respondents either sickly or healthy.
Health status
_____ refers to the financial affluence of the respondent which can be classified as poor, moderate or rich.
Income
________ means the type of family composition
Family constellation
A type of family that have three or more generations of family members live under one roof.
Close knit or extended family
A type of family whose members live in separate dwelling unit.
Distanced family
A type of family that is composed only of husband wife and children live together.
Nuclear type of family
_____ preparing of self to the possible outcomes in life.
Self preparation
What is the expected outcome of Kuans model
fruitful aging
