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SUBFIELD OF GERONTOLOGY Flashcards

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Attempts to understand how ageing leads to the disease of aging.

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Medicine

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Work directly with older individuals.
They may provide help with day-to-day activities such as meal preparation transportation and even just nice conversation.

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Gerontologist

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What are the subfield of gerontology

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Geriatric
Financial gerontology
Social gerontology
Geropsychology
Geropharmacology
Gerontological nursing
Gerontological rehabilitation nursing

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The study of the aging process and problems that elderly individuals might encounter. Professionals in this field typically study and find ways to treat physical mental emotional and social problems.

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Gerontology

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5
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Studies difference in aging across different species

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Comparative biology

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Research into relationship between biological aging and age-related disease at the molecular level.

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Geroscience

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Study the rule of genes in aging and try to identify which genes are relevant.

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Genetic

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Attempts to explain the phenomenon of ageing and death in the context of evolution.

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Evolutionary biology

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Research what actually happens in the body during aging at cellular level

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Biochemistry

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The canon of medicine in 1025 offered instruction for the care of the aged including diet and remedies for problems including constipation.

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Avicenna’s

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Arabic physician who wrote on the aches and condition of the elderly.
His scholarly work covers sleep disorder, forgetfulness, how to strengthen memory and causes of mortality.

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Ibn Al-Jazzar Al-Qayrawani

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A medical care of older adults.
It aims to promote health by preventing and treating disease and disabilities in older adults.

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Geriatric

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13
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Coined the term gerontology in 1903

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Elie Metchnikoff

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Who himself lived to be 102, believe that aging itself should be a science to be studied.

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Michel Eugene Chevreul

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15
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Who wrote works on the treatments for forgetfulness.

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Ishaq Ibn Hunayn

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Who began organizing gerontology as its own field in the 1940

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James Birren

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Focuses on legal and ethical issue associated with aging.

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Elder Law

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The term geriatric comes from the greek “geron” meaning?

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Old man

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“Iatros” means?

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Healer

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Is multidisciplinary, building on relevant teaching from biology, psychology, sociology, and demography to understand the lifelong wealth span issue and aspirations of aging individuals and their families.

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Financial Gerontology

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It is the subfield of gerontology that deals with biological aspect of aging.
Aims to prevent age related disease by intervening in aging processes or even eliminate aging per se.

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Biogerontology

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Also known as experimental gerontology, is a sub-discipline of biogerontology that and divorce to slow, prevent, and even revised aging in both humans and animals

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Biomedical Gerontology

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Geriatrics is sometimes called?

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Medical Gerontology

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Focuses on the social aspect of growing old.

It is a multidisciplinary subfield that specialize in studying or working with older adult

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Social gerontology

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Responsible for educating researching and advising the broader cause of alder people.

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Social gerontologist

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It is a branch of psychology that seeks to address the concern of older adults.

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Geropsychology

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It is the study how older adult response to the medication is a new on growing area.

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Geropharmacology

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It is refers to the physiological interactions between a drug and the body.

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Pharmacodynamics

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It is the study of pharmacology as its relates to older adults.

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Geropharmacology

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It is a speciality practice that focuses on the unique requirements of elderly rehabilitation clients.

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Gerontological rehabilation nursing

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It must have degrees or training and social work, nursing, psychology, sociology, demography

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Social gerontologist

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It is the study of the movement and action of a drug in the body.

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Pharmacokinetics

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