Successful Aging Flashcards
First longitudinal study on elderly aging
MacArthur research network on successful aging
Three elements of successful aging according to Rowe and Kahn
Physical health, cognitive functioning, social and productive functioning
Successful aging is
Adaptation of age associated changes- being able to balance gains and losses
Psychosocial informed practice
A mix between the biomedical model and mental health practice
Disability is
Restriction or limitation of activity that results from impairment
Stimulus based perspective
Life change units assigned to critical events
Cognitive transactional perspective
Stress as an ongoing process - standard
What is the social readjustment scale testing
Stress
Coping theory
Cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects to deal with stressful events
In Primary appraisal of a stressor
You either don’t perceive it as a threat, you perceive it as a threat or challenge the threat
What is secondary appraisal of a stressor
Asking if you have the resources to handle this stress, perception of the inability to cope with stress - negative stress , and reciprocal
Problem focused coping entails
Modifying problems that lie at the root of the stress, it is the best way to handle a situation
Emotion focused coping is
Changing the way you act toward a stimulus , used when the situation is not changeable.
Fear avoidance model states
A perceived threat causes patient to avoid it, so not moving the joint because it hurts will cause more pain later.
What is learned helpless ness
A loss of self efficacy, you let other do things for you
In sarcopenia what type of Muscle fibers are lost
Type 2 has greater loss than one
In menopause there is a ___% loss in trabecular bone and a ___% loss in cortical bone
20-30 and 5-10
Components of the senior fitness test
30 sec chair stand test, 30 second arm curl, 6 MWT, 2 minute step test, chair sit and reach, back scratch test, 8 foot up and go test, height and weight
For overload you must be at at least _% of Max
60
What is the gold standard to measure strength
RM
RPE scale says a 5/6 is
Moderate intensity
Older adults are better with ____ memory
Implicit, because it is unconscious and automatic
Information for long term memory consolidates in the ______ so this is especially important fact for those with _____
Hippocampus, Alzheimer’s
Prospective memory is a type of
Explicit memory
Average life span of following AD
7-10
The second most common form Of dementia
Vascular
Vascular dementia risk factor
Stroke
Vascular dementia is progressive or non progressive
Non
Lewy body dementia effects the
Basal ganglia
Risk factors for Lewy body dementia
None
Core features of lew body dementia
Visual hallucinations, fluctuations, aggression, spontaneous Parkinsonism
Frontotemporal dementia is also called
Picks disease
Life expectancy following diagnosis of picks disease
4-6 years
Most common presentation In those with picks disease
Profound change In personality and social conduct
How do you diff erentiate Parkinson’s from lewy body
Parkinson’s patient will have motor symptoms for 3 years until they develop cognitive symptoms but Lewy body will have motor systems for a few months and then have cognitive symptoms
