Wellness In Aging - Wellness-Based Model For Healthy Aging

Question 1

What are age related changes?

Answer 1

Progressive changes that cannot be reversed or altered

Physiological age related changes are degenerative/decline

Question 2

What are risk factors?

Answer 2

Conditions likely to occur

Question 3

What are some characteristics of risk factors?

Answer 3

• Reversible and can be treated
• cumulative and progressive
• exacerbated (made worse) by age related changes

Question 4

Types of risk factors?

Answer 4

Environment, physiological, psychological, meds effects

Question 5

What do we do about risk factors?

Answer 5

Prevention focused and management focused interventions

Question 6

What are functional consequences?

Answer 6

Effects of health conditions, age, disabilities or environment on a person’s ability to perform ADL’s and maintain independence

Question 7

What can functional consequences be caused by?

Answer 7

Age related changes & risk factors

Question 8

Effects of functional consequences on patients

Answer 8

Degree of quality of living, level of health, ability to perform ADL’s

Question 9

What is functional assessment theory?

Answer 9

Involves evaluating individual’s physical, psychosocial, and social functioning to determine if they can perform ADL’s and maintain independence