ageing Flashcards
1
Q
psychological changes with age
A
- processing skills slower
- working memory impaired
- attention e.g. competing voices
- verbal vs performance skills
2
Q
physiological changes with age
A
- muscle strength, stiffness
- cardiac output
- lung volume
- renal function
3
Q
diseases more common in older age
A
- cognitive decline and dementia
- frailty - disability - arthritis
- congestive HF
- COPD
- renal failure
4
Q
older patients are at risk of
A
- medication interactions and vulnerability
- minor illness more susceptible
- immobility - 15% muscle strength/day
5
Q
biology of ageing
A
- survival - risk of dying doubles every 8 years
- mortality substitution - CVD for infection
- animals in the wild don’t age -reproductive success impt
- genetic factors explain 25% of longevity
6
Q
risk factors for dementia over a life course
A
early life = less education
midlife = hearing loss
late life = smoking
depression
physical inactivity
social isolation
