Ch.14 Flashcards
Normal Aging Changes
signs of physical deterioration intrinsic to the aging process
3 Principles of Age-Related Disease 1.Chronic Disease is normal aging at the extreme
-Long Time illness which requires ongoing management -Risk increases with age -Lead to difficulties with Activity of daily Living problems
3 Principles of Age-Related Disease 2. Activity of daily living Impairments are serious risk to old-old years
Difficulty in performing everyday tasks that are required for living independently. ADLS are classified as either basic or instrumental
Basic ADLS
Difficulty in performing essential self-care activities such as rising from a chair, eating, and getting to the toilet.
Instrumental ADL Problems
Difficulties in performing everyday household tasks such as cooking and eating. Normally comes first.
Socioeconomic Health Gap
The found disparity, found in nations around the world, between the health of the rich and poor. At every step of the socioeconomic ladder, people survive longer and enjoy better health.
Physical Aging:Vision Presbyopia
Age-related midlife difficulty with near vision, caused by the inability of the lens to bend.
Physical Aging:Vision Cataract
ns clouding and thickening (Can be reversed using a contact lens)
Physical Aging:HEARING Presbycusis
-Age related hearing loss in the inner ear receptors -High Pitched Tones -Background Noise -Hearing Aids
Physical Aging: Osteoarthritis
Joint cartilage wears away
Physical Aging: Osteoporosis
The bones become more fragile and more likely to break -Women more susceptible -small Boned Slender women have higher risk -Causes: lack of calcium and decrease in estrogen
Factors Related to Speed of Aging
-SOCIOECONOMIC HEALTH GAP .Low SES accelerates aging process .Accumulation of factors: Diet, illness, stress .More likely to smoke, drink, not exercise, eat poorly .Job Stress .Affluent live 5 years longer -ETHNICITY .Hispanic Americans are more resistant .Black Americans more susceptible to illness and death -GENDER -Females more resilient, live longer (5 yrs), but live sicker -Females have significantly higher risk of osteoporosis -Heart Disease accounts for 25% of U.S. deaths -Men twice as likely as women to have a heart attack
Vascular Dementia
impairment in the work of arteries of feeding the brain caused by small strokes
Alzheimers
-Type of dementia characterized by atrophy and abnormal by-products of that atrophy, such as senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles usually *starting in hippocampus* -Amyloid protein accumulates, causes inflammation, causes plaques and tangles, and accelerates cortical decay -15% of population -Gene Marker - APOE-4
Elder Care-Non Institutional Care: Continuing Care Retirement Community
Residential complex with graduated levels of care for residents (own apartments) They range from independent apartments to assisted living to nursing home care. People enter the community in relatively good health and move to sections where they can get more care when they become disabled.
