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Decks in this class (73)

Unit 1: Introduction to Health and Wellness
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21  cards
Unit 1: Attributes of functional abilities
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17  cards
Unit 1: Institutional Ageism and Culture + ADLs/IADLs
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16  cards
Unit 1: Collecting Information on ADLs and IADLs
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19  cards
Unit 2 - Mobility Introduction
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9  cards
Unit 2 - Age-Related Changes to MS System
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11  cards
Unit 2 - Parkinson's Disease
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15  cards
Unit 2 - Consequences of immobility
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15  cards
Unit 2 - Physical Activity for Older Adults
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14  cards
Unit 2 - Fall Risk
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21  cards
Unit 2 - Fall Risk Assessment Tools
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9  cards
Unit 2 - Hazards
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12  cards
Unit 3 - Age Related Changes to the Ear
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14  cards
Unit 3 - Hearing Impairment
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12  cards
Unit 3 - Hearing Loss Interventions
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27  cards
*Unit 3 - Sensory Perception
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14  cards
Unit 3 - Age Related Changes in Smell, Taste, and Tactile Threshold + vision
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12  cards
Unit 3 - ARC in Visual Function
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11  cards
Unit 3 - Presbyopia. Glaucoma
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12  cards
Unit 3 - Cataracts and and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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12  cards
Unit 3 - Recognize and Detect Visual Impairment
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17  cards
Unit 4 - Mental Health
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19  cards
Unit 4 - Factors Contributing to Mental Wellness in later Life
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11  cards
Unit 4 - Depression
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18  cards
Unit 4 - Melancholy and Depression
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15  cards
Unit 4 - Interventions to Improve Function
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9  cards
Unit 5 - Cognition
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15  cards
Unit 5 - Assessing Cognition
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12  cards
Unit 5 - Dementia and Delirium
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15  cards
Unit 5 - Diagnosing AD
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15  cards
Unit 5 - Delirium
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12  cards
Unit 5 - Assessing Delirium
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9  cards
Unit 5 - Factors of Delirium
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7  cards
Unit 6 - Personhood
for the purpose of this deck, LWD = living with Dementia
10  cards
Week 6 - Communication with Persons LWD
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15  cards
Week 6 - Shifting Perspective on Persons LWD
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13  cards
Week 6 - Nursing Models that guide PWLD
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10  cards
Week 7 - Pharmacokinetics Intro + Absorption of Drugs
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10  cards
Week 7 - DIstribution, Metabolism + Ecretion
Key notes: - Age-related changes in absorption can delay maximum concentration of drug • Age-related changes in distribution are related to change in body composition • The most significant age related changes that impact pharmacokinetic properties are related to changes in the blood flow to the liver and kidney • Prolonged illness, malnutrition and hydration can compound age related effects that can contribute to changes in pharmocokinetics
20  cards
Week 7 - Polypharmacy
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16  cards
Week 7 - Polypharmacy and Misuse
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11  cards
Week 7 - Psychosocial Factors
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8  cards
Week 7 - Prescribing Cascade
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5  cards
Week 7 - Antipsychotics
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10  cards
Week 7 - Deprescribing
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7  cards
Week 9 - Stress
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12  cards
Week 9 - Appraisal
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19  cards
Week 9 - Stressors
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16  cards
Week 9 - Anxiety
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16  cards
Week 9 - Frailty
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9  cards
Week 9 - Spirituality
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7  cards
Week 10: Tissue Integrity - ARC
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11  cards
Week 10: Risk Factors to the Individual
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17  cards
Week 10 - Interventions
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17  cards
Week 10 - Pressure Injury
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13  cards
Week 10 - Staging Pressure Ulcers
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10  cards
Week 10 - Oral Health
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13  cards
Week 10 - Risk Factors Related to Oral Health Problems
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12  cards
Week 11 - Elimination
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16  cards
Week 11 - Age-Related Changes
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12  cards
Week 11 - Risk Factors
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14  cards
Week 11 - Gender Specific Factors
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9  cards
Week 11 - Urinary Incontinence
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11  cards
Week 11 - Types of Urinary Incontinence
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13  cards
Week 11 - Bowel Incontinence
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15  cards
Week 11 - Assessments
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8  cards
Week 11 - Interventions to Promote Continence
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11  cards
Week 11 - Interventions to Constipation
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15  cards
Week 11 - Nutrition on Elimination
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4  cards
Week 12 - Thermoregulation
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11  cards
Week 12 - Altered Thermoregulation
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13  cards
Week 12 - ARC that Affect Thermoregulation
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13  cards
Week 12 - Interventions to Prevent Altered Thermoregulation
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16  cards

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