Chapter 14 Older Adult

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Ageism

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Discrimination against people of increasing age

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Delirium

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Acute confusional state, is a potentially reversible cognitive impairment that is often due to physiological causes like drug effect or electrolyte imbalances.

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Dementia

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Dementia is a generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes with social and occupational functioning.

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Depression

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Older adults sometimes experience late-life depression, but it is not a normal part of aging. In fact, it is a treatable medical illness.

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Geriatics

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Is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems affecting older adults

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Gerontic Nursing

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Is concerned with assessment of the health and functional status of older adults

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Gerontology

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Is the study of all aspects of the aging process and its consequences.

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Nonstochastic Theories

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Theory of aging that says genetically programmed physiological mechanisms within the body control the process of aging.

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Reality Orientation

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Is a communication technique that makes an older adult more aware of time, place, and person

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Reminiscence

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Is recalling the past as a therapy to use recollection of the past to bring meaning and understanding to resolve current conflicts

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Stochastic Theories

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View aging as the result of random cellular damage that occurs over time.

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Validation Therapy

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is an alternative approach to communication with a confused older adult. validation therapy accepts the description of time and place as stated by the confused older adult.

validation therapy accepts the description of time and place as stated by the confused older adult.