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Geriatrics
is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and problems affecting older adults.
Gerontology
is the study of all aspects of the aging process and its consequences.
Gerontological nursing
is concerned with assessment of the health and functional status of older adults; diagnosis, plann ing, and implementing health care and services to meet the identified needs; and evaluating the effectiveness of such care. This is the term nurses specializing in this field use most often.
Gerontic nursing
a seldom-used term, considers the nursing care of older adults to be the art and practice of nurturing, caring, and comforting rather than merely the treatment of disease.
ageism
discrimination against people because of increasing age
Delirium
acute confusional state, is a potentially reversible cognitive impairment that is often due to a physiological cause.
Dementia
is a generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes with social and occupational functioning. Unlike delirium, a gradual, progressive, irreversible cerebral dysfunction characterizes dementia.
Depression.
Older adults sometimes experience late-life depression, but it is not a normal part of aging. In fact, it is a treatable medical illness.