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What is meant by the aging population? Try to define it in your own words. |
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What has helped lead to an aging population? |
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What trends are we seeing statistically with regards to aging? |
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Be familiar with some of the changes the body makes as we age. |
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Know what the activities of daily living are. How are these different from instrumental activities of daily living? (matching) |
• Activities of Daily Living (ADLs):
• Bathing • Dressing • Eating • Continence
• Instrumental Activities of Daily Living • Maintaining the home (laundry, buying groceries, cleaning, etc.) • Managing financies • Preparing meals • Using transportation • Managing Medication |
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Understand the trends that coincide with the aging population like disabilities and leading causes of death. |
Leading Causes of Death
•Comorbidity – simultaneouspresence of two or morechronic diseases orconditions in one person • The most commoncomorbidity in the US isarthritis and heart disease • Increase in comorbidity leadsto an increase in drug use |
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What is the definition of comorbidity? |
•Comorbidity – simultaneous presence of two or more chronic diseases or conditions in one person |
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Be familiar with the public health struggles of an aging population. |
Prevention of chronic diseases with slow onsets and a lifetimeof esposares
Re-vaccinating for many infectious diseases Health Insurance and access to healthcare • High cost of health care • The projected growth in health care services necessary toaddress the needs of the aging “baby boom” generation in theyears ahead will require a substantial growth in the healthcareworkforce to meet this challenge. |
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What is the Older Americans Act? |
The Older Americans Act, originally enacted in 1965, supports arange of home and community-based services, such as meals-on-wheels and other nutrition programs, in-home services,transportation, legal services, elder abuse prevention andcaregivers support
I.E. meals on wheels, services to older people |
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Be familiar with population pyramids. |
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