Fundamentals Of Nursing Chapter 14 - Older Adult

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Discrimination against people because of increasing age

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Ageism

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

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Geriatrics

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The study of all aspects of the aging process and its consequences

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Gerontology
(jer-uhn-tol-uh-jee)

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

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Gerontological nursing
(juh-ron-tl-oj-i-kuhl)

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A seldom-used term, considers the nursing care of older adults to be the art and practice of mursing, caring, and comforting rather than the treatment of disease.

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Gerontic nursing

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The biological theories of aging are

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Stochastic (stuh-kas-tik) or Nonstochastic

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of or pertaining to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.

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Stochastic

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Aging is viewed as the result of tandom cellular damage that occurs over time

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Stochastic theories

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Genetically programmed physioloical mechanisms within the body control the process of aging define

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Nonstochastic theories

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of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

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cognitive

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What are 3 common impairments for older adults?

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1. Delirium
2. Dementia
3. Depression

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An acute confusional state that is often due to a physiological cause

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Delirium

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What are the physiological causes of delirium?

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1. Electrolyte (inorganic compounds) imbalance
2. Cerebral anoxia
3. Hypoglycemia
4. Medications
5. Tumors
6. Subdural hematomas
7. Cerebrovascular infection
8. Infarction
9. Hemorrhage

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an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues; hypoxia.

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anoxia
(uh-nok-see-uh)

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a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.

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infarct

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How does delirium present?

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It accompanies systemic infections that are presented as pneumonia or urinary tract infection.

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What environmental factors can conribute to delirium?

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1. Sensory deprivation
2. Unfamiliar surroundings
3. Psychosocial factors - emotional distress or pain

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A generalized impairment of intellectual functioning that interferes with social and occupational functioning. It is a gradual,progressive, irreversible cerebral dysfunction.

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Dementia

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What are the 4 major types of dementia?

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1. Alzheimer's disease
2. Diffuse Lewy body disease (abnormal protein deposits that disrupt the brain's normal functioning. )
3. Frontal-temporal dementia
4. Vascular dementia

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The presentation of degenerative disease in focal areas of the cerebral cortex

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Frontal Temporal dementia

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a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason.

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Depression

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A communication technique that makes an older adult more aware of time, place, and person.

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Reality Orientation

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What is the purpose of reality orientation?

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1. Restoring a sense of reality
2. Improving the level of awareness
3. Promoting socialization
4. Elevating independent functioning
5. Minimizing confusion

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An alternative approach to communication with a confused older adult. It accepts the description of time and place as stated by the confused older adult.

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Validation Therapy

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Recalling the past

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Reminiscence

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What are the three classic pyschosocial theories of aging?

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1. Disengagement theory
2. Activity theory
3. Continuity theory

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The oldest psychosocial theory states that aging individuals withdraw from customary roles and become introspective and self-focused.

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Disengagement theory

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The older adult continues with activities oerformed during middle age

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Activity theory

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The older adult's personality remains the same and behavior b ecomes more predictable with aging

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Continuity theory

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the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.

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aphasia

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the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.

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aphasia