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11 Cards in this Set
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What is Young Old?
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64-75
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What is Old (or middle old)?
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75-84
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What is Old-Old?
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85+
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What are Peck's three developmental tasks for older adults?
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1. Ego Differentiation vs.work role preoccupation
2. Body transcendence vs. Body preoccupation 3. Ego transcendence vs. ego preoccupation an example of 1: my redefinition of myself after retirement as an eccentric recluse rather than a lab tech 2: acceptance of my physical limitations due to aging 3. accepting that death is inevitable, and looking at your lifes accomplishments in a positive manor. |
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What are Havighursts four theories for older adults?
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Adjusting to health decline
Adjusting to retirement Adjusting to social role change Establishing satisfactory living arrangements |
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What does Levinson's theory deal with?
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Evolution of life structures, for example adjusting to the death of a spouse
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What is the Barthel Index?
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the barthel index is 10 items that measure a persons daily functioning, specifically the ADLS and mobility. it can be used to determine a baseline level of functioning and can be used to monitor improvement in ADLs over time. Maximum independance is a score of 100.
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What is the Katz Index?
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it measures funcitonal status as a measurement of the clients ability to perform ADLs independantly. The index ranks adequacy of performance in six categories: bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding. Clients are scored yesno for each function.
6 = full function 4 = moderate impairment |
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What are examples of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLS)?
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balancing ones checkbook, using the phone, cooking, laundry, shopping, medication filling and taking
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What are examples of Advanced Activities of Dialy Living (AADLS)?
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part time job, volunteering, caring for grandchildren
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What are some physical performance measures?
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write a sentence, transfer beans from an emesis basin to a cup, put on a jacket, pick up a penny from the floor, turn 360 degrees
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