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With ↓ of the ? system older people have ↓ sensitivity to touch and the tiny little movements of the body and body parts in the environment called ?
Somatosensory,
proprioception
With a decrease in ? older people try to enhance the flavor of food by adding salt, sugar, etc...
taste
With loss of taste people don't ? food any longer, so they don't eat which leads to poor ?
enjoy,
nutrition
If a person loses the ability to taste they often lose the ability to ?
Smell
If the ability to smell is decreased or lost, this increases the safety issue of being able to smell ? if there is a fire.
smoke
Things that can affect the ability to taste and smell include ?, loose fitting ?, and chronic ?'s
smoking,
dentures,
allergies
There are two parts to the Integumentary system the ? and ? layers.
epidermis,
dermis
The reason that wrinkles start to appear is that the ? layer starts to ? do to loss of ? causing the epidermis to wrinkle.
dermis,
shrink,
elastin
Bruising that occurs easily in older adults is called Senile ? Their blood vessels are usually fragile and prone to ? to form subcutaneous hematomas, and their skin has also experienced decades of ? damage
purpura,
rupturing,
sun
Decrease ? gland activity is another older adult problem.
sweat
Older people have an increased problem of ? due to not drinking enough water and working outside in hot weather with sweaters on.
dehydration
? is the #1 reason that older adults are hospitalized in the summer.
dehydration
Thinning and ? of the hair happens with aging.
graying,
From the age of 40 onward the skin is less able to regenerate from sun exposure, and ?/? spots are very common in this age group, particularly in those who spend time in the sun.
age/liver
Older adults have problems trimming their ? nails due to loss of flexibility
toe
? problems can be caused by hiatel hernia, acid reflux, and constipation. Constipation can be helped by giving ?, ? juice.
GI,
colace,
prune
With the Urogenital tract older pts have loss of mass of the ? which causes decreased blood flow which causes decreased ?
kidney,
filtration
The bladder can develop ? weakness and decreased capacity which causes them to have to go to the bathroom more often called urinary ? or the pt cannot empty out the bladder completely causing urinary ? which can lead to ?'s
muscle,
frequency,
retention,
UTI's
When a pt wets themselves because they don't know that they have to go this is called urinary ?
incontinence
A reason that women have urinary incontinence is due to giving ? and with men they may have ? With men this can be helped with the med ? and a natural helper with this problem is unsweetened ?
birth,
BPH(Benign Prostate Hypertrophy),
Flomax,
cranberry juice