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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 ?
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Somatosensory,
proprioception |
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With a decrease in ? older people try to enhance the flavor of food by adding salt, sugar, etc...
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taste
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With loss of taste people don't ? food any longer, so they don't eat which leads to poor ?
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enjoy,
nutrition |
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If a person loses the ability to taste they often lose the ability to ?
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Smell
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If the ability to smell is decreased or lost, this increases the safety issue of being able to smell ? if there is a fire.
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smoke
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Things that can affect the ability to taste and smell include ?, loose fitting ?, and chronic ?'s
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smoking,
dentures, allergies |
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There are two parts to the Integumentary system the ? and ? layers.
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epidermis,
dermis |
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The reason that wrinkles start to appear is that the ? layer starts to ? do to loss of ? causing the epidermis to wrinkle.
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dermis,
shrink, elastin |
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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
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purpura,
rupturing, sun |
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Decrease ? gland activity is another older adult problem.
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sweat
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Older people have an increased problem of ? due to not drinking enough water and working outside in hot weather with sweaters on.
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dehydration
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? is the #1 reason that older adults are hospitalized in the summer.
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dehydration
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Thinning and ? of the hair happens with aging.
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graying,
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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.
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age/liver
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Older adults have problems trimming their ? nails due to loss of flexibility
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toe
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? problems can be caused by hiatel hernia, acid reflux, and constipation. Constipation can be helped by giving ?, ? juice.
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GI,
colace, prune |
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With the Urogenital tract older pts have loss of mass of the ? which causes decreased blood flow which causes decreased ?
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kidney,
filtration |
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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
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muscle,
frequency, retention, UTI's |
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When a pt wets themselves because they don't know that they have to go this is called urinary ?
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incontinence
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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 ?
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birth,
BPH(Benign Prostate Hypertrophy), Flomax, cranberry juice |