Pa 2008- Patho Ch. 3

Front 1

Sensory changes in the elderly

Back 1

sensory changes with aging can greatly affect the older adult's level of fuctioning and quality of life. Vision and hearing impairments due to disease states, for example, can interfere with communication and may lead to social isolation and depression.

Front 2

Dementia characteristics

Back 2

Insidious onset, symptomes present for long duration,
innaccurate in answering orientaiton questions; attempts to cover up inaccracies, may try to conceal deficits, consistently performs poorly on tasks of similar difficulty, mood and behavior tend to be labile, neurlogic symptoms of dysphasia, apraxia, aor agnosia

Front 3

Pseudodementia of depression characteristics

Back 3

rapid onset, symptoms present for relatively short time, lack of interest in answering questions, tend to emphasize deficits, desplay marked variability in performing tasks of similar difficulty, consistently depressed, neurologic symptoms not present

Front 4

Delirium

Back 4

Acute confusional state developing over a period of hours to days. Reason is unclear.

Front 5

Symptoms of delirium

Back 5

agitation, disorientation, and fearfulness- the key symptom- high risk for injuries such as a fracture from a fall.

Front 6

Delirium vs Dementia

Back 6

Likely: dementia to delirium
Not possible: from delirium to dementia

Front 7

Hip fracture

Back 7

older adults have a 20% mortality within one year of fall. 50% requred to need nursing home care.