Health Promotion - Older adult questions well answered graded A+

Health Promotion - Older adult -The "young old" -The "old" -The "old old" -The "centenarians" - correct answer -60-74 -75-84 -85-100 ->100 _____ is a big issue for older men. - correct answer suicide Most elderly adults live in the ____: what are the states with the highest number of older adults? - correct answer -community -Florida, WV, PA, IA, ND Persons over ____ often use as many as 12 different medications. These people in this age group are considered the ______-_____ - correct answer -85 -old-old What is the concept of frailty in older adults? - correct answer -dynamic syndrome of decreased musculoskeletal strength, unintentional weight loss, ADL impairment, increased risk for falls, and decreased physical endurance = makes person vulnerable to disease, disability & death What does the term geriatric syndromes mean? - correct answer -common health conditions in older adults unrelated to specific pathology - delirium, falls, incontinence, pressure ulcers, functional decline Goals of Healthy People 2020 in regards to the older adult. - correct answer -increase: prevention services, physical activity, proportion f HCS with geriatric certification, services for caregivers, info on characteristics of victims & perpetrators in elder abuse -decrease: rate of pressure ulcers in hospital, rate of ED visits due to falls What makes people grow old or not: Damage from free radicals - correct answer -damage to cells accumulates over time from oxygen metabolism -maybe a drug to slow metabolism would help What makes people grow old or not: Wear and Tear - correct answer -damage accumulates - failure of body's repair system What makes people grow old or not: Programmed agin - correct answer -biologic clock controls cell life span, neuro-chemical or immune or genetic control on # of cell divisions possible What makes people grow old or not: Stress - correct answer -genetic factors influencing the severity of the sympathetic response; catecholamines & cortisol released What makes people grow old or not: Auto-immune - correct answer -body attempts to destroy normal cells (can't distinguish from foreign cells) Psychosocial theories of aging: Disengagement theory - correct answer the older adult and society withdraw from each other in a mutually south and satisfying separation Psychosocial theories of aging: Activity theory - correct answer connection between activity and life satisfaction Psychosocial theories of aging: Self-fulfilling theory/continuity theory - correct answer coping skills and goal achievement determine if they will successfully cope with later years What are the tasks for those in Erickson's theory of despair? - correct answer -dissatisfied with life as lived -feeling frightened of what is to come -hopelessness