basic geriatric nursing

respite - correct answer allows the primary caregiver to have time away from the constant demands of caregiving there by decreasing caregiver stress and the risk for abuse neglect - correct answer failure to provide for the needs of the person under their care mandated reporter - correct answer legally required to report suspected cases of elder or child abuse genrontophobia - correct answer fear of agingand the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of society gerontology, geriatrics - correct answer study of all aspects of the aging process including the clinical psychological economic and sociologic problems of older adults and the consequences of these problems for older adults gerontics - correct answer coined by Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and services provided to older adults geriatrics - correct answer the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people Demographics - correct answer statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it. cohort - correct answer a group of people from a given time period chronological age - correct answer number of years since birth ageism - correct answer discrimination based on age abuse - correct answer physical or emotional harm to someone or financial intentional or unintentional theory - correct answer A hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data Psychosocial - correct answer Pertaining to a combination of psychological and social factors attemp to explain why older adults have different responses to the aging process immunologic theory of aging - correct answer process that aging is a fuction of changes in the immune system which weakens over time to make an aging person more susceptible to disease free radical - correct answer an unstable molecule produced by the body during the normal process of respiration and metabolism or following exposure to radiation and pollution ,they are suspected of causing damage to the cells dna and immune system biologic - correct answer pertaining to organisms biologic aging views aging from a genetic perspective Antioxidants - correct answer chemicals or other agents that retardor inhibit oxifationof a substances to whichthey are added ex: vitamin carotenouds selebium and phytochemicals gastroesophageal reflux disease - correct answer the upward flow of acid from the stomach into the esophagus GERD glaucoma - correct answer increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve with loss of vision hiatal hernia - correct answer protrusion of a part of the stomach upward through the opening in the diaphragm Hypothyroidism - correct answer A disorder caused by a thyroid gland that is slower and less productive than normal symptoms include cold intolerance dry skin and thin body hair constipation depression and lack of energy intermittent claudication - correct answer pain and discomfort in calf muscles while walking; a condition seen in peripheral arterial disease Atherosclerosis - correct answer condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on the inner walls of the arteries tissues of the lower extremities are deprived of oxygen ischemic - correct answer pertaining to a lack of oxygenated blood flow ischemic heart disease - correct answer poor blood supply to the heart via the coronary arteries to the mycocardium nystagmus - correct answer involuntary, jerking movements of the eyes orthostatic hypotension - correct answer abnormally low blood pressure when the person suddenly stands up; postural hypotension deafness - correct answer general term for partial or complete loss of hearing central deafness - correct answer deafness resulting from disease and tumors in the auditory pathways or auditory cortex of the brain