Death and Dying.. Thanatology COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Detention - ✔✔Decresed ability to cut and chew your food Osteoporosis -
✔✔Porous bones (weakened bones) Kyphosis - ✔✔An exaggerated curvature of
the spine or the typical "dowagers hump" Height - ✔✔After age 30 both sex lose
a centimeter a decade. Atrophy - ✔✔Shrinking of the body fat (slowly after age
50) Pruritus - ✔✔Itching if the skin Decubitus - ✔✔Old peoples skin (Ulcers
and bed sores) Xerostomia - ✔✔Dry mouth Dysphagia - ✔✔Difficulty
swallowing Dysphasia - ✔✔Difficulty speaking Peristalsis - ✔✔Muscle
movement (when this happens constipation) Arteriosclerosis - ✔✔Hardening of
the Arteries Blood pressure - ✔✔Goes up Drugs become - ✔✔More toxic
because they get less absorption/excretion. Presbyopia - ✔✔Farsightedness
(can't see near) Eye problems - ✔✔Hard time adjusting to dark.. increases
injuries and falls Tinnitus - ✔✔Ringing in the ears Cerium - ✔✔Ear wax
buildup Presbycusis - ✔✔Difficulty hearing high pitched sounds Primary Goal -
✔✔Achieving optimal functioning Primary - ✔✔To enhance the quality of life.
Normal body temp in an older person - ✔✔Is slightly lower then a younger
person Pulse and reparations - ✔✔Stays the same Geriatrics - ✔✔Applied body
of knowledge and science used to care for the elderly AARP - ✔✔Powerful
political group that advocates for the elderly Gerontology - ✔✔Study of the
elderly aging process Delirium - ✔✔Acute response in brain functioning (short
term) Dementia - ✔✔Lose of cognitive abilities Polypharnact - ✔✔Many
medications Living will - ✔✔Written when individuals are still competent and
able to determine the type of future treatment they desire. Power of attorney -
✔✔Someone who makes decisions in the entire the person is unable to do so
Grief work - ✔✔Adaptation process of mourning a loss, helps promote physical
and mental health after loss Mourning - ✔✔Reaction activated to assist in
overcoming a great personal loss. Bereavement - ✔✔Common depressed
reaction to death of a loved one. Loss - ✔✔Any aspect of self is no longer
available Obvious loss - ✔✔Death, divorce, loss of a job Less obvious loss -
✔✔Losses precipitated by illness, against, loss of job Actual loss -
✔✔Mastectomy, amputated limb Perceived loss - ✔✔Loss of confidence
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Detention - ✔✔Decresed ability to cut and chew your food Osteoporosis -
✔✔Porous bones (weakened bones) Kyphosis - ✔✔An exaggerated curvature of
the spine or the typical "dowagers hump" Height - ✔✔After age 30 both sex lose
a centimeter a decade. Atrophy - ✔✔Shrinking of the body fat (slowly after age
50) Pruritus - ✔✔Itching if the skin Decubitus - ✔✔Old peoples skin (Ulcers
and bed sores) Xerostomia - ✔✔Dry mouth Dysphagia - ✔✔Difficulty
swallowing Dysphasia - ✔✔Difficulty speaking Peristalsis - ✔✔Muscle
movement (when this happens constipation) Arteriosclerosis - ✔✔Hardening of
the Arteries Blood pressure - ✔✔Goes up Drugs become - ✔✔More toxic
because they get less absorption/excretion. Presbyopia - ✔✔Farsightedness
(can't see near) Eye problems - ✔✔Hard time adjusting to dark.. increases
injuries and falls Tinnitus - ✔✔Ringing in the ears Cerium - ✔✔Ear wax
buildup Presbycusis - ✔✔Difficulty hearing high pitched sounds Primary Goal -
✔✔Achieving optimal functioning Primary - ✔✔To enhance the quality of life.
Normal body temp in an older person - ✔✔Is slightly lower then a younger
person Pulse and reparations - ✔✔Stays the same Geriatrics - ✔✔Applied body
of knowledge and science used to care for the elderly AARP - ✔✔Powerful
political group that advocates for the elderly Gerontology - ✔✔Study of the
elderly aging process Delirium - ✔✔Acute response in brain functioning (short
term) Dementia - ✔✔Lose of cognitive abilities Polypharnact - ✔✔Many
medications Living will - ✔✔Written when individuals are still competent and
able to determine the type of future treatment they desire. Power of attorney -
✔✔Someone who makes decisions in the entire the person is unable to do so
Grief work - ✔✔Adaptation process of mourning a loss, helps promote physical
and mental health after loss Mourning - ✔✔Reaction activated to assist in
overcoming a great personal loss. Bereavement - ✔✔Common depressed
reaction to death of a loved one. Loss - ✔✔Any aspect of self is no longer
available Obvious loss - ✔✔Death, divorce, loss of a job Less obvious loss -
✔✔Losses precipitated by illness, against, loss of job Actual loss -
✔✔Mastectomy, amputated limb Perceived loss - ✔✔Loss of confidence
