NURP 503 Exam 3 – Geriatrics (100% accurate answers)

High risk predictors of functional decline: correct answers > 70 yrs old Living alone Lacking support systems Self-care deficits Recognized need for skilled care at home Hospitalization Recent hospital discharge High risk diagnoses: correct answers FTT Heart failure A-fib Pneumonia Digoxin toxicity Sensory deficits Diabetes High risk sx correct answers A fall New onset of incontinence Syncope Mental status changes Frailty definition correct answers A biological syndrome of decreased reserves in multiple systems that results from dysregulation that can occur w/ aging and is initiated by physiologic changes of aging, disease, and/or lack of activity or inadequate nutritional intake FTT correct answers Assoc w/ weight loss, functional loss, and social w/drawal Increases w/ age Men > women Causes of fraility & FTT: correct answers Organic illness Polypharmacy Depression Dementia Inadequate social support Clinical features: Fraility correct answers Generalized weakness (lack of energy) Weight loss Memory loss Biochemical abnormalities (low albumin, low cholesterol) Psychological components of fraility correct answers Problems in social relatedness Cognitive dysfunction Dependency Feelings of exclusion, shame, helplessness, worthlessness, loneliness