Gerontology Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and
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effects of ageism - ✔✔aging anxiety, fears and worries about detrimental effects
Roles of Gerontological Nurse - ✔✔assist in them reaching highest level of wellness
empower, enhance, and support
work with patient and family to develop plans of care
Ethnogeriatrics - ✔✔integration of ethnicity, aging, and health
includes health care for older adults from diverse ethnic populations
importance of culturally competent care - ✔✔increase patient satisfaction
increase quality of care
decrease health disparities that are due to lack of culturally competent care
wear & tear theory - biological theories - ✔✔body can be like a machine that is expected to function well
during the period of its warranty, but that will wear out in a predictable time
cross linkage theory - biological theories - ✔✔proposes that molecular structures that normally are
separated may be bound together through chemical reactions
free radical theory - biological theories - ✔✔postulates that although most organisms have severe
mechanisms of antioxidant defense, damage to cells cannot be avoided and increases with age
immunological theory - ✔✔suggests that aging is a result of an accumulation of damage to the immune
system
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,activity theory - ✔✔the ideal of life is to maintain as active as possible
this is possible when living in a stable society
the older person will have access to positive people in their life and participate in society
disengagement theory - ✔✔natural course of aging, the person should slowly start withdrawing from
society to allow transfer of power to the younger generation
needed to maintain social equilibrium
this provides basis of age discrimination
social enhance theory - ✔✔as one ages they have fewer economic resources to contribute to society = a
loss of social status, self esteem and political power
those that maintain financial resources fully participate in society and successful aging
developmental theories - ✔✔eriksons hierarchy, last stage is to look back at their life and reflect
if one can look back with few regrets and feel satisfaction they have lived a successful life
gerontranscendence - ✔✔aging is ever evolving, it alters one's reality, sense of spirituality, and meaning
beyond self
wisdom is achieved through personal transformation and transcendence is a maker of successful aging
spiritual distress - ✔✔can be manifested by anger, guilt blaming, hatred, expression of alienation, turning
away from family and friends, inability to derive pleasure, and inability to participate in religious
activities
cognition & aging - ✔✔cognition is the process of acquiring, storing, sharing, and using information
includes; language thought process, memory, execution of junction, judgement, attention and perception
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, cognition can remain stable or decline with aging
memory - ✔✔the ability to retain and store info, retrieve the info when needed; immediate, short term,
and long term memory.
familiarly, previous learning, and life experiences can compensate for memory loss
Age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) - ✔✔normal memory loss due to age
factors influencing ability to mange stress - ✔✔health fitness
sense of control over events
awareness of self and others
patience and tolerance
resilience
hardiness
resourcefulness
social suport
strong sense of self
those not successful in managing transitions and stressors have - ✔✔lack of social support
accumulated stressor
unresolved grief
pre-existing psychiatric illness
cognitive impairment
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effects of ageism - ✔✔aging anxiety, fears and worries about detrimental effects
Roles of Gerontological Nurse - ✔✔assist in them reaching highest level of wellness
empower, enhance, and support
work with patient and family to develop plans of care
Ethnogeriatrics - ✔✔integration of ethnicity, aging, and health
includes health care for older adults from diverse ethnic populations
importance of culturally competent care - ✔✔increase patient satisfaction
increase quality of care
decrease health disparities that are due to lack of culturally competent care
wear & tear theory - biological theories - ✔✔body can be like a machine that is expected to function well
during the period of its warranty, but that will wear out in a predictable time
cross linkage theory - biological theories - ✔✔proposes that molecular structures that normally are
separated may be bound together through chemical reactions
free radical theory - biological theories - ✔✔postulates that although most organisms have severe
mechanisms of antioxidant defense, damage to cells cannot be avoided and increases with age
immunological theory - ✔✔suggests that aging is a result of an accumulation of damage to the immune
system
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,activity theory - ✔✔the ideal of life is to maintain as active as possible
this is possible when living in a stable society
the older person will have access to positive people in their life and participate in society
disengagement theory - ✔✔natural course of aging, the person should slowly start withdrawing from
society to allow transfer of power to the younger generation
needed to maintain social equilibrium
this provides basis of age discrimination
social enhance theory - ✔✔as one ages they have fewer economic resources to contribute to society = a
loss of social status, self esteem and political power
those that maintain financial resources fully participate in society and successful aging
developmental theories - ✔✔eriksons hierarchy, last stage is to look back at their life and reflect
if one can look back with few regrets and feel satisfaction they have lived a successful life
gerontranscendence - ✔✔aging is ever evolving, it alters one's reality, sense of spirituality, and meaning
beyond self
wisdom is achieved through personal transformation and transcendence is a maker of successful aging
spiritual distress - ✔✔can be manifested by anger, guilt blaming, hatred, expression of alienation, turning
away from family and friends, inability to derive pleasure, and inability to participate in religious
activities
cognition & aging - ✔✔cognition is the process of acquiring, storing, sharing, and using information
includes; language thought process, memory, execution of junction, judgement, attention and perception
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, cognition can remain stable or decline with aging
memory - ✔✔the ability to retain and store info, retrieve the info when needed; immediate, short term,
and long term memory.
familiarly, previous learning, and life experiences can compensate for memory loss
Age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) - ✔✔normal memory loss due to age
factors influencing ability to mange stress - ✔✔health fitness
sense of control over events
awareness of self and others
patience and tolerance
resilience
hardiness
resourcefulness
social suport
strong sense of self
those not successful in managing transitions and stressors have - ✔✔lack of social support
accumulated stressor
unresolved grief
pre-existing psychiatric illness
cognitive impairment
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