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Gch6
chapter 6- gerontology
Question | Answer |
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Personality | unique pattern of innate and learned behaviors, thoughts and emotions that influence how each person responds and interacts with the environment. |
Risk factors for depression | female, unmarried, co-morbidities, chronic financial strain, family, lack of social support |
Unipolar depression | most common, 5 or more symptoms are present for at least 2 weeks. (Feeling sad, hopeless, worthless, pessimistic, changes in sleep and eating patterns) |
Symptoms of depression that is confused with normal aging | sadness, feeling of emptiness, anxiety, loss of interest in the environment, lack of self care, changes in eating and sleeping patterns |
Dementia | Not a disorder! Category of diseases. Conditions that are caused or associated with damage of brain tissue, resulting in impaired cognitive function, and in more advanced stages, impaired behavior and personality |
Characteristics of dementia | change in ability to recall events in recent memory, problems with comprehension, attention span and judgement. Disorientation to time, place and person. |
Delirium | reversible dementia that has a more rapid onset than other types of dementia. A disturbance of consciousness with inattention that develops over a short time and fluctuate. |
Signs of delirium | -abrupt changes in behavior -fluctuations in behavior throughout the day -worse at night and when first awake -inability to focus -problems with short-term memory -hallucinations -irrational speech -disturbance in sleep patterns |