| Question | Answer |
| nocturia | need to get up at night & empty bladder |
| apoptosis | programmed cell death |
| Programmed theories | endocrine theory
autoimmune disease
Hayflick theory |
| Error theories | Wear & Tear theory
genetic mutations (somatic DNA damage)
cross-linking |
| Longevity Enhancement | DHEA
HGH
Caloric Restriction
Telomere Therapy
Cloning/organ replacement
Cryonics |
| age dependent diseases | cataracts
osterporosis
emphysema
wrinkles
osteoarthritis
nodular prostate.. |
| age related | heart disease
hypertension
heart attack
stroke
Alzhiemer's
Parkinson's |
| intelligence scale: 6 verbal, 5 performance | Wechsler Adult intelligence scale |
| fluid intelligence | 1 spacial orientation
2 abstract reasoning
3 word fluency
4 inductive reasoning |
| crystallized intelligence | 1 verbal meaning
2 word association
3 social judgment
4 number skills |
| IQ | - problem solving
- verbal competence
- social competence |
| professional ageism | over-generalization of Alzheimer's |
| Irreversible Dementias | degenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's)
Huntington's
AIDS
neurosyphilis |
| Reversible Dementias | delirium
toxic reactions
depression
vitamin B12 deficiency
hydrosephalus
tumors
subdural hematomas |
| Terminal Drop/Decline | rapid decline in cognitive function within 5 yrs of death |
| Role Theory | role based on age
- age norms
- age appropriate
- role exit |
| Disengagement Theory vs.
Activity Theory vs.
Gerotranscendence Theory | withdraw
stay active
look inside |
| Continuity theory | maintain patterns of behavior as you age |
| age passing | looking younger to get privileges of youth |
| intimacy @ a distance | contact via phone, email, letters etc |
| skipped generation household | grandparents parenting grandkid |
| Social integration | social networks + social support=
social integration |
| average caregiver | 46, female, married, works, $35,000 |
| ten year rule | if married for 10 yrs, get spouse's social security |
| Reverse Annuity mortgages (RAMs) | stays in home until death
signs house to bank |
| Eden Alternative | Bill Thomas
animals in nursing home |
| 3-legged stool of retirement | 1 social security
2 savings
3 pensions |
| gerontology vs.
geriatrics | study of old
elderly's medicine |
| Patient Advocate Forms | 1 no life support
2 life support if likely to recover
3 life support at all costs |
