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Found of Nurs Ch.33

Health Promotion and Care of the Older Adult

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Ageism Process of systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because of of their advanced age.
Akinesia Abnormal state of motor and psychic hypoactivity.
Aphasia DIFFICULTY SPEAKING; Abnormal neurologic condition in which language function is defective or absent beacause of an injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex.
Ataxia Abnormal condition characterized by impaired ability to coordinate movement.
Chronologic Age Age of an individual expressed as time elapsed since birth.
Claudication Weakness of the legs accompanined by cramp like pain in the calves caues by poor circulation of the blood to the leg muscles.
Dementia A slow, progressive, organic mental disorder characterized by chronic personality disintergration, detereoration of intellectual capacity and function, and memory loss that leads to confusion, disorientation, and stupor.An expample is Alzheimers Disease.
Dysarthria DIFFICULT, POORLY ARTICULATED SPEECH resulting from interference in the control over the muscles of speech.
Dysphagia DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING
Hemiplegia PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY
Kyphosis HUMPBACK; An abnormal condition of the vertebral column; characterized by increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine.
Nocturia EXCESSIVE URINATION AT NIGHT
Othostatic Hypotension A drop of 25 mm Hg in systolic pressure and a drop of 10 mm Hg in diastolic pressure when moving from a lying to sitting position.
Presbycusis A NORMAL LOSS OF OF HEARING ACUITY, speech intelligiblity, audtiory threshold, and pitch associated with aging.
Presbyopia DEFECT IN VISION in advancing age involving loss of accomodation or recession of near vision; due to loss of elasticity of crystalline lens.
Pruritus SYMPTOMS OF ITCHING; an uncomfortable sensation leading to the urge to scratch; scratching often leads to a secondary infection. Some causes of pruritus are allergy, infection, elevated serum urea, jaundice, and skin irritation.
Senile State of physical and mental deterioration associated with aging.
Shearing forces Applied forces or pressure exerted against the surface and layers of the skin as tissue slides in opposite but parellel planes.
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