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Test1_Chapter 12A
Health Care of the Older Adult - Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| activities of daily living (ADLs): | basic personal care activities;bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, toileting, and transferring |
| advance directive: | a formal, legally endorsed document that provides instructions for care (“living will”) |
| ageism: | a bias that discriminates, stigmatizes, and disadvantages older people based solely on their chronologic age |
| comorbidity: | having more than one illness at the same time (eg, diabetes mellitus and congestive heart failure) |
| delirium: | an acute, confused state that begins with disorientation that if not immediately evaluated and treated, can progress to changes in level of consciousness, irreversible brain damage, and sometimes death |
| dementia: | broad term for a syndrome characterized by a general decline in higher brain functioning, such as reasoning, with a pattern of eventual decline in ability to perform even basic activities of daily living, such as toileting and eating |
| depression: | the most common affective (mood) disorder of old age; results from changes in reuptake of the eurochemical serotonin in response to chronic illness and emotional stresses related to the physical and social changes associated with the aging process |
| durable power of attorney: | a formal, legally endorsed document that identifies a proxy decision maker who can make decisions if the signer becomes incapacitated |
| elder abuse: | the physical, emotional, or financial harm to an elderly person by one or more of the individual’s children, caregivers, or others; includes neglect |
| instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs): | activities that are essential for independent living, such as shopping, cooking, housework, using the telephone, managing medications and finances, and being able to travel by car or public transportation |
| orientation: | a person’s ability to recognize who and where he or she is in a time continuum; used to evaluate one’s basic cognitive status |
| polypharmacy: | the administration of multiple medications at the same time; common in older persons with several chronic illnesses |
| presbycusis: | the decreased ability to hear high-pitched tones that naturally begins in midlife as a result of irreversible inner ear changes |
| presbyopia: | the decrease in visual accommodation that occurs with advancing age |
| sundowning: | increased confusion at night |
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