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NUR 401 Community Ch 19 Nies - Senior Health fully solved
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NUR 401 Community Ch 19 Nies - SeniorHealth fully solved
advance directive - correct answer ✔✔a written document in which a competent person gives
instructions about his or her health care that are to be implemented in the future if the individual is not
able to make the decisions
aging - correct answer ✔✔a universal human experience that culminates in a final end
alternative housing options - correct answer ✔✔refers to the various types of housing that the elderly
may choose. These include retirement communities or apartments, continuing care retirement facilities,
assisted living facilities, and board and care facilities and homes. Services at these facilities include meal
preparation, housekeeping, laundry, and medication administration.
Alzheimer's disease - correct answer ✔✔a slowly progressive brain disorder that begins with mild
memory loss and progresses through stages to total incapacitation and eventually death
anxiety disorder - correct answer ✔✔a disorder involving tension within a person or system that
increases emotional reactivity 19
crime any act that violates a law and may have criminal intent
depression - correct answer ✔✔a disorder characterized by an all-pervasive sadness that is present
much of the time
elder abuse - correct answer ✔✔a reportable offense of physical, psychological, or material abuse, as
well as violation of the rights of safety, security, and adequate health care of older adults
falls - correct answer ✔✔a condition of coming down freely, usually under the influence of gravity; can
be especially harmful for the elderly
, glaucoma - correct answer ✔✔an abnormal condition of elevated pressure within an eye caused by
obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor
guardianship - correct answer ✔✔a legal status that places an individual's medical treatment, housing,
personal needs, finances, and property in the hands of another person
macular degeneration - correct answer ✔✔A chronic eye disease that occurs when tissue in the macula,
the part of the retina that is responsible for central vision, deteriorates
Medicaid - correct answer ✔✔Title XIX Social Security Amendment (1965), a combined federal and state
program. The program provides access to care for the poor and medically needy of all ages.
Medicare - correct answer ✔✔Title XVIII Social Security Amendment (1965), a federal program
administered by the Health Care Financing Administration, which pays specified health care services for
all persons older than 65 years who are eligible to receive Social Security benefits
Social Security - correct answer ✔✔a U.S. federal statute that provides for a national system of old age
assistance, survivors' and old age insurance benefits, unemployment insurance and compensation, and
other public welfare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid
suicide - correct answer ✔✔the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally
In reviewing research related to client actions that may retard the aging process, the nurse is aware that
such research is based on stochastic theories of aging. Why?
Stochastic theories state that normal cells divide a specific number of times and the number of cell
divisions is proportional to the life span of the species.
Stochastic theories state that aging is a programmed decline in the functioning of the nervous,
endocrine, and immune systems.
Nonstochastic theories propose that aging is a result of a loss of self-regulation between the body and
cells, resulting in an immune response that is not reversible or decelerating.
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