Meds
This medication treats motion sickness
What is Meclizine?
This term is used to describe the person aging in their own home and receive support services for their changing needs, important to facilitate independence.
What is 'aging in place'?
This optic disorder is associated with overexposure to UV lighting, aging, smoking and alcohol; with s/s of blurry vision and worsening night vision.
What is Cataracts?
This is known as an ear infection, shows red or opaque eardrum, yellow, green, or purulent drainage, crying, irritability, fever.
What is Otitis Media?
These are things that can be done to promote safety in geriatrics who are 'aging in place'
What is/are Life-Alert, home visits, meals on wheels, PCA, senior anaerobics
This medication decreases nausea and vomiting
This altered state is acute, potentially reversible, disturbance of conciousness + cognition
What is delirium?
This optic disorder's major symptom is seeing floaters
What is retinal detachment?
This complication happens to older people exposed to loud noises throughout their lives, and often are given hearing aids
What is hearing loss?
This beta blocker is used to treat glaucoma
What is Timolol?
This viral infection is characterized by a painful rash, and is caused by varicella-zoster
What is Shingles?
This ear disorder is associated with tinnitus, "spinning room"
What is Meniere's?
This optic disorder is associated with inadequate draining of aqueous humor from the canal of Schlemm causes increased IOP, loss of peripheral vision
What is Glaucoma?
This is something that patients suffering from glaucoma should NEVER do.
What is bending over to pick something up?
This eye-drop is used to treat glaucoma
What is Latanoprost?
This is a risk factor for the Shingles Virus
This optic disorder is associated with fuzzy and distorted vision, as well as drusen bodies.
What is Age-related Macular Degeneration?
DAILY DOUBLE
This labs ranges from 10-21 mmHg, and measures blood flow to the Eye
This medication is used to relax the client
What is Diazepam?
This procedure is the injection of gas to form a bubble that closes the retinal breaks; the patient must keep their head upright or sideways, and it is a procedure often used to treat retinal detachment.
What is Pneumatic Retinopexy?
This is why children are more prone to Otitis media.
What is shorter and more horizontal Eustachian Tubes?
These vaccines come in one dose and two doses, respectively, and are used to prevent shingles.
What is Zostavax and Shingrix?