Safe Medication Use
The use of multiple medications in the Older Adult
What is polypharmacy?
Older women are prone to developing fractures.
What is osteoporosis?
The law that was considered the first significant step in improving the lives of older Americans.
What is the Federal Old Age Insurance Law under the Social Security Act?
The fifth vital sign.
What is pain?
The generation of individuals born between 1946 and 1964.
What are Baby Boomers?
The first line treatment for insomnia.
What are non-pharmacologic therapies?
Safety is jeopardized in the older adult with the loss of 2 different senses.
What is sense of smell and sense of touch?
The health insurance program for older adults.
What is Medicare?
Pain that has been present for 3 months or longer.
What is chronic pain?
The current life expectancy in the U.S.
What is 78.9 years of age?
For this drug, prothrombin time (PT)/international normalization ratio (INR) need to be strictly monitored.
What is Coumadin (warfarin)?
The knowledge accumulated over a lifetime; arises from the dominant hemisphere of the brain.
What is crystallized intelligence?
The act of staying in your own home as you get older.
What is aging in place?
Behavior that best indicates a patient with late-stage dementia is in pain.
What is agitation?
The simultaneous presence of multiple chronic conditions.
What is comorbidity?
Side effects such as dry mouth, constipation, urinary retention, blurred vision, etc.
What are anticholinergic side effects?
In the urinary system this is not a normal part of aging.
What is incontinence?
Name what SPICES stands for.
What are Sleep/Activity Problems with Eating and Feeding Incontinence Confusion Evidence of Falls Skin Breakdown
The pain assessment scale used for patients with dementia.
What is PAINAD?
The study of aging, including the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects.
What is gerontology?
A list of medications that healthcare providers reference to safely prescribe medications for people above age 65.
What is the The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults?
The progressive loss of hearing.
What is prebycusis?
The law that provided nursing home reform.
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)
A characteristic of pain in the bone and soft tissue masses.
What is somatic pain?
Most older adults depend on _______ _________ as more than half of their income.
What is Social Security?