Late Adulthood and Aging
Care of the Older Person
Skills
Med Term and Abbreviations
The Skeletal System
100
Geriatrics
What is care of the elderly and aging population?
100
Aging adults lose more brain cells, but have had much life experience. Knowledge based on this life experience is also called what?
What is wise?
100
You do these for patients who are on bed rest in order to maintain as much freedom of movement as possible.
What are range of motion exercises?
100
The term for joint
What is arthr/o?
100
Arm and leg bones are examples of these types of bones.
What are long bones?
200
In this stage of growth and development, people are facing their own death.
What is late adulthood or the aging adult?
200
Social and emotional changes include becoming widowed, strengthening relationships with siblings, and what?
What is becoming grandparents OR increased interest in spirituality and religion
200
This is when you move the arm away from the midline of the body.
What abduction of the arm?
200
The abbreviation for range-of-motion
What is ROM?
200
Protection, movement, and this are all functions of the skeletal system.
What is produce blood cells/store Ca/support?
300
Which of the following is not a developmental task of late adulthood? A. Adjusting to aging parents B. Adjusting to retirement and reduced income C. Coping with a partner’s death D. Preparing for one’s own death
What is (a) adjusting to aging parents
300
Gerontology.
What is the study of aging?
300
This is when you decrease the angle of the joint. When you do this for the knee, it is called this.
What is flexion of the knee?
300
The term for chest
What is thorac/o?
300
These are what bones are contained in the appendicular skeleton
What are arms, legs, shoulder, and clavicle
400
The physical changes that occur in a steady, orderly manner.
What is growth?
400
Sense of self-worth, sense of achievement and security are all examples of these in late adulthood.
What are emotional needs?
400
This is when you bend the foot down at the ankle
What is plantar flexion?
400
The term for inflammation of the joints
What is arthritis?
400
List two things that happen to the bone as it ages
What is become more brittle, shrink in size (decreasing the height of the person), weaken, joints stiffen
500
This is the time when menstruation stops.
What is menopause?
500
List two ways the health care worker can assist in providing for the special needs of the elderly in: Nutrition Sleep Exercise
Nutrition - easy to digest foods, setting them up to eat on their own, monitor eating habits Sleep - back rub, light snack, music Exercise - ROM, taking for walk
500
List 3 safety precautions when doing ROM for a patient?
What is - going slowly, smoothly, and gently - not forcing a joint to go further if joint is stiff - not forcing a joint to the point of pain - exercise only the body parts you've been told to exercise
500
The term for skull
What is crani?
500
This joint allows movement in all directions.
What is the ball-and-socket joint?
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