Sociological
Psychological
Stochastic Theories
Nonstochastic Theories
Miscellaneous
100
The elderly prefer to segregate from society in an aging subculture sharing loss of status and societal negativity regarding the aged.
What is Subculture
100
Five basic needs motivate basic human behavior in a lifelong process toward need fulfillment.
What is Human Needs Theory
100
Membranes, nucleic acid, and proteins are damaged by free radicals, which causes cellular injury and aging.
What is Free Radical Theory
100
Aging is due to faulty immunological function, which is linked to general well-being.
What is Immunological Theory
100
Blackberries, strawberries, and pomegranate
What are antioxidants
200
Function is affected by ego strength, mobility, health, cognition, sensory perception, and the environment.
What is Person-Environment Fit
200
Life stages are predictable and structured by roles, relationships, values, and goals.
What is Life-course/life span development
200
Cells wear out and cannot function with aging.
What is Wear and Tear Theory
200
Cells divide until they are no longer able to, and this triggers apoptosis.
What is Programmed theory
200
Gradual withdrawal from society and relationships serves to maintain social equilibrium and promote internal reflection.
What is Disengagement theory
300
Society is stratified by age groups that are the basis for acquiring resources, roles, status, and deference from others.
What is Age Stratification
300
Individuals cope with aging losses through activity/role selection, optimization, and compensation.
What is Selective Optimization with compensation
300
With aging, proteins impede metabolic processes and cause trouble with getting nutrients to cells and removing cellular waste products.
What is Connective Tissue/Cross-link Theory
300
View aging as a series of predetermined events happening to all organisms in a timed framework.
What is Nonstochastic theories
300
Failure to thrive results from a discord between the individual and his or her environment or relationships. Nurses identify and modify factors.
What is Theory of thriving
400
Personality influences roles and life satisfaction and remains consistent throughout life.
What is Continuity
400
Personality develops in 8 sequential stages with corresponding life tasks.
What is Stages of Personality Development
400
Errors in DNA and RNA synthesis occur with aging
What is Orgel/Error Theory
400
Cells have a genetically programed aging code.
What is Gene/biological clock theory
400
Remaining occupied and involved is necessary to a satisfying late-life.
What is Activity theory
500
The elderly transform from a materialistic/rational perspective toward oneness with the universe.
What is Gerotranscendence
500
Personality consists of an ego and personal and collective unconsciousness that views life from a personal or external perspective.
What is Individualism Theory
500
Identifies episodic events that happen throughout one's life that cause random cell damage and accumulate over time, thus causing aging.
What is a Stochastic Perspective
500
Problems with the hypothalamus-pituitary-endocrine gland feedback system cause disease.
What is Neuroendocrine theory
500
Environmental and biophysical consequences impact functioning. Nurses role is risk reduction.
What is Functional Consequences Theory
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