Miscellaneous
Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age.
What is ageism
A form of communication presents a barrier to effectively communicating with older adults?
What is Elderspeak?
A chronic condition that is the most common sensory impairment in Canadians over the age of 60?
What is hearing loss?
Total sleep time and sleep efficiency are reduced; frequent awakenings, daytime naps.
What is age-related sleep changes?
The most common activity that precipitates a fall.
What is some form of locomotion - e.g., walking.
A term defined as the application of limited knowledge about one person with specific characteristics to other persons with the same characteristics?î
The type of question a nurse should avoid when communicating with an older person who has aphasia
What is open-ended answers.
A vision condition that is marked by an increased sensitivity to glare, decreased ability to adjust to darkness, and decreased accommodation.
What is diminished presbyopia or Cataracts
A sleep disorder characterized by a repetitive cessation (>10 seconds) of respiration during sleep?
What is obstructive sleep apnea
How risk factors for falls are categorized.
What is intrinsic (person-centered) or extrinsic risk factors?
True or False: It is very difficult for older adults to learn new things.
What is False: Although learning performance tends on average to decline with age, all age groups can learn.
The three major categories of impaired verbal communication that arise from neurological disturbances are:
Reception, perception, articulation
A 85 year-old male states, "I am having problems hearing high-pitched sounds and changes in voice tones". This medical condition is known as?
What is Presbyacusis?
Limit daytime naps, exercise, avoid stimulants, establish regular bedtime routine.
What are examples of sleep hygiene rules.
Most older persons who fall will do this.
What is "fall again".
True or False: As people live longer, they face fewer acute conditions and more chronic health conditions.
True: The incidence of acute or temporary conditions, such as infections or the common cold, decreases with age, although those that do occur can be more debilitating and require more care. Older people are much more likely than the young to suffer from chronic conditions.
A source of information regarding diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis that is critical to know when working with older persons
What is life stories?
The most common and easily corrected of all interferences in the hearing of older persons
What is cerumen
A factor that is restorative, recuperative and necessary for the preservation of life and contributes to the overall physical and mental well-being of the older person.
What is rest.
The most common cardiovascular risk associated with falls.
What is orthostatic hypotension?