With aging skin loses elasticity, strength and this layer
What is fatty tissue or subcutaneous?
100
Do to difficulty swallowing, some may have to have this texture of food
What is pureed?
100
2 types of taste that are lost first as we age.
What are sweet and salty?
100
The care of aging people
What is geriatrics?
200
Many older people adjust to social changes by becoming involved in community and religious events, through new friendships volunteering and this activity
What are hobbies?
200
Illness of the brain found in persons commonly in their elderly years and is often indicated by signs of dementia
What is Alzheimer's disease
200
In the condition Diverticulosis, these foods are avoided: seeds, nuts, corn and this outer covering.
What is skins of fruit?
200
Sensitivity to pain and pressure are reduced with aging and are part of this sense
What is touch?
200
Difficulty swallowing
What is Dysphagia?
300
Although a facility that provides a home and some services, nursing care is not generally provided here
What is assisted living?
300
These 2 hormones decrease with aging in females
What is estrogen and progesterone?
300
This starchy substance is sometimes added to liquid for persons with dysphagia
What is "thick-it"
300
This sound is harder to hear as we age
What is high-pitched?
300
A non-family person outside of the facility who supports or promotes the needs and interests of an older person
What is Ombudsman?
400
This gender is known to live longer
What is female?
400
Gray hair, slowed movements and this skin change are most obvious signs of growing old
What is wrinkles?
400
As activity levels decline, needed consumption of these "energy producers" decline
What are calories?
400
The 2 colors that are harder to see as aging occurs
What are green and blue?
400
The decrease in size or the wasting away of tissue (typically occurs in muscles)
What is atrophy?
500
These roles are reversed due to changes with aging
What is parent/child roles?
500
This occurs when blood flow decreases to the brain and may result in falls and injury
What is dizziness?
500
Increasing this type of food in your diet can help decrease constipation