GERI TERMS AND DATA
NEGATIVE FEELINGS AND BEHAVIORS AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE
WHAT IS AGEISM?
BERRIES, apples, avocados, green tea, dark chocolate
WHAT ARE ANTIOXIDANT FOODS THAT CAN HELP MINIMIZE CELL DAMAGE FROM FREE RADICALS?
PRIMARY PREVENTION AND
SECONDARY PREVENTION
WHAT ARE ACTIVE INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE HEALTH & EARLY DETECTION TREATMENT OF DISEASE?
DECREASE IN BODY FLUIDS CAUSING THICKENING OF PLASMA
WHAT PUTS THE ELDERLY AT RISK FOR INCREASED BLOOD CLOTS?
COMMON DISEASE TRIAD IN THE ELDERLY
WHAT ARE HYPERTENSION, DIABETES AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE?
BRANCH OF MEDICINE DEVOTED TO AGING
WHAT IS GERIATRICS?
AGING IS CAUSED BY OXIDATIVE DAMAGE TO CELLS AND TISSUES DURING AEROBIC RESPIRATION
WHAT IS THE FREE RADICAL THEORY OF AGING?
MEDICARE
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR PERSONS OVER 65 YRS OF AGE?
DECREASE IN RBC'S, H&H AND WBC'S
WHAT PUTS THE ELDERLY AT RISK FOR ANEMIA, AND DECREASED ABILITY TO FIGHT INFECTION
RIGHT SIDED HEART FAILURE VS
LEFT SIDED HEART FAILURE
WHAT ARE PERIPHERAL SYMPTOMS (JVD, LE EDEMA, ASCITES) VS LUNG SYMPTOMS (DEC. PULSE OX, CRACKLES, DYSPNEA, COUGH)?
UTI'S, ANEMIA AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
WHAT COULD CAUSE DISORIENTATION IN THE OLDER CLIENT
A CODE PREDICTS PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, RISK FOR DISEASES, even AGE & CAUSE OF DEATH
WHAT IS THE GENETIC THEORY?
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
WHAT IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF STRESS FOR FAMILIES AND CLIENTS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE?
INCREASED FAT DEPOSITS IN ARTERIES &THICKENING AND LOSS OF ELASTICITY IN ARTERIES
WHAT ARE ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ARTERIOSCLEROSIS?
NITROGLYCERIN VS STREPTOKINASE
NTG FOR ANGINA
STREPTOKINASE WITHIN 3 HOURS FOR MI (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION)
85%
WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF ADULTS LIVING WITH FAMILY OR IN COMMUNITIES?
PRIMARY CAUSE OF AGING PROCESS IS A DECLINE IN THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO PATHOGENS AND VACCINES
WHAT IS THE IMMUNE THEORY OF AGING?
TO ASSESS
WHAT IS THE LPN'S MAJOR ROLE IN REGARD TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF OLDER CLIENTS?
DECREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT AND INCREASED RISK FOR ARRYTHMIAS
WHAT ARE SLOWER HEART RATES AND DECREASED PACEMEAKER CELLS IN THE ELDERLY?
HELPS TO ALLEVIATE POSTURAL HYPOTENSION
WHAT ARE REVIEW MEDS, ASK FOR DECREASE IN BP MEDS, TAKE BP LYING, SITTING AND STANDING, INCREASE FLUID INTAKE, TED STOCKINGS, ABDOMINAL BINDER?
1.3 MILLION
THE NUMBER OF elderly adults in the U.S. (65 or older), LIVING in nursing homes.
UNSTABLE ATOMS OR MOLECULES (WITH UNPAIRED ELECTRONS) THAT CAN DAMAGE CELLS
WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS?
PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MISUSE OF ASSETS, NEGLECT AND MEDICAL ABUSE
WHAT ARE THE 5 CLASSIFICATIONS IN WHICH THE AMA ISSUED GUIDELINES FOR IDENTIFICATION & TREATMENT of ABUSE IN THE ELDERLY?
CAUSES ORGAN ISCHEMIA, LESS BLOOD FILTERS THROUGH KIDNEYS, LOWER GFR, confusion & dizziness
WHAT ARE LOWER BP AND ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION AND DECREASED BLOOD SUPPLY TO SYSTEMS IN THE ELDERLY?
COMMON CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA SEEN IN THE ELDERLY THAT PUTS THEM AT RISK FOR BLOOD CLOTS AND MEDS USED FOR IT
WHAT IS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION- ANTICOAGULANTS & BETA BLOCKERS AND CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS?