Physical
What ages does physical changes start to happen?
From ages 70-80
What causes trouble in the elder's social skills?
Death
What is a disease called when you have permanent loss of memory?
Alzheimer's disease
What is the difference between elders and young adults?
young adults stress and become depressed while elders just enjoy life.
What are some basic needs for elders?
Self-esteem, financial security, social acceptance, and love
When your bones begen to fracture or break what is your body doing?
You are becoming old
What can lead to loss of self-esteem?
Retirement
Thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries?
Arteriosclerosis
What can make someone depressed?
Death of a spouse and friends, physical problems, financial problems.
Health care providers, family, and friends should provide a _____ _____ for elders.
Safe Environment.
What starts to happen when your nervous system starts to decline?
U start getting hearing loss and decreased visual activity
What do elders do to improve their social skills?
They continue in other social activities to make new social contracts
What age is well-orientated and alert?
90
How are emotional stability varied?
Individuals in age groups
What do elders have to do when they are moved to a new location?
Adapt to physical and mental changes
What are brown and yellow spots on the skin called?
Age Spots
What is one major thing that is associated with self-identity?
Work/Jobs
What are elderly people who remain mentally active willing to do?
They are willing to learn new things to show less signs of mental abilities
How does elderly people deal with stress?
By aging and remaining happy to enjoy life
True or False:
Needs and care are the same in every life stage?
True
What are people classified when they are ages 65 and older?
Elderly
What can help and mess up elder's social skills
Moving to an new enviorment
Many elderly people remember things from _________
but not from ______.
20 years ago; Yesterday
Why arent elders always stressing?
They have probably done that already
When elders express their fears you should also tell them about their _____.
Positive acoumplishments