CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY
Mini Case 2:1 A Misguided Friend
How can you help your friend to understand that her beliefs about older people are not actually correct?
How can you demonstrate to your friend that elderly people are just as capable as anyone else of holding an intelligent conversation?
What could you do to help dispel the myths about older people in your local area?
Mini Case 2:2 The Frail Patient
How can you help Haya to find her room more easily?
What can you and your family do to help Haya and avoid causing her stress?
Should you involve her doctor in her care?
Mini Case 2:3 The Elderly Patient
What is happening to Fahad? Is there anything you can suggest to help him?
Can you suggest ways that Fahad’s daughter can make mealtimes less stressful for everyone?
Should his nocturia be investigated? Why?
1� What measures can be taken to help an individual adapt to or cope with the impaired functioning because of these physical/structural changes in aging?
Differentiate between disease and disability.
List four factors that cause psychosocial changes in aging. For each factor, provide at least two examples of ways an individual can be helped to adapt or cope with the change.
Differentiate between acute dementia (delirium) and chronic dementia. Identify four possible causes for each type of dementia.
Identify factors that can decrease the speed and degree of physical changes in aging. Identify factors that can cause an increase.
How can someone be helped to adapt to retirement?
Why might an elderly person feel a loss of autonomy? How can they be helped?
How can elderly people who develop arthritis be helped to maintain their health and independence?
If an elderly person experiences dyspnea, what is happening and how can the condition be eased or avoided?
How can aging affect an elderly person’s circulation? What can be done to assist in maintaining health?
Layla is an 83-year-old mother of eight and grandmother of 21. Her family is very close and loves to visit at her house every week. They have a meal,
When a loved one becomes confused and disoriented, it impacts everyday life for both the individual and the individual’s family. The financial, mental,
With a partner, create a display that shows the positive aspects of growing older. Use three pictures or graphs to further demonstrate these aging facts.
