adulthood smirnoff
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cultural demands | adult development shaped primarily by... |
| transition | bridge or juncture between successive stages |
| normative crisis | period of rapid change and turmoil that strains a person's adaptive capacity |
| stage | period of consolidation of skills and capacities |
| plateau | period of developmental stability |
| rite of passage | social ritual that facilitates a transition |
| regression | temporary retrograde vector in development |
| denial, grief, ambivalence, over-idealizing, detachment | stages of bereavement (grief) |
| 5 yr, 8 | stages of aging go up in ___ increments between each stage, the number of stages |
| 25 | bodies slow down around what age |
| 40s | mental process speed declines in our... along with short term memory |
| 50 | perception slows by this age |
| 50 | recall slows by this age |
| 70 | greater difficulty maintaining attention and focus |
| vocabulary improves, developmental intelligence, pattern recognition, greater judgment, greater patience, greater persistance | age improves what kind of reasoning (6) |
| 15.7 | life expectancy at age 65 for men |
| 20.3 | life expectancy at age 65 for women |
| exercise, diet, attitude, adjustment | factors which have positive physiological effect on health as age |
| 80% | number of 65 and over with at least 1 chronic disease |
| malnutrition, alcoholism, treatable physical illness | 3 problems often misdiagnosed as senility |
| arthritis, hypertension, hearing impair, heart disease, cataracts, orthopedic deformity, chronic sinusilis, diabetes, visual impairment, varicose veins | top 10 chronic conditions for people 65+ |
| physical, emotional, spiritual well-being, pass on cultural values, care services by grandparents | social activity benefits (5) |
| health, economics, personality | social activity limited by |
| ageism | discrimination of old people |
| 75% | health described as good by % of 65-74 yr olds |
| 67% | percent of health described as good by 75+ yr olds |
| fear of old age, negative experiences with older people, poor care of patient, burnout | affects of negative unconscious biases of counter transference |
| 35%, 10% | 1959 number of people over 65 below the poverty level, at 1995? |
| maintained | sexual activity ____ with age |
| 5%, women, 50 | ltc % of people over 65, women or men?, ____% of demagraphic in nursing home that is older than 85 |
| 35% | number of people requiring care in lt facility at some time |
| heredity, past experiences, present situation | 3 components of personality |
| changes | personality ___ with age |
| dependent- clinger, compulsive- rigid, stubborn, narcissistic- showoff, paranoid- suspicious, mistrustful | stress causes exaggeration of personality traits examples (4) |
| cognition | process of obtaining, organizing and using intellectual knowledge |
| organic brain function | cognitive capacity measure... |
| cognitive capacity screening exam | takes 5 minutes, scores less than 20 suggest possible organic mental disorder, review history and pe of patient |
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