PSY BEH 113D Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Macular Degeneration, Peripheral Vision, Presbycusis

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 113D
• Professor: Valentovich

Document Summary

Older adults at greatest risk of dying from dysthermia. Less able to adjust internal body temperature to outside conditions. For hyperthermia, older adults with heart disease are particularly vulnerable. For hypothermia, risks to older adults seems to reflect impaired ability to maintain core body temperature. Changes in sweat output also contribute as do thinning of the dermal layer of the skin. Loss of ability to focus on near objects. Eye-related diseases cataracts: opacities in the lens of the eye age-related macular degeneration (armd): Loss of vision in central part of eye glaucoma: loss of peripheral vision. Presbycusis: loss of ability to hear high-pitched tones. Exposure to excess noise is the most common cause of hearing loss. Communication strategies for talking to older adults. Don"t talk as if the person isn"t there, or is a child. E. g. , dressing, eating, bathing, using telephone, doing laundry, taking medications.