Health Sciences 2711A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Varicose Veins, Pulmonary Artery, Lean Body Mass

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Marie Savundranayagam

Document Summary

Overly focused on health of individual, doesn"t take social context into account (easy to blame the victim for unsuccessful aging, but remember structural lag) No limitation in adl (activities of daily living) Ability to perform a variety of tasks (- telephone-based cognitive assessment) Progressive decline in physical function due to increasing age (e. g. decline in cardiac function) Important to define what is age-associated and what is treatable (best use of resources) e. x. depression is treatable, but if you believe that depression is an age change you won"t treat oas. Musculoskeletal changes - loss of bone in vertebrae - > weakening of vertebrae -> spine collapses and. Loss of muscle mass - basal metabolic rate slows, less calories needed, sarcopenia (loss of skeletal muscle mass) = greater proportion of fat. Weight loss in oa can be due to loss of muscle and not fat!