Health Sciences 2711A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Dysuria, Longitudinal Study, Amyloid
3 Apr 2016
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Chapter 17 (461-467)-physical and cognitive development in late adulthood mental disabilities dementia- a set of disorders occurring in old age which behaviours are impaired and everyday activities are disrupted. 12 types of dementia have been identi ed and most are irreversible and incurable. Uid intelligence depends on basic information processing skills ability to detect relationships among visual stimuli, speed of analyzing info and capacity of working memory in uenced more by individual abilities than culture begins to decline in 20s. Sister matthia- lived to over 103, with 100 years dementia free, models healthy aging. Sister agnes- had mixed dementia and died at age 92. Sister marcella- lived to 101 with almost no signs of abnormalities, no dementia at all, said she lived a normal life. Judy steen (2007)- ontario braces for a grey wave. * ottawa failure to develop a national strategy to cope with aging population. * mcdowell found 1/3 of us will have dementia at age 85.
