NUR 1021C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 2: Health Promotion, Ageism, Baby Boomers
10 Feb 2020
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Instead, they generalize undesirable characteristics to all older adults: many negative attitudes about aging are based on myths and incorrect information regarding growing old. Iv: gerontology: the study of aging and older adults, geriatrics: associated with the medical care of older adults, development. Physiological aging: miller developed the functional consequences theory. These bonds cause loss of elasticity, stiffness, and eventual loss of function. Integumentary: progressive wrinkling and sagging of the skin, brown age spots , decreased respiration, thinning and graying of the scalp, pubic, axillary hair, slower nail growth and increased thickening with ridges, neuromuscular. Promoting health in older adults: decreased speed and power of skeletal muscle contractions, slowed reaction time, loss of height (stature, loss of bone mass, joint stiffness, greater difficulty in complex learning and abstraction. Increase in diastolic and systolic blood pressure: gastrointestinal, delayed swallowing time. Increased time to sexual arousal: decreased firmness of erection, increased refractory period, decreased vaginal lubrication and elasticity.
