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Care of Elderly Patients

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State oh heightened awareness; hallucinations and vivid dreams present; often has emotional outbursts.
A form of dementia which is strongly associated with aging. Diagnosis is based on symptoms until characteristic neurofibrillary tangles in the brain on autopsy is seen.
The CVA is caused by a blood clot.
Any unwanted sexual contact.
The practice of discrimination and prejudice against elders.
Misinterpretation of sensory stimuli, such as seeing a coat rack but believing it is a human.
Associated with the ways in which one feels and behaves, as opposed to the actual chronological age that one is.
The cause may either be a clot in a blood vessel or a bleeding blood vessel in the brain.
Heart muscle loses elasticity, the blood vessels narrow which causes circulatory changes that puts the person at high risk for this.
The caretaker has omitted providing basic necessary care such as food or fluids, hygiene, or safe environment.
Occurs when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, or opaque, causing visual blurring.
Seniors that have been injured, exploited, or otherwise mistreated by a caregiver.
Individual who are 85 years and older.
A recliner with side arms, a lap belt, and wheels so it may be navigated through the hallways.
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Individuals aged 75-85.
Deterioration of cognitive functioning without a disturbance in consciousness.
A false perception having no relation to reality; the person may believe that he or she sees, hears, or smells something that is not really present.
A temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain, causing sudden symptoms of dizziness, visual changes, weakness, numbness in one or more limbs and difficulty swallowing.
Eye disease characterized by increased intraocular pressure, which affects the optic nerve and can lead to blindness
The CVA is caused by a bleeding blood vessel in the brain.
Same as transient ischemic attack
Cannot think clearly; considered a cognitive impairment.
Individuals aged 65 to 75.
Centenarians or 100 years of age or older.