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What are geriatric syndromes? - Answer Clinical conditions in older adults that do not fit into specific disease categories What evidence-based practice is used to detect fratility and geriatric syndromes? - Answer Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) 5 common conditions of older adults - Answer pressure ulcers, incontinence, falls, functional decline, delirium Newly classified syndromes of the older adult - Answer malnutrition, sleeping/eating/feeding problems Evolving syndromes of the older adult - Answer Sarcopenia, polypharmacy, pain, frailty, polypharmacy What are shared risk factors for geriatric syndromes? - Answer 1. older age 2. baseline cognitive impairment 3. baseline functional impairment 4. impaired mobility An 88-year-old client is prone to chronic constipation and ask the nurse why. The nurse should explain what age-related physiological change? - Answer Slow peristalsis Which assessment finding is most significant when determining care for the older adult client with sarcopenia? - Answer Decrease in muscle mass as a result of a reduction in protein synthesis An older adult client admits to experiencing urinary incontinence. Which question will the nurse ask first? - Answer "When did it start?"