Special Populations Midterm
1. What are the 6 normal physical changes that occur with aging?: 1) Sensory Impairment
2) Vision impairment
3) Hearing deficits
4) Spinal changes
5) Musculoskeletal changes
6) Mental changes
2. As we age, we have sensory impairment of what 3 things?: Position Light touch
Pain
3. As we age, vision impairment occurs due to abnormalities and
accommodataion.: Corneal
4. Hearing deficits occur in about % of patients over 65: 25%
5. As we age, spinal physical changes that may occur include desiccated
, uncinate processes becoming and project bone laterally,
becoming fibrotic & rigid, and the spinal canal may contain
.: Desiccated IVD
Uncinate processes become FLAT and project bone laterally DURAL SLEEVES become
fibrotic & rigid
Spinal canal may contain OSTEOPHYTES
6. T/F: Bone mass decreases after age 50 and occurs faster in women.: FALSE
Bone mass decreases after age *40* & occurs faster in women
7. As we age, there is a/an in muscle mass and a/an in fat,
with tendons and ligaments having a/an extensibility.: Decrease muscle mass
Increase fat
Decreased extensibility
8. T/F: As we age we have a decline in motor coordination, response time, balance, gait, and muscle
weakness: TRUE
9. As we age, normal mental changes include what 4 things?: 1) Problems w/ multi-tasking
2) Slowed speech
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3) Word retrieval & naming
4) Decline in conscious recollection of a person's experienced events
10.For clinical setting adaptations for the aging population, we should en- sure that we have accessible
rooms & doorways, be mind- ful of in the waiting room and adjacent rooms, keep our
quiet, warm, well lit and uncluttered, schedule older pa- tients to ,
and finally have the patient bring in
all their current & .: WHEELCHAIR accessible doorways
and rooms
Mindful of LOUD NOISES in waiting room and adjacent rooms Keep EXAM ROOM quiet,
warm, well it, and uncluttered Schedule older patient MID-MORNING to EARLY
AFTERNOON
Have patient bring in all current MEDICATIONS & SUPPLEMENTS
11.For clinical setting adaptations for the aging population, we should make sure our forms and educational
materials should have large and easy to read fonts, have chairs with and ,
consider sending the form home with the patients, and plan your examina- tion to avoid excessive
changes.: Forms and educational materials should have large PRINT and easy to
read fonts
Have chairs with ARM RESTS & HIGHER SEATS
May need to send HISTORY form home with the patient
Plan examination to avoid excessive POSITION changes
12.During the clinical interview with an aging patient, there may be some challenges that occur including such
as the patient their illness, you may overestimate their
skills as they may not want to admit this has diminished, and their symptoms may overlap with different
disorders.: Patient may UNDER-REPORT their illness (embarrassed at extend of their problems)
You may overestimate their COGNITIVE skills (don't want to admit their skills have diminished)
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1. What are the 6 normal physical changes that occur with aging?: 1) Sensory Impairment
2) Vision impairment
3) Hearing deficits
4) Spinal changes
5) Musculoskeletal changes
6) Mental changes
2. As we age, we have sensory impairment of what 3 things?: Position Light touch
Pain
3. As we age, vision impairment occurs due to abnormalities and
accommodataion.: Corneal
4. Hearing deficits occur in about % of patients over 65: 25%
5. As we age, spinal physical changes that may occur include desiccated
, uncinate processes becoming and project bone laterally,
becoming fibrotic & rigid, and the spinal canal may contain
.: Desiccated IVD
Uncinate processes become FLAT and project bone laterally DURAL SLEEVES become
fibrotic & rigid
Spinal canal may contain OSTEOPHYTES
6. T/F: Bone mass decreases after age 50 and occurs faster in women.: FALSE
Bone mass decreases after age *40* & occurs faster in women
7. As we age, there is a/an in muscle mass and a/an in fat,
with tendons and ligaments having a/an extensibility.: Decrease muscle mass
Increase fat
Decreased extensibility
8. T/F: As we age we have a decline in motor coordination, response time, balance, gait, and muscle
weakness: TRUE
9. As we age, normal mental changes include what 4 things?: 1) Problems w/ multi-tasking
2) Slowed speech
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3) Word retrieval & naming
4) Decline in conscious recollection of a person's experienced events
10.For clinical setting adaptations for the aging population, we should en- sure that we have accessible
rooms & doorways, be mind- ful of in the waiting room and adjacent rooms, keep our
quiet, warm, well lit and uncluttered, schedule older pa- tients to ,
and finally have the patient bring in
all their current & .: WHEELCHAIR accessible doorways
and rooms
Mindful of LOUD NOISES in waiting room and adjacent rooms Keep EXAM ROOM quiet,
warm, well it, and uncluttered Schedule older patient MID-MORNING to EARLY
AFTERNOON
Have patient bring in all current MEDICATIONS & SUPPLEMENTS
11.For clinical setting adaptations for the aging population, we should make sure our forms and educational
materials should have large and easy to read fonts, have chairs with and ,
consider sending the form home with the patients, and plan your examina- tion to avoid excessive
changes.: Forms and educational materials should have large PRINT and easy to
read fonts
Have chairs with ARM RESTS & HIGHER SEATS
May need to send HISTORY form home with the patient
Plan examination to avoid excessive POSITION changes
12.During the clinical interview with an aging patient, there may be some challenges that occur including such
as the patient their illness, you may overestimate their
skills as they may not want to admit this has diminished, and their symptoms may overlap with different
disorders.: Patient may UNDER-REPORT their illness (embarrassed at extend of their problems)
You may overestimate their COGNITIVE skills (don't want to admit their skills have diminished)
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