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Gerontology - ✔️...

Geriatrics - ✔️Related to health care and medicine

Ageism - ✔️discrimination towards age

Gerontological nursing - ✔️...

Old - ✔️societal term we use

Elder, Senior, Older adult, Elderly - ✔️cultural terms used to refer to older people

Centarian - ✔️People 100-115

biological age - ✔️what age a person physically looks ike

The aged are more likely to die from _______ conditions than _____. - ✔️chronic,
acute

3 chronological classes of old - ✔️young-old 65-74
middle-old 75-84
old-old (frail elderly) 85+

Leading causes of death - ✔️Heart disease, CA, stroke, COPD, pneumonia,
accidents, alzheimer's disease

Baby boomers - ✔️born 1946-1964

Main characteristics of baby boomers - ✔️1. Diverse group
2. Better educated
3. Higher incomes
4. More tech savvy
5. More physically fit
6. Informed consumers

Function of gerontological nursing - ✔️fosters independence of elder

Best way to provide gerontological care - ✔️Best when interdisciplinary and holistic

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