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There are many assessment tools to be utilized with the older adult population. Older adults could be assessed for dementia, alcohol and drugs, nutrition, pain, pressure ulcers, mental health, and functional assessment. For the purpose of this paper, the needs assessment, ecomap, cognition, depression, and anxiety assessment are the appropriate assessment tools to use. The needs assessment tool aim to assess the determine need of a community or population. These needs are deficiencies that are lacking

When you are speaking about older adults, what does the word vulnerable mean? This is the ability of an individual to respond to stressors due to predisposing factors. (Bales, McDonald, Porter Starr, 2015). “Today, 40 million people in the United States are ages 65 and older, but this number is projected to more than double to 89 million by 2050. Although the “oldest old”—those ages 85 and older—represent only 15 percent of the population ages 65 and older today, their numbers are projected to rise

signs are great indicators to show any abnormalities of a patients health. A nurse assessing older adult patients need to think about the variations that come with aging; such as bones becoming more rigid, skin to become more like paper and are more suitable for tears; and their hearts may not be able to pump blood as efferent as before (Jensen, 2015). Many challenges can arise when trying to obtain an older adults’ vital signs such, as palpating a pulse and taking temperatures; nurses have to be able

1. People are living longer than ever before which is leading to a larger population of older adults. Describe factors that are causing the growth in this population and analyze the impact that this growing population of older adults may have on the field of clinical psychology and mental health professionals. The growing amount of individuals categorized as older adults will have a major impact on clinical psychology. Individuals are living much longer than in the past due to advances in modern

Chronic pain in older adults is defined as ‘‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage, for persons who are either aged (65 to 79 years old) or very aged (80 and over) and who have had pain for greater than 3 months’’ (Lynch, 2000, p.270). The consequences of chronic pain may also be related to impaired activities of daily living (ADLs), physical disability, accidents, gait abnormalities, polypharmacy, and

the older adults, I will focus my concentration in discussing with the older adult to find out their needs and challenges. I have observed that most times some of the different ageing organizations, be it non-governmental or government agencies do not actual pay attention to the urgent needs of the AIP, due to lack of resources or they are overwhelmed by the number of people in need of attention for services. So in discussing

I sound like a broken record. Older adults are at risk for getting sexual transmitted diseases the same way that younger adults are; unsafe sexual practices, sharing needles or having a blood transfusion before 1985. However, out of all of the risk factors for AIDS/HIV the one that is the biggest in older adults is unsafe sexual practices. Older adults are not as likely to use condoms because they are not worried about pregnancy. Likewise, widowed or divorced older adults are encouraged nowadays

Topic: Grief in old age Introduction: Grief is a common problem in the older adult which causes adverse effects on them. The purpose of this paper is to understand the needs of the older adults in our society who are constrained by grief. Grief can be defined as a natural and normal reaction to loss in all of its totality including its physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioural and spiritual manifestations. Grief is a serious issue in the world as well as in Canada which can be defined as the

one gets older. Nonetheless, there is the probability of slowing down the progression of mental disintegration simply by applying daily activities such as Sudoku, Cross Word Puzzles, Word Searches, etc. into our everyday routines. The difference between a younger adult’s memory and older adults is a very interesting topic that has been studied to some extent. This study, by Roger Ratcliff and Gail McKoon at Ohio State University is about the memory differences between young adults and older adults

Globally, a decline in maternal mortality, fertility, infectious and parasitic diseases combined with improvements in nutrition and education has resulted in the growth of older persons numerically around the world. (United Nations, 2001a; World Health Organization, 2000). Ageing should be a positive experience. However while some have the chance to more leisure, or spend time with friends and family others experience isolation and exclusion. The process of ageing is taking place in an era in which