Alzheimer’s disease is a group disorders involving the parts of the brain that control thought‚ memory‚ and language. It is marked by progressive deterioration‚ which affects both the memory and reasoning capabilities of an individual. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia (mental deterioration of memory and thought processes) among the elderly. It is estimated that 4.5 million Americans over the age of 65 are affected with this condition. After the age of 65‚ the incidence of the
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Assessing Needs Many older patients are prescribed multiple drugs‚ take over-the-counter medications‚ and are often prescribed additional drugs to treat the side effects of the medications that they are already taking. The increase in the number of medications often leads to polypharmacy‚ which is defined as the prescription‚ administration‚ or use of more medications than are clinically indicated in a given patient. One widely used ADL tool is the Barthel Index : measure functional levels of self-care
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Depression‚ distressed symptoms lasting for over 2 causes anxiety in senior adults age 60 and over. The study recognizes pessimism in older adults and the consequences. Outlining harmful physical conditions caused by negative thinking in older adults. Armstrong‚ Wuthrich‚ Knight & Joiner (2014) proposed that adverse thoughts round oneself‚ expectation‚ their general surroundings create depression. A. Overview: Older Adults. 1. Depression stems from pessimistic thinking‚ anticipating the worst possible
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Interacting with Older Adults The future of health care in America will critically focus on older adults and chronic diseases. Presently‚ the Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] (2013) reported that more than half of older adults have multiple chronic conditions. Accordingly‚ major health agencies urge care providers to expand their education and training in gerontology. Similarly‚ to meet the needs of the seniors effectively‚ medical staff need to be well-informed of the culture
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vulnerable older adult This essay will discuss the older adult whose illness referred them to palliative care and onto safeguarding. I will first explain what safeguarding a vulnerable adult on palliative care is and explain my scenario and discuss what had happened and what could have helped the patient who was at the end of life care. The Department of Health‚ (2011) defines Safeguarding as a multi-disciplinary work that works together to minimise and manage risks to vulnerable adults. A framework
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Classical Conditioning vs. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Jonathan Grunden Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Jonathan Grunden Diane Owsley Psychology 110 September 23‚ 2015 Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning vs. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Throughout psychology there have been many methods to explain the development of how people act and respond to different things. The two methods that I find most interesting are the Learning Principles of Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning and Skinner’s
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largest part of society. In addition‚ the boomers will be the largest cohort of retirees ever. Also‚ the boomers may become the most-engaged cohort of older adults. The boomers will be the healthiest cohort of older adults. The boomers will be the best-educated cohort of older adults. First‚ the boomers will be the longest-lived cohort of older adults. b. List some of the age related changes that can affect communications-vision loss‚ hearing loss. Physical processes include listening‚ speaking
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How Organism Learn: Classical and Operant Conditioning There are two main explanations of how organisms learn. The first explanation is known as classical conditioning. The second explanation is known as operant conditioning. These two types of learning are exhibited in our everyday lives through our home‚ school‚ and school. Classical conditioning was discovered by Iran Petrovich Pavlov. He was originally a physiologist whose main focus was the digestive system (Gazzaniga 230).
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late life is something that many people struggle with. It touches nearly 5 to 10% of older adults in the community‚ and almost 20% of older adults suffer from some type of psychological disorder (Husaini et al‚ 2004). Typical treatment for older clients may not work as effectively as on younger clients. These treatments may need to be modified when used with an older population. There are many experiences that older clients have that are unique to their population‚ such as‚ retirement‚ grief and loss
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1. Provide an example of how infants learn through classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Classical Conditioning (Pavlov) According to experts‚ classical conditioning theory involves learning a new behavior through the process of association where two stimuli are joined together to produce a new learned response in a person or animal. Example is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) where a nipple is put in a baby’s mouth‚ this actions results to an unlearned reflex action (unconditioned response
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