Aging is different in every culture because they all experience different aspects such as social status, gender, social factors . According to the Census Bureau, the Older American population
and changes in hemodynamic, nerve, kidney and hormone system. It is associated with decreased quality and comforts of life and increased mortality and morbidity rates. Certain factors like prior illness, environment or social situations may influence the response of symptoms and may cause poor symptom recognition. Elderly patients constitute the majority population of HF having a worse diagnosis. In pathophysiology, new techniques
happen to anyone but urinary continence affects mainly the elderly and women have double the risk of being infected (NIH 2013). A study done by Reviews in Urology indicates the highest number of urinary continence cases is at the period of menopause with an age group of 50-59. About half of the percentage of urinary incontinence cases reported among women, 30% to 50% affected is elderly (Nitti 4). Cases of severe incontinence in elderly men are estimated to be half of that in women (Nitti 7). There
usually denoted as old age. By this age most of the elderly retires from their jobs or their business and spend more time at home. So their home should be designed according to their body, mind and
spending a week in bed with the flu. It's terrible – the feeling that loneliness brings. Our brains have evolved to depend on our social interactions, we have a drive to be around others and as social creatures it turns out that being lonely could be affecting our aging process. It can have an impact on your overall wellbeing. We're facing an epidemic of loneliness and millions of people are suffering
Alzheimer’s is and how the growing number of people with this disease is increasing because the baby boomers are growing older. This increasing number of elderly people with Alzheimer’s will affect the economy because many of these people are retiring, leaving open jobs that need to be filled. The reason of Alzheimer’s are not known, but there are some factors that could play a role, including genetics, lifestyle, and diet. The way that Alzheimer’s happens is proteins in the brain form clumps, which are
the soul, it is mixed of bad feelings and thoughts that make the person unbalanced. In another definition, it is a chemical imbalance in the mind and the body. Depression does not know the ages and whom is affront from it so it is affecting women, man, child, and elderly. The symptoms of depression are feeling unhappy, lonely, no self-control, tension, and feeling guilty for nothing. In addition, not sleeping well with bad dreams that come through the mind to make the mood bad.
What exactly is abuse? Abuse is a huge problem in today’s society, among people affected are adults, the elderly and teenagers, but it is especially seen with children. Our society is so tolerant of abusive behavior that we often do not even recognize some behavior as abusive. There are many different types of abuse: physical, emotional, verbal, economic, mental and sexual. (Maybe a little longer introduction) Physical abuse is episodes of aggressive behavior towards someone trying to result in physical
Introduction Frailty is a term which is synonymous with the geriatric population and while the biology of frailty is generally understood, there exists major divergence of opinion in its conceptual definition, technicalities and operationalization.1 Its multidimensional nature impacts on the interconnected variables of health and quality of life (QOL) which has necessitated the development of multiple clinically applicable tools for the detection and quantification of frailty. Multidisciplinary approaches
neurons(Houghton and Howes, 2005). Alzheimer’s disease is one of the prevalent neurodegenerative disease. Alzheimer’s disease was named after its discoverer Alois Alzheimer in 1906 who is a Bavarian neuropsychiatrist(1-1) Ageing is the main risk factor of a large number of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer`s disease and Parkinson`s disease. Approximately, 5% of people in age 65 years suffer from AD and the pervasiveness of this disease increases with advancing age from 19% to 30%