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Nursing 1- U7: Caring for the Elderly- G9/ 2nd Term/1432
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2. Unit7:
Caring for the elderly
3. The medical problems associated with old age are classified by
gerontologists under the Four (I)s (Also known as the giants of
geriatrics):
1-Intellectual impairment/confusion (mental confusion or
damages
2-Immobility (immovable, the inability to move)
3-Instability (unstable; lack of firmness or steadiness)
4-Incontinence (unable to retain bodily discharge (as urine)
voluntarily.
4. gerontology
Instability
Incontinence (unable to retain bodily discharge (as urine)
voluntarily.
Intellectual impairment/confusion (mental confusion or
damages
Immobility
when a situation is not certain because there is the possibility of
sudden change [stability]:
not moving at all [=motionless]:
unable to control the passing of liquid or solid waste from your
body
relating to the ability to understand things and think
intelligently
5. -These problems are seriously disabling and elderly people are
often highly dependent on nursing care.
Many are bedridden, and though neurodegenerative diseases are the
main areas of research , depression, sleep disorders, problems with
eating, and skin breakdown are also issues for the elderly and for
people who take care of them.
Studies show that chronic impairments in elderly people, such as
deafness and muscle weakness, are frequently mistaken for failing
mental abilities.
Gerontologists argue that it is possible to grow old and die
without losing faculties to dementia (mental deterioration).
Factors such as the loss of a lifetime partner, and a sense of
uselessness and social isolation after retirement, tend to make the
elderly more prone(likely, exposed)to apathy (lack of interest) and
depression which increases vulnerability to diseases.
6. Elderly people can be very demanding to nurse. They can be often
:
1-inattentive ( distracted, absent)
2-with disorganized thought and speech.
3-disturbed behavior.
7. geriatric nursing has rewards:
elderly people are in long-term care which means that nurses get
opportunities to build meaningful relationships with their
patients.
8. osteoporosis[uncountable]
a medical condition in which your bones become weak and break
easily:
geriatric
1-[only before noun] relating to the medical care and treatment of
old people
9. gerontology{uncountable }
the scientific study of old age and its effects on the body
gerontologist(n)[countable]gerontologicaladjective
10. Gerontologists argue that it is possible to grow old and die
without losing faculties to dementia (mental deterioration).
11. 12. Factors such as the loss of
a lifetime partner,
and a sense of uselessness and social isolation after retirement,
tend to make the elderly more prone(likely, exposed)to apathy (lack
of interest) and depression which increases
vulnerability to diseases.
13. faculty of
(able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)
facultyplural
1 [countable] a department or group of related departments within a
university
faculty of
the Faculty of Law
the Engineering Faculty
3[countable usually plural] a natural ability, such as the ability
to see, hear, or think clearly:
the patient's mental faculties
14. boredom[uncountable]
the feeling you have when you are bored, or the quality of being
boring:
15. inattentive
not giving enough attention to someone or something
{attentive}
inattentivelyadverb
inattentiveness(n)/uncountable
16. bedridden
unable to leave your bed, especially because you are old or
ill
forgetful
often forgetting things
forgetfullyadverb
forgetfulness(n) {uncountable}
17. confusion
1[uncountable and countable] when you do not understand what is
happening or what something means because it is not clear
immobile
not moving at all [motionless]
immobility(n){uncountable}
18. deafen[transitive usually passive]
1-if a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear
anything else
stimulate[transitive]
1-to encourage or help an activity to begin or develop
further
stimulativeadjective
stimulation (n) {uncountable}
19. These problems are seriously disabling and elderly people are
often highly dependent on nursing care.
Many elderly people are
Bedridden
Neurodegenerative diseases
depression
20. problems with eating,
skinbreakdown.
21. Studies show that chronic impairments in elderly people, such
as deafness
muscleweakness
frequently mistaken for failing mental abilities.
22. relationship
1-[countable] the way in which two people or two groups feel about
each other and behave towards each other
23. distress[uncountable]
1-a feeling of extreme unhappiness:
artificial[usually before noun]
1-not real or not made of natural things but made to be like
something that is real or natural [natural =false]
24. hip[countable]
1-one of the two parts on each side of your body between the top of
your leg and your waist:
The old lady had fallen and broken her hip.
25. Artificial hip
26. degenerative
a degenerative illness gradually gets worse and can't be
stopped
frail
1- someone who is frail is weak and thin because they are old or
ill:
frail elderly people
2- something that is frail is easily damaged or broken
[=fragile]
27. incontinent
unable to control the passing of liquid or solid waste from your
body
incontinence (n){uncountable}
shuffle
1- [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk very slowly
and noisily, without lifting your feet off the ground
28. 29. Done by:
AfnanDegnah
& Arwa Al-Aseiri