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| what is the best baseline against which to compare assessment data for the older person |
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| persons usual daily pattern and functional level |
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| symptoms of disease and disability in the very old frequently manifest themselves as |
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| incontinence, falls, weakness, lethargy, confusion, changes in sleep level or alertness, loss of appetite or weight loss |
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| fatigue and dyspnea of severe congestive heart failure may mask |
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| anemia caused by duodenal ulcer |
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| pneumonia will typically precipitate |
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| common symptom of acute illness |
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| sudden deterioration of cognition |
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| the aging brain is more affected by pathology because |
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| it is especially vulnerable to deficits in oxygenation and nutrition. |
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| changes in cognition that have occured suddenly or recently (past few days/withiin past week or two) |
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| must always be assumed to be the result of disease or illness |
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| a change in cognition developed over a short period of time and is characterized by a change in level of alertness, ranging from extreme leghargy to agitation |
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| with delirium, disorientation is usually to |
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| time and place rather than to self |
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| T or F, depression is more common in old age |
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T or F
Incontinence is normal finding with frail elderly |
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| broad diagnostic category, alterations in memory, abstract thinking, judgement and perception. gradual decline in cognitive function to extent that ADL's are affected. usually months or years |
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| causes of anemia in elderly |
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| GI bleeding, nutritional deficiencies |
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| indication of respiratory problem |
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| increase respiration, sweating, overall malaise |
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| common symptoms of UTI in frail elderly ? |
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| confusion, lethargy, anorexia and nocturia |
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| incontinence associated with |
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| stroke, multiple sclerosis, prostatitis, uti or fecal impaction |
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| many of the behaviors commonly labeled as aggressive or combative are the result of |
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| involuntary loss of urine associated with an abrupt and strong desire to void. |
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| involuntary loss of urine during coughing, sneezineg, laughing or other physical activities that increase abdominal pressure. |
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| involuntary loss of urine associated with overdistention of the bladder. |
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| inability to get to the bathroom in time or to understand the cues to void due to problem with mobility or cognition |
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