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older adults, health & quality of care
JMU Audrey Final exam study cards (8 wk class)
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Health Care
Undergraduate 4
03/01/2014

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Term
Successful aging:
Definition
Factors that affect our quality of life as we age: high level of engagement with life, low risk of disease, high physical & cognitive function levels
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Quality of life:
Definition
indicators; wealth, employment, built environment, physical & mental health, education, recreation & leisure time, social belonging
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Social capital:
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core fabric of social communities and the attitude, spirit and willingness of people to engage in collective civic activities. Strategic Social Plan: safety and security, friendship and community, a sense of civic identity, etc.
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Social age:
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Refers to a person’s habits and roles relative to society’s expectations; retirement, grandparenthood, parenthood. (Becoming a grandmother at the age of 35 versus 65)
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Enhanced Wellness Program (EW):
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community-based health promotion program that helps prevent disabilities & improves health & functioning in older adults. Previous randomized trail reported decreased in-patient use of EW participant
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Euthanasia:
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Physician acts directly by giving a lethal injection to end the patient’s life
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