RESOURCE MANAGMENT FOR THE ELDERLY

Resource administration for the Elderly



Resource administration for the Elderly

Aging

Define AGEISM and explain WHY this should be a concern to society today.

Ans. Ageism is stereotyping and prejudice contrary to persons or assemblies because of their age. The period was coined in 1969 by US gerontologist Robert N. Butler to recount discrimination against seniors.

Give the formula for SUCCESSFUL AGING and explain each of the sections.

The successful aging formula is to do the following a. Avoid Disease and Disability

b. Maintain High Cognitive and personal Function

c. Stay engaged With Life and Living

Define LS and LEY?

LIFE SPAN: The age pending which a person is expected to live

LIFE EXPECTANCY: Life expectancy is the expected (in the statistical sense) number of years of life residual at a given age.

Health

What are ADL's? What are IADL's?

Ans. ADL undertakings of every day living. The occupations of everyday life. Basic ADLs encompass consuming, getting dressed, getting into or out of a bed or seating, taking a bathing tub or wash, and utilizing the toilet. I ADLs are more nuanced and convoluted communal undertakings than ADLs. IADLs can encompass, but are not restricted to: Finding and utilizing assets (looking up telephone figures, utilizing a phone, producing and holding doctor's appointments)

What are the top acute and chronic health conditions affecting older adults?

Ans. Usually, acute entails rapid onset of an infection or wound while chronic infections develop gradually and gradually. Acute status occurs when you slash yourself with a blade or apprehend a freezing while chronic health condition is when you bear from agony and infection over an expanded time span of time. In an acute health status, an individual may retrieve very fast and be reassured of the symptoms shortly but in a chronic health status, the disease may last a lifetime and it may take longer to get respite from the disease.

Whead covering is Long period Care Insurance? How does it work? Who should buy it? What do the values cover?

Ans. Long-term care insurance is a kind of protection developed expressly to cover the charges of long-run care services, most of which are not enclosed by customary wellbeing protection or Medicare. These encompass services in your dwelling for example aid with Activities of Daily Living as well as care in a variety of facility and community settings.

Housing

Define: Nursing Home (skilled & unskilled); CCRC, Assisted living, Retirement Community, Adult Day Care?

Ans. A convalescent facility ...