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AID- Ageing, Impairement and Disability

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Decks in this class (13)

S4: Introduction to Ageing and Disease
Describe demographic ageing trend...,
Describe changes in population si...,
What are population pyramids
35  cards
S4: Falls and their Consequences
Define a fall,
Facts about falls,
Why do we fall
34  cards
S4: Pharmacology and Older People
Statistics on elderly patients an...,
How are older people more vulnera...,
What are the biggest drug offende...
26  cards
S4: Dementia
Define dementia,
What is a syndrome,
Describe clinical syndrome of dem...
35  cards
S4; Protecting Adults at Risk
0  cards
S4: The Ageing Brain
What are the 4 anatomical areas t...,
What are the 4 lobes the cerebrum...,
List brain changes with ageing
27  cards
S4: Disease Presentation in Older Adults
List some variable we regulate in...,
What mechanism is most commonly u...,
Describe effect of age on homeost...
18  cards
S4: Hormones, Skeleton and HRT
List synthetic hormones with skel...,
What are osteons,
Describe two lineages of bone cells
20  cards
S4: Ageing Heart and Lungs
Define healthy ageing,
Describe functional ability,
Describe primary ageing
41  cards
S4: Theories of Ageing
3 major views on why we age,
Describe wear and tear view on ag...,
Describe adaptive evolutionary vi...
27  cards
S4: The Ageing Endocrine System
List changes in the endocrine org...,
What is the endocrine system,
Role of hypothalamus
20  cards
S4: Frailty
Concept of frailty,
Prevalence rate of frailty,
Pathophysiology of frailty
20  cards
S4: The Ageing GI Tract and Skin
Describe ageing skin functions ba...,
Describe ageing skin functions th...,
Describe ageing skin functions pr...
48  cards

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