Older Adult Population

2021 ◽  
pp. 320-343
Author(s):  
Harry S. Strothers ◽  
Dipenkumar Patel
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Symptom Management ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Geriatric Medicine ◽  
Physician Assistants ◽  
Syndrome Symptom ◽  
Older Adult Population

Geriatric medicine is a specialty of medicine concerned with physical, mental, functional, and social conditions in acute, chronic, rehabilitative, preventive, and end-of-life care in older patients. Geriatric palliative care integrates the complementary specialties of geriatrics and palliative care to provide comprehensive care for older patients entering the later stage of their lives and their families. This chapter provides physician assistants with an overview of palliative care in older adults, the differences between palliative care and hospice, the understanding and managing of geriatrics syndrome, symptom management in older patients and the complexities of end of life, discussion of goals of care, and communicating with geriatric patients and families.

Dental fear and anxiety in an older adult population

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Locker ◽  
Andree Liddell ◽  
David Burman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Dental Fear ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Older Adult Population

scholarly journals Why Are Native Hawaiians Underrepresented in Hawai‘i's Older Adult Population? Exploring Social and Behavioral Factors of Longevity

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana Sue Ka‘opua ◽  
Kathryn L. Braun ◽  
Colette V. Browne ◽  
Noreen Mokuau ◽  
Chai-Bin Park
Keyword(s):  
Older Adult ◽  
Native Hawaiian ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Native Hawaiians ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Behavioral Factors ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Older Adult Population

Native Hawaiians comprise 24.3% of Hawai‘i's population, but only 12.6% of the state's older adults. Few published studies have compared health indicators across ethnicities for the state's older adult population or focused on disparities of Native Hawaiian elders. The current study examines data from two state surveillance programs, with attention to cause of death and social-behavioral factors relevant to elders. Findings reveal that Native Hawaiians have the largest years of productive life lost and the lowest life expectancy, when compared to the state's other major ethnic groups. Heart disease and cancer are leading causes of premature mortality. Native Hawaiian elders are more likely to report behavioral health risks such as smoking and obesity, live within/below 100–199% of the poverty level, and find cost a barrier to seeking care. Indicated is the need for affordable care across the lifespan and health services continuum. Future research might explain behavioral factors as influenced by social determinants, including historical trauma on Native Hawaiian longevity.

scholarly journals Educational and labor inclusion of the elderly in the UAEM

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Alma Janeth Moreno-Aguirre ◽  
Eliseo Guajardo-Ramos ◽  
María Araceli Ortiz-Rodríguez ◽  
Ulises Delgado-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Inclusion Process ◽  
Older Adult Population

Objective. Analyze the process of educational and labor inclusion of the elderly in higher education of the UAEM. Methodology. An analysis of the process of educational and labor inclusion in the older adult population who are workers and students of the UAEM was carried out. The needs they present, the conditions in which they are found, and the supports provided were identified. This analysis was carried out from a cognitive, neurobiological perspective with or without the presence of disability or chronicdegenerative disease; as well as the search for socioaffective indicators or other psychosocial factors that may impact this inclusion process. Contribution. The results obtained will allow establishing strategies to improve the process of educational and labor inclusion in this population considered as vulnerable.

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