[ 15 ] ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY-BASED SCREENING PROGRAMS PEARLS ❖ Prevention strategies can improve the quality of life and conserve health resources. ❖ “Successful aging” is a combination of good lifestyle…
[ 19 ] ADMINISTRATION OF GERIATRIC SERVICES PEARLS ❖ The components of administration are finance and budgeting, policies and procedures, legal concerns, employee relations, and marketing. ❖ Budgeting is defined…
[ 3 ] AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN PHYSIOLOGY AND FUNCTION PEARLS ❖ Not all body cells age in the same way or at the same rate; however, in general, the total…
[ 18 ] EDUCATION AND THE OLDER ADULT LEARNING, MEMORY, AND INTELLIGENCE PEARLS ❖ Learning is defined as the acquisition of a new skill or information through practice and experience,…
[ 4 ] DESCRIBING PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING PEARLS ❖ Full life development theories, such as those by Erikson, Jung, and Maslow, discuss accomplishment stages throughout life for successful aging….
[ 8 ] PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GERIATRIC REHABILITATION PEARLS ❖ The purpose of geriatric rehabilitation is to assist older adults with disabilities in recovering lost physical, psychological, or social…
[ 17 ] ATTITUDES, ETHICS, AND LEGAL TOPICS IN GERONTOLOGY PEARLS ❖ The shift in modern medicine from a paternalistic role toward giving the patient more responsibility in decision making…
[ 2 ] COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE THEORIES OF AGING PEARLS ❖ Hayflick and Moorhead conducted a landmark study that showed that in culture human fibroblasts have a limited life…
Figure 1.1: Composition of whole blood, serum and plasma The main disadvantage of using serum is that the blood has already clotted. In other words, a series of metabolic processes…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acid base Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is a narrowing of the airways, leading to poor lung function and severe airflow obstruction (low FEV1). The…
