Transcript The Aging Process

Mental Health/Behavioral Health
• Legally competent—a person is capable of
making appropriate decisions
• Clinically competent—individual’s ability to
identify problems, recognize options, make
decisions, and provide the rationale
supporting the decisions
Dementia
• Syndrome that involves a slowly progressive
cognitive decline, sometimes referred to as
chronic confusion
• Global impairment of intellectual function
that is generally chronic and progressive
• Alzheimer’s disease
Delirium
• Acute state of confusion
• Usually short-term and reversible within 3
weeks or less
• Often seen among older adults in a setting
with which they are unfamiliar
• Can include physical manifestations of change
Depression
• Mood disorder that can have cognitive,
affective, and physical manifestations
• Primary depression
• Secondary or situational depression
• Geriatric Depression Scale used for
assessment
• Treatment generally includes drug therapy
and psychotherapy
Elder Neglect and Abuse
• Neglect—failure to provide basic needs
• Physical abuse—use of physical force that
results in bodily injury
• Financial abuse—mismanagement or misuse
of property or resources
• Emotional abuse—intentional use of threats,
humiliation, intimidation, and isolation
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