Elderly drivers should have restrictions. If harsher driving restrictions were put on the elderly drivers, it would avoid accidents and injuries or even... death. Based on the fact that elderly drivers are dangerous, research has shown that everyone ages differently and growing old does not mean that a person becomes a safety hazard. It depends on the person’s physical and mental health. Our functions start declining such as visual impairment, cognitive changes, and reduction in strength and flexibility when we start growing old.
What are the symptoms of this disease? Can you prevent from getting this disease? First, you cannot prevent yourself or someone you love from getting Alzheimer’s disease. This disease affect a person mind, they could be somewhat forgetful at times and then other times perfectly fine. Even though many people think, Alzheimer’s
The situation provoked a concern on what to do next and resolve the problem. G-Bio Sport initiated that in adults that were healthy that there risk was extremely low; though with repeated use those individuals with immune system of a low nature were subject to a much higher risk. Steps to Decision Making Coming to a basis or decision that is ethical, I must first recognize the issue (recall or not replace or refund the product, discontinue or
There are many characteristics of older cells which include; the appearance of protein and lipofuscin this is what slows down the cellular process.an increase in cell organelles called lysosomes, which contain enzymes that break down cells. However, an increased number of abnormal chromosomes because of damaged DNA. Beauty products now make us believe that it will slow down the ageing of our skin, however scientist have proven that by consuming fruit and vegetables which contain antioxidant we can protect our cells against oxidants that can damage our DNA. If Andy was not to eat as many vegetables as he should he may start to look older than he actually is. If he was to moisturise and not eat as many vegetables, he may not see a change to his skin.
UNIT 4222-656 Understand the factors affecting older people Outcome 1 1) As adults age, many changes occur: memory loss, bones and joints, eyes and ears, digestive and metabolic, urogenital, dental, skin and functional abilities problems. 2) Aging is inevitable and is in a sense a gradual loss of life functions. The process is unique and different for each individual. While for some aging means grey hair, few kilos or bad hearing, for others is a much more complex transformation, because the aging process brings social and emotional change and loss into their lives. Older relatives die, then loss of a spouse affects many.
However; when these changes occur, will depend on the individual. This depends on what the body has been through like environmental factors such as accidents, infections, disease, smoking or alcohol. Sensory changes will often happen when ageing as individuals receive and process information from the environment by hearing, vision, taste, smell and touch. When going through the ageing process these five senses are likely to be diminished and incoming information can get distorted. Another physical change is hearing where 30% of people over 60 have an hearing impairment.
Many social and economic barriers are a part of why many Americans are not receiving proper healthcare. (Lavizzo-Mourey, R, (2009). We can reduce this by Coordinating care through family doctors and Use insurance to manage chronic diseases (Arnst, C. (2009). Example, if more people seek preventive care and are able to speak to their doctor longer than the 10 minutes most providers are with the patient more problems can be addressed and preventive standards can be set in place. This can save the nation an estimated $25 to $50 billion a year for not repeating visits for duplicate complaints or follow up cost.
Damage to the frontal lobe lowers intellectual functioning and an individual’s ability to judge and plan. If one part of the brain is not working correctly then this can cause confusion, hallucinations, mis identities, delusions and false beliefs and the individual may drift back in to their past. Other factors that may contribute to dementia are a person’s age, anxiety, poor physical health, poor sensory health, gender ethnicity and certain medications also may be a contributing factor. Ensuring an individual leads a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of dementia although this is not proven. An individual suffering with dementia will change over time as a result of their condition but they remain an individual and still have their own needs, likes and dislikes and should still be treated as an individual.
"Most are inclined not to believe that the 'nice little old lady' is an alcoholic," Campbell says. (2) Some physicians also are reluctant to diagnose an elderly person as an alcoholic, because they're unsure how to treat the disease, or are pessimistic that the person will be able to cope with the disease. In actuality, the elderly have among the highest rates of success in treatment, says Joanne Schwartzberg, M.D., director of the AMA’s department of geriatric health. (2) To combat the problem, the American Medical Association recently released Alcoholism in the Elderly: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, a set of guidelines that is being distributed to 110,000 primary care physicians nationwide. Doctors are encouraged to use the guidelines to screen every patient over 60 to ensure that illness or chronic disease is not being caused or aggravated by alcoholism.
Recognize that a label like “elderly” or “seniors” tells us little about what to expect from a person. These labels do not tell us whether the person is kind or uncaring, healthy or her health is diminishing, mentally capable or mentally incapable, a reliable or an unreliable worker or volunteer. Labels do not tell us about the person’s capacity for friendship or creativity or accomplishment. Address ageism by highlighting older adults’ individual, collective, and lifelong contributions to our society. The better we are informed we are about aging and what to expect, the better we are able to evaluate and resist many of the inaccurate and negative stereotypes of aging.