Name: Jake Yvan G.

Dizon

Year Level: BSN III

Assignment
1. Gerontology - is the study of aging and older adults. It is also
a multidisciplinary and is concerned with physical, mental,
and social aspects and implications of aging.
2. Geriatrics - is a medical specialty focused on care and
treatment of older persons
3. Geriatric Nursing – field of nursing that specializes in the
care of elderly.
4. Geriatric Nurse – is a nurse that helps the older people to
maintain dignity and maximum autonomy despite physical,
social and psychological losses
5. Aging- is a normal process of time related change, begins with
birth and continuous throughout life
6. Geriatrics team and their functions
 Nurse : promotes motivation and initiation of activity;
promotion of self care, educating them, feeding,
continence and skin care. Assessment of care need for
discharge
 Doctor – Diagnosis and management of medical
problems coordinator of assessment, management and
rehab program.
 Physiotherapist – responsible for mobility,balance
and upper limb function
 Dietitian – responsible for the nutrition
 Social worker – responsible for the care needs and
discharge planning including organization of
institution care.
7. Perspectives on Aging
 functionalist perspective is disengagement theory, which
suggests that withdrawing from society and social
relationships is a natural part of growing old.

8. Demography of Aging, its implications to health and

nursing care
According to the Global Health and Aging report presented by
the World Health Organization (WHO), “The number of people
aged 65 or older is projected to grow from an estimated 524
million in 2010 to nearly 1.5 billion in 2050, with most of the
increase in developing countries.” In addition, by 2050, the
number of people 65 years or older is expected to significantly
outnumber children younger than 5 years of age.

Implications to health and nursing

According to the WHO report, some believe that as life
expectancy increases, the prevalence of disability will decrease
because the progress we make in medicine will slow disease
progression from chronic disease to disability. As a result,
there will be a decrease in severe disability, but there will be
increases in milder chronic diseases. 1 Other researchers,
however, believe that as life expectancy increases, the
prevalence of disability will increase.
Expected challenges to the health care system include the
following:
 Resource needs will continue to increase across all health care
settings
 The incidence of obesity will continue to increase
 A shortage of health care professionals is expected
 The diversity of caregivers lags behind the growing diversity of
patients
 Care has been focused on a single disease versus addressing
comorbidity
 The sustainability and structure of federal programs in
relation to the increasing aging population are a concern
 Changes in family structure may lead to fewer family
caregivers
 Adapting and adjusting to the Affordable Care Act pose
challenges