GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING CONCEPT

The number of people age 80 or over is projected to triple, from 157 million in 2022 to 459
million in 2050.

Ageing process: Causes of degeneration

1. Life style: Diet, Exercise/PA,Stress, Oxidants
2. Environment: Pollution
3. Loss of body balance
4. Loss of hormonal balance
5. Heredity

There are several physiological, psychological, and social changes when people get older.
This session may contribute to awareness of these changes in older people, which might result in:
1. be well prepare to be old
2. have more positive attitudes toward older people
3. Be sensitive to older people needs and provide suitable car

“It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old.” Jules Renard

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA): Social & economic health

1. Loneliness from losing a spouse and friends
2. Inability to independently manage regular activities of living
3. Difficulty coping and accepting physical changes of aging
4. Frustration with ongoing medical problems and increasing number of medications
5. Social isolation as adult children are engaged in their own lives
6. Feeling inadequate from inability to continue to work
7. Boredom from retirement and lack of routine activities
8. Financial stresses from the loss of regular income