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Physical Changes: Creation of entire body + body systems

Care Considerations: Ensure that the environment surrounding the mother and baby is beneficial. Mother should exercise well and stay away from toxins, alcohol, and drugs.

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Physical Changes: Weight and lengths of baby increases, and the muscular and nervous system develops further.

Cognitive Developments: Baby is introduced to words, can manipulate objects, can recognize objects and people, and obey simple commands.

Erickson Stage: Trust vs. Mistrust. To successfully move on, infants need to be able to trust and depend on a caregiver. To achieve this, infants need lots of physical touch and affection. If this is not achieved, the child will develop a sense of mistrust towards others and the world.

Care Considerations: Infants need Give someone for the infant to trust and depend on. And make sure to initiate physical contact often

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Physical Changes: Body grows, and proportions change with it. Approx. 20 teeth grow in. Additionally, bladder control is achieved, and motor sensory skills (walking, running, jumping) improve.

Cognitive Development: Acquires more language skills and speaks in simple sentences. They can also understand short and simple instructions and requests. Psychosocially, toddlers start to develop their own ideas, values, and attitudes, but only recognize their point of view.

Erickson Stage: Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt. To successfully move to the next stage, toddlers need to have developed a sense of confidence in their ability to care for themselves. If this is not achieved because of, for example, overly high expectations, then they will develop a sense of shame or doubt in themselves.

Care Considerations: Talk to the toddler in simple and encouraging sentences, and refrain from appearing in an imposing or mean manner.

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Physical Changes: Children become taller and skinnier, and their sense of balance is improved. This allows them to learn skills such as jump roping.

Cognitive Development: They will be able to speak in sentences that are more complex and put-together. They have also developed an awareness of people who are not in their immediate area. Additionally, attention spans are still short, but they can memorize information such as the alphabet, home address, and phone number.

Erickson Stage: Initiative vs. Guilt. Based on the confidence gained from the toddler stage, preschoolers can initiate their own learning. This results in the seeking of new experiences and knowledge. If this knowledge seeking is restricted or scorned, the child can foster feelings of guilt and destroy their will to learn. As a result of this, they can be hesitant to take on new challenges.

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Physical Changes: Growth of the body continues, with more noticeable changes starting with puberty around the age of 10, with the start of puberty. Permanent teeth also start to grow. Motor sensory skills become more coordinated, resulting in more graceful and precise movements.

Cognitive Developments: At this age, children can now help out with household jobs and chores, and they show more responsibility towards tasks that have been assigned to them. They also take pride in such accomplishments. Additionally, they can also think logically, see things from multiple perspectives, reason, problem solve, and develop a sense of morality.

Erickson Stage: Industry vs Inferiority. Children of this age take much pride in their achievements, and strive for completion and recognition of various projects. To successfully pass this stage, children need to be accepted by their peers and family members. If this is failed to be met, they may develop a sense of inferiority and/or lack self worth.

Care Considerations: Encourage independence, and gently enforce behavior limits and expectations. Additionally, explain and educate them with simple and easily understandable visual aids, and use words that they can understand without making them feel foolish.

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Physical Changes: Dramatic changes occur as the reproductive system matures, and adolescents can easily become fatigued. Their fine motor skills continue to improve, but gross motor skills still experience awkwardness.

Cognitive Developments: Cognitive skills greatly increase, and they are able to absorb lots of knowledge and use their reasoning skills. They can also introspectively reflect, and thus develop their philosophy of life and plan/create their future career identity.

Erickson Stage: Identity vs. Role Confusion.  At this stage, people are interested in their bodies, but at the same time confused about their identity as their bodies and roles change from being dependent, to independant. To pass this stage, adolescents need to find their identity and role in life.  If this doesn't happen, then people at this stage won't have a clear sense of who they are. This situation is called 'role confusion.'

Care Considerations: Determine how they learn best, and incorporate that in the explanations that you provide for them. Additionally, involve them in the decision-making process and prevent talking about them in places where they can overhear.

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Physical Changes: This is a period of peak physical functioning, which reaches the absolute peak at around 30 years of age and slowly diminishes as time goes on. Similarly, motor sensory skills, muscular strength, and audiovisual skills peak at around this time as well, starting to diminish  at around the age of 30.

Cognitive Development: In accordance with other parts of the body, this is also a period of maximum potential in the cognitive area. Skills such as problem-solving, reasoning, and creativity are amazing in this stage.

Erickson Stage: Intimacy vs. Isolation. An overarching theme of this stage is to establish oneself within their community and society. This may take the form of making new commitments such as intimate relationships or having children, or new responsibilities such as creating a career among other things. To pass this stage, one needs to have commitments and/or responsibilities in life. If this isn't realized, they can feel isolated and lonely.

Care Considerations: Involve themselves, as well as their significant other in decisions when necessary/possible. In addition to this, assess the patient for stress from their various responsibilities, and observe body language regarding feelings towards care.

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Physical Changes: Various physical abilities (muscle mass, endurance, physical strength) decline as aging continues, and major body system functions start to decline as well. Additionally, the skin loses its elasticity, and as a result of this, wrinkles may start to form. During this stage, chronic illnesses are more likely to appear.

Cognitive Developments: Fortunately, cognitive abilities are still maintained during this stage. Creativity may increase during this time.

Erickson Stage: Generativity vs. Stagnation. The concerns of the people in this stage shift from worries about them, to worries for the next generation. This is a period where one wants to make significant contributions to the world, and one of self assessment and reflection upon one's goals. This brings upon a 'mid-life crisis.' If a person does not recognize their achievements or worth, they enter a period of stagnation. Self-absorption and lots of concerns about health may come about as an effect.

Care Considerations: Encourage lifestyle changes such as self care, exercise, and quitting negative habits such as smoking to minimize the effects of aging.

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Physical Changes: As aging continues, there is a loss of muscle, bone, and reproductive usefulness. Visual-auditory, gustatory, and olfactory senses wither, and pain tolerance decreases.

Cognitive Developments: Problem-solving and creative skills can still be maintained, however adults 80+ are susceptible to dementia.

Erickson Stage: Ego Integrity vs. Despair. Many challenges from middle adulthood continue on into this stage, such as retirement, loss of friends and family, and health concerns. As people start to review the things that have happened in their life, they may start to feel a sense of satisfaction in their life, thus experiencing ego integrity. If they feel as if their life is a failure/disappointment, they will fall into a state of despair.

Care Considerations:
Young-Old: If person is still working, discuss achievements and future plans. Encourage social activity (clubs, volunteering) as well.
Middle-Old: Encourage them to talk about their emotions such as grief and loss. Be alert for overmedication.
Old-Old: Involve family members in caregiving, and support end-of-life decisions by providing information and recommendations.