CONCEPT MAP by Crystal Burks

UNDERSTANDING AGING

cburks1_2 — 2024-02-11 22:44:38 UTC

How understanding aging can assist practitioners to better care and recognizing what normal signs of aging are and are not.

WEAR AND TEAR THEORY

cburks1_2 — 2024-02-11 22:51:16 UTC

Understanding that the lifestyle and activities you engage in can have a direct impact on your aging process, can assist practitioners to ask the right questions about not just health history, but also lifestyle to determine what can be adjusted or limited to achieve healthy aging.

PATHOLOGICAL THEORIES

cburks1_2 — 2024-02-11 23:12:30 UTC

Understanding the difference between senescent aging and senile, can assist by avoiding over/underdiagnosing patients. For example, the myth that a dementia is a normal process of aging is incorrect and detrimental to receiving proper preventative care.

SENSES AND AGING

cburks1_2 — 2024-02-11 23:21:37 UTC

The older we get, the more input we need to understand our environment. The sense of small, taste, sight and hearing are all effected as we age. Often, decreasing ability to smell is the first sign of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Therefore, understanding this can determine early signs of these diseases and symptoms not be overlooked as normal signs of aging.

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHY AGING

cburks1_2 — 2024-02-11 23:49:31 UTC

The determinants to aging are a recipe of things to keep us happy, healthy, fit and disease free. Things such as, physical activity, diet, lack of substance abuse, genetics, participating in activities of daily life independently, and most importantly social interaction. Understanding these factors can assist practitioners by recommending or discussing these things to their patients every visit.