BSN3B Zerrudo Introduction To Geriatric Nursing

NORTHERN NEGROS STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Glen Dale C. Zerrudo BSN 3B
GERIATRIC READING REFECTION ACTIVITY: SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE

MATERIAL GIVEN USING 20 BULLET POINTS AND SUBPOINTS WITH
RESPECTIVE NECESSARY POINTS INFORMATION AND HISTORICAL DATES.
SCREENSHOT YOUR WORK IN (1) ONE LONG BOND-PAPER ONLY AND
ATTACHED IT HERE:
INTRODUCTION TO GERIATRIC NURSING

90th century - Two stages of human growth and development Childhood and Adulthood
Children
 Treated like a small adult
 No special attention to them or their needs
 produce many children - a few would survive and reach adulthood
Children's needs change as they develop

 Infant
 Toddler
 Preschool
 school age
 Adolescence
Substages - related to obvious physical changes or to significant life events, this

classification method is now accepted as logical and necessary.
 Typical or average adult - between 20 and 65 years of age

 Largest and most economically productive segment of the population; they were
raising families, working, and contributing to the economy.
Age 65 - Disability, illness and early death were accepted as natural and unavoidable.
Late 1960s - adults all ages are not the same
GERIATRICS, GERONTOLOGY and GERONTICS
Geriatric - comes from the greek words "geras," meaning old age, and "iatro" meaing
relating to medical treatment.
 The medical specialty that deals with the physiology of aging and with the diagnosis
and treatment of diseases affecting older adults.
 Focuses on abnormal conditions and the medical treatment of diseases affecting
older adults.
Gerontology - Greek word "gero" - related to old age, "ology" meaning the study of.
 Study of all aspects of the aging process, inlucidng clinical, psychologic, economic,
and sociologic problems of older adults and the consequences of these problems for
older adults and society.
Gerontics - coined bu Gunter and Estes in 1979 to define the nursing care and the service
provided to older adults.
 Gerontic nursing encompassess a holistic view of aging with the goal of increasing
health, providing comfort, and caring for older adult needs.
Old - having lived or existed for a long time.

 A recent study reveals that people younger 30 years view those older than 63 as
"getting older." People 65 years of age and older do not think people are "getting
older" until they are 75.
 Aging is a complex process that can be described chronologically, physiologically,
and functionally. Chronologic age, the number of years a person has lived, is most
often used when we speak of aging because it is the easiest to identify and measure.
 Since the 1930s, the age of 65 has come to be accepted as the age of retirement,
when it is expected that a person willingly or unwillingly stops paid employment.
Attitudes toward aging

 Our life experiences and our current age strongly influence our views about aging and
older adults.
 Our attitudes are the product of our knowledge and values our life experiences in our
current age strongly influence our views about aging and older adults. If we view old
age as a time of physical decay, mental confusion, and social boredom we are likely to
have negative feelings award aging.
 Conversely, if we see all day as a time for sustained physical vigor, renewed mental
challenges, and social usefulness, our perspective on aging will be quite different.
 The single most important factor that influences how poorly or how well a person will
age is attitude.
 The United States tend to be a youth-oriented society in which people are judged by age
appearance and wealth.
 Many people continue to do everything they can to appear young. Wrinkles, gray hair,
and other physical changes of aging are actively confronted with makeup, hair dye, and
cosmetic surgery. Until recently, advertising seldom portrayed people older than 50
years except to sell eyeglasses, hearing aids, hair dye, laxatives, and other rather
unappealing products. The message seems to be, “young is good, old is bad; therefore,
everyone should fight to get old.” It is significant that trends in advertising appear to be
changing.
 As the number of healthier, dynamic senior citizens with significant spending power
has increased, advertising campaigns have become increasingly likely to portray older
adults as the consumers of their products including exercise equipment, health
beverages and cruises.
Gerontophobia
 The fear of aging and the refusal to accept older adults into the mainstream of
society is known as gerontophobia. Senior citizens and younger persons can fall
prey to such irrational fears.
 Teenagers buy anti-wrinkle creams

 30- year- old women considers facelifts
 40- year -old women have hair transplants.
 Long-term marriages dissolve so that one spouse can pursue someone younger.
Often these behaviors arise from the fear of growing older.
Ageism
• Ageism is the dislike of aging and older people that is motivated by the idea that
getting older renders one unattractive, stupid, and unproductive. It is emotional
discrimination or age-based discrimination against individuals.
 Ageism allows the young to separate themselves physically and emotionally from
the old and to view older adults somehow a having less human value.

 Like sexism or racism, ageism is a negative belief pattern that can result in irrational
thoughts and destructive behaviors such as intergenerational conflict and name-
calling.
 Studies have shown that health care providers share the views of the general public
and are not immune to ageism.
 Some health care providers erroneously believe that they are not fully using their
skills by working with the aging population. Working with older adults is viewed as
routine, boring, and depressing.
 Research by the John A. Hartford Foundation (2012) found that only 7% of older
adults surveyed received seven important health care services that support healthy
aging, including medication review, fall assessment and history, referral to
community health services and discussion about their ability to perform routine
daily tasks independently.
 Activities such as increased positive interactions with older adults and improved
professional training designed to address misconceptions regarding aging are two
ways of fighting ageism.
 Becca Levy, a Yale University professor found that young people who hold positive
feelings toward older adults live 7.5 years longer than those with negative
perceptions of aging.
Examples of age discrimination

 refusing to hire older people
 not approving them for home loans
 limiting the types or amount of health care they receive
THE BABY BOOMERS

- A major contributing factor to this rapid explosion in the older adult population is the
aging of the cohort, commonly called the Baby Boomers.
- Age cohort is a term used by demographers to describe a group of people born within a
specified time period.
- Consists of people who were born after World War II between 1946 and 1964.
- Baby boomers account for approximately 26% of all Americans today.
- 10, 000 baby boomers reach age 65 every day
- The older baby boomers reached 65 in 2011; by 2029, all baby boomers will be 65 or
older.

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NORTHERN NEGROS STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Glen Dale C. Zerrudo BSN 3B

GERIATRIC READING REFECTION ACTIVITY: SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE

INTRODUCTION TO GERIATRIC NURSING

Children's needs change as they develop

Substages - related to obvious physical changes or to significant life events, this

 Typical or average adult - between 20 and 65 years of age

GERIATRICS, GERONTOLOGY and GERONTICS

Old - having lived or existed for a long time.

Glen Dale C. Zerrudo BSN 3B

Attitudes toward aging

 Teenagers buy anti-wrinkle creams

Glen Dale C. Zerrudo BSN 3B

Examples of age discrimination

THE BABY BOOMERS

- Baby boomers account for approximately 26% of all Americans today.

- 10, 000 baby boomers reach age 65 every day

Glen Dale C. Zerrudo BSN 3B

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