Unit 1: The Aging Experience

• It is the study of old age.

  Gerontology
• It is a branch of medicine concerning old-age patients.

  Geriatrics.
• Compromise between geriatric and gerontologic nursing.

  Gerontonic Nursing
• Holistic Specialty in nursing.

  Gerontological Nursing
• Republic Act 344.


  Accessibility Law of 1982
• What does Republic Act No. 344 indicate?

  "An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain Buildings, Institutions, Establishments, and Other Public Utilities To Install Facilities and Other Devices."
• Republic Act of 9994.


  Expanded Senior Citizen Act of 2010
• Indication of RA no. 9994

  Mandatory Phil health Coverage and social pension of 500 pesos per month at the age of 77 and above
• PP no. 470 Series of 1994


  1st week of October - Elderly Filipino Week
• PP no. 1048 Series of 1999


  International Year of Older persons.
• EO 105 series of 2003


  Group homes and foster homes
• AO No. 4 series of 2010


  Guidelines on the Home care support services for senior citizens
• Republic Act No. 10155


  The General Appropriations Act of 2012
• Republic Act No. 7876


  "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER IN ALL CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES"
• Characteristics of a Senior Citizen

  Resident in the Philippines with age 60 and above who retired from government offices or private enterprise with an annual income of less than 60,000 pesos per year.
• What are the privileges of senior citizens from NEDA?

  20% discount on services along with VAT-Exemption and exempted in training fees.
• What is the care of OSCA or NEDA?

  GSIS, SSS, Pag-ibig benefits as well as medical and dental care
• What are the categories of Old age?

  Young Old, Old, Oldest Old
• Oldest old is at what age?

  84+
• Youngest old is at what age?

  65 - 74 years old
• Old is considered at what age?

  75 to 84 years old
• True or False. Older population experience fewer acute illness than younger age groups.

  True
• What is the major problem for the older population?

  Chronic Illness
• What are the characteristics of Old age?


  They have different categories but are the same with increased life expectancy, marital status, living arrangements, income, and employment.
• True or False. Do older populations prioritize quality of life for increased life expectancy?

  True
• What are the examples of living arrangements for old people?

  Co-residence, women live longer, married people live longer
• What is the greatest obstacle in attaining secured old age?

  Poverty
• Gerontological nurses must consider the realities of what?

  Baby boomers
• Baby boomers were born in what year?

  1946-1964
• Defined characteristics.


  Most have children but current generations have low birth weight. They are better educated than preceding generations and prefer a more casual dress code than older adults. Enamored with high-tech products and leisure time less than older adults because they exercise more frequently.
• What are the four types of theories of aging?

  Biological, Sociological, Psychological and Nursing Theories
• It is the process of growing older that begins at birth.

  Aging
• Views the effects of biological aging as a result from assaults in both external and internal environment

  Stochastic theories
• Biological aging as a result of complex predetermined factors or processes.

  Non-stochastic theories
• What are the two categories of biologic aging theory?

  Stochastic and Non-stochastic
• What is the indication of biologic aging theory?

  It is a multifactorial process since it balances positive and negative factors. Example: Caloric restrictions by 25-50% can significantly extend life span.
• What are the different theories under stochastic theories?


  Cross-linking theory, free radicals and lipofuscin theory, wear and tear theory, evolutionary theories, and biogerontology theory
• Cross-linking theory suggests that?

  Overtime, the exposure to radiation and chemicals from the environment will form cross-link in the CHO, CHON, and lipids as well as nucleic acids.
• What do free radicals and lipofuscin theory suggest?

  Free radical is a reactive atom that carries an unpaired electron causing oxidative stress as it seeks to combine with another molecule.
• What does wear and tear theory suggest?

  Aging is attributed to repeated use or injury of the body overtime as it performs highly specialized function.