Elderly Clients and Vulnerable Groups

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negative effects of aging

HTN, heart disease, DM, depression, osteoarthritis (women higher risk)

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Transcultural considerations: stroke

African Americans

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Transcultural considerations: osteoporosis

white elderly women

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Transcultural considerations: prostate cancer

African American males

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Transcultural considerations: colon cancer

Aferican American and Jewish

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atypical presentation

  • subnormal temp

  • fatigue

  • falls

  • chest pain

  • anorexia

  • N/D

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ear assessment

  • gradually lose hearing @ 50

  • hearing aids

  • last hearing exam?

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physical exam findings

  • presbyopia (lose ability to focus eyes on near objects

  • presbycusis (lose hearing)

  • kyphosis

  • dry, fragile skin (senile purpura)

  • slower reflexes

  • decreased muscle mass

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normal eye finding

  • ocular fundus blood vessels pale and narrow

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TM

  • white and opaque