Adults

Health Disparities

• Race discrimination
• Ethnocultural
• Sociocultural
• Age
• Disabilities

Major Adult Health Concerns

Chronic illness
—Heart disease
—DM
—AD
Cancer and Mental illness (especially depression)

Reproductive Health

• Pregnancy concerns
• Cancers (breast, cervical, ovarian)
• Concerns related to health and role
• Mothers, wives, workers
• Health disruptions affect roles

Reproductive Health Male

• Cancers (prostate, testicular)
• Erectile dysfunction
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

LGBTQIA+ Health Disparities

• Often linked to discrimination
• Higher incidence of
• Cancers
• Depression
• HIV/AIDS
• STIs

Patient Self-Determination Act (PDSA)

• Allows patient to make health care decisions for self

Hospice care

• Terminal illness or expectancy less than 6 months
• Focus on symptom management

Palliative care

Focus on improving quality of life

Advanced Directives

Directs care at end of life

Durable power of attorney (DPOA)
• Elects someone to make decisions for patient if they cannot

Caregivers

• Caregiver role strain common in adulthood
• “Sandwich generation”
—People taking care of aging parents as well as children or grandchildren