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- heart slows down
- vascular network less flexible
-lungs take in less air
-digestive system shuts down
Diseases in Elderly people
Serious Diseases are more prevelant
Diseases grow much more slowly than when the person was young
Cancer is even slower
No nutrition
Need fewer calories- Treats/Diets
(Fresh Fruit, vegetables, complex carbohydrates)
Aspirin- Increases need for vitamin C
Antacids
Caffeine reduces the amount of water in the body
exercise barriers- Weather
No senior sports teams
No Dance partners
More balance leads to less falls
Strength training- Get SWOLE Grandpa
Lifting weights
Needs about 1/2 an hour a day to be healthy
Discuss
1. Wear and tear.
wear and tear- just like a machine
support:
Women who are never pregnant tend to live longer
Overweight tend to sicken and die younger
Breakthrough in medicine
However:
Bodies repair your self
Benefit from use
Atrophy if not used
2. Genetic Aging
- Rats (4 years)
-Cats (30 years)
-Chimps (55 years)
-Humans (122 years)
3. Cellular Clock
Theorized there is a mechanism in the DNA that regulates the aging process- "on and off switch" like for growth spurts
Evidence:
Downs- Develop end of life diseases in mid life
Progeria- Stop growing and begin to wrinkle and bald (die as a teen)
Errors:
Hayflick limit- number of times a cell is capable of duplication
Grandma is getting:
Altzhiemers/ Dementia
Memory Process:
Sensing/ Processing- Not getting the information
Working memory- Short term- mental energy less, cant hold as much at once
Long term memory- good but selective
Control Processes- Ability to give attention, retrieve info, and organize thoughts
Memory Tricks- can help the elderly remember things
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