Care of Elderly Patients
Across
- 3. misinterpretation of sensory stimuli
- 5. false perception having no relation to ability
- 6. heart attack or peripheral vascular disease
- 9. when the cause of a CVA is a bleeding blood vessel
- 11. recliner with side arms, a lap belt, ans wheels so that it can be navigated through hallways
- 12. 75 years of age to 85 years
- 14. 100 years of age or older
- 15. difficulty of speaking or understanding the spoken word
- 16. inability to speak
- 17. when the cause of a CVA is a blood clot
- 20. the practice of discrimination and prejudice against elders
- 21. person that is in long term care
Down
- 1. 65 years of age t0 75 years old
- 2. eye disease characterized by increased intraocular pressure
- 4. the destruction of the area in the retina where the optic nerve attaches, leading to the loss of central vision
- 7. the most common type of dementia, strongly associated with aging
- 8. Age 85 years and older
- 10. temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain
- 13. decrease in intellectual functioning resulting in the inability to care for one self
- 18. occurs when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, or opaque, casuing blurred vision
- 19. stroke or brain attack caused by a clot in a blood vessel or a bleeding blood vessel in the brain