Across
- 2. Care which addresses the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social needs of the elderly
- 5. Skin and tissue injury which nurses watch out for in the elderly since they are at risk, especially those who are bedridden or immobile
- 6. General term for illnesses affecting cognitive abilities, memory, thinking and behavior
- 7. Physical weakness due to loss of muscle mass with age
- 8. Acronym of the assessment tool which aims to comprehensively assess the well being, health and needs of the elderly
- 11. Most common form of dementia
- 12. What healthcare issue involves taking multiple medications?
- 13. Common cause of loneliness in the elderly
- 16. Month when the Elderly Filipino Week is celebrated in the Philippines
- 17. What physical change involves loss of sensory function in older adults?
Down
- 1. Role of nurses to maintain older adults’ well-being?
- 3. Value that must be upheld by nurses when taking care of the elderly
- 4. Experienced by the elderly as brought about by their medications
- 9. Mood disorder affecting the elderly, characterized by persistent sadness and hopelessness
- 10. The elderly are primary candidates of this form of care which does not treat illness, but only provides relief of signs and symptoms
- 11. What is the universal process marked by physical, psychological, and social changes?
- 14. What social challenge refers to discrimination based on age?
- 15. Elderly are at risk of this danger with their caregivers
- 18. Privilege given to the elderly, 60 years old and above, as per the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, to lighten financial expenses
- 19. One of the role of nurses is to foster _________ for them to have autonomy for their own lives and needs