Ageing - Physical 2
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- Ageing - Physical
- Ageing process and brain function
- Brain function begins to decline
- Short term memory and the ability to learn new materials is affected relatively early
- Words and vocabulary may begin to decline at 70
- Cognitive and intellectual ability is usually maintained until the age of 80
- Blood flow to the brain decreases with ageing
- Especially with in an individual with cerebrovascular disease
- Risk factors:
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Risk factors:
- Especially with in an individual with cerebrovascular disease
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain
- If blocked it can prevent the brain cells from getting oxygen and can result in brain damage
- Affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain
- Dementia
- A syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of brain function
- May have problems with:
- Memory loss
- Thinking speed
- Mental sharpness and quickness
- Language
- Understanding
- Judgement
- Mood
- Movement
- Difficulties carrying out daily activities
- A person with dementia is likely to experience problems with:
- Understanding what is happening around them
- Communicating
- Reasoning
- Finding their way
- Remembering recent events
- Vascular dementia = restriction of blood flow to the brain
- Can be triggered by a stroke
- Alzheimer's
- Most common form of dementia
- Onset is a slow process involving though function of the brain
- Difficulty with short term memory
- These symptoms increase as the disease worsens
- Unable to recognise family members
- Usually begins at 60
- Increased risk if it runs in the family
- No treatment, prevention, or cure
- Usually begins at 60
- Most common form of dementia
- Reduced absorption of nutrients
- Need a more protein-rich diet to support cell growth and repair
- Vitamins = essential for our body growth, vitality, and general well-being
- Minerals = Required for our body to function
- Vitamin D = good health and absorbing calcium
- Vitamin C = wound healing, forming and maintaining healthy tissues
- Iron = absorption may be reduced
- At risk of iron deficiency anaemia
- Water = digesting food and absorbing nutrients
- As we age we lose our sense of thirst
- At risk of dehydration
- As we age we lose our sense of thirst
- Water = digesting food and absorbing nutrients
- At risk of iron deficiency anaemia
- Iron = absorption may be reduced
- Vitamin C = wound healing, forming and maintaining healthy tissues
- Ageing process and brain function
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