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-Heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes mellitus cause almost 2/3 of all deaths each year in the U.S.
-Others: Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, vision and hearing deficits, osteoporosis, hip fractures, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and depression
-Current level of health (self-rated by the patient)
-*Level of
Functioning*: ADLs (i.e., bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transferring) and instrumental ADLs (i.e., using a phone, shopping, preparing food, cleaning, doing laundry, taking medication, and handling finances)
-Capacity for self-management
--> Teaching patient AND family/caregiver
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False. Sexuality, which Waite et al. (2009) define as "the dynamic outcome of physical capacity, motivation, attitudes, opportunity for partnership, and sexual conduct," exists throughout life in one form or another in everyone. It includes the physical act of intercourse as well as many other types of intimacy such as touch, hugging, and holding. Sexuality is related to overall health with those whose health is rated as excellent or good being nearly twice as likely to be sexually active as those whose health is rated as poorer. The particular form it takes varies with age and gender. In general, men are more likely than women to have a partner, more likely to be sexually active with that partner, and tend to have more positive and permissive attitudes toward sex. While the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project showed that there was a significant decline in the percentage of men and women who reported having any sex in the preceding year (comparing 57-‐64, 65-‐ 74, and 75-‐84 years), some of this decline relates to loss of partners. Those who remained sexually active with a partner maintained remarkably constant rates of sexual activity through 65-‐74 and fell only modestly at the oldest ages. Normal aging physical changes in both men and women sometimes affect the ability of an older adult to have and enjoy sex. A woman's vagina may shorten and narrow and her vaginal walls become thinner and stiffer which leads to less vaginal lubrication and effects on sexual function and/or pleasure. As men age, impotence (also known as erectile dysfunction - ED) becomes more common. ED may cause a man to take longer to have an erection and it may not be as firm or large as it used to be. Additionally, the loss of erection after orgasm may happen more quickly or it may take longer before an erection is possible. Medications taken for chronic conditions such as arthritis, chronic pain, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, incontinence, stroke and depression might cause sexual problems leading to ED in men and vaginal dryness and difficulty with arousal or orgasm in women. Patient education and counseling and ability to clinically identify sexual problems can help resolve some of these issues.
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aging is defined as the progressive loss of function. This age-related decrease occurs along with decreasing fertility and increased mortality risk. The exact etiology or cause of biologic aging remains to be determined. Biologic aging is clearly a multifactorial process involving genetics, oxidative stress, diet, and environment.11,12 In part, biologic aging can be viewed as a balance of positive factors such as healthy diet, regular exercise, and coping resources and negative factors such as obesity, unhealthy lifestyle (smoking), chronic illness, and stress that exceeds the individual's coping resources
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