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Ageism - Describes a profound prejudice in American Society against older adults Young-Old - Ages 55- Old-Old - 75 years and older Frail Elderly - Those older than 75 years old with health concerns Centenarians - Older than 100 years of age Chronologic Age - Age of an individual expressed as the time that has elapsed since birth Lentigo - Tan or brown macules brought on by sun exposure; more common in middle aged people Pruritus - Dryness and itching of the skin Shearing Forces - Forces tending to produce injury by a shearing strain Dysphasia - Difficulty swallowing Nocturia - Excessive urination at night Stress Urinary Incontinence - Involuntary loss of a small amount of urine with increased abdominal pressure (coughing or sneezing) Urge Urinary Incontinence - Characterized by involuntary urinary loss after a sudden urge to void. Overflow Incontinence - Occurs when a chronically full bladder increases bladder pressure to higher level than urethral resistance is able to counter Functional Urinary Incontinence - Result of inability or unwillingness to toilet resulting from physical limitations, depression, or confinement to bed Orthostatic Hypotension - Low blood pressure that occurs when changing positions Claudication - Cramping pain in the calves Kyphosis - Abnormal curve in the upper spine sometimes called a "dowager's hump" Presbycusis - Sensorineural healing loss; most common in older adults Senile - State of physical and mental deterioration associated with aging Dementia - Progressive impairment of intellectual function; interferes with normal social and occupational activities

Ataxia - Impaired ability to coordinate movement Akinesia - Abnormal state of motor and physic hypoactivity Hemiplegia - Paralysis of one side of the body Dysarthria - Condition in which you have difficulty controlling or coordinating the muscles you use when you speak, or weakness of those muscles. Hemiplegia - Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain Aphasia - Impairs a person's ability to use and comprehend language