Learning Objectives
- Describe the major developmental tasks of old age and normal cognitive changes
- Outline the stages of grief and grieving, differentiate between normal and abnormal, and differing theories
- Outline the prevalence and causes of suicide in the elderly, common warning signs, and how these differ in the elderly
- Outline the prevalence, characteristics, risk factors and common types of dementia
- Identify and differentiate between dementia, delirium and depression
- Describe the prevalence, major features, symptoms and protective factors of depression in older people, and the role of somatisation
- Develop an understanding of the use and performance of a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the interpretation of results
Old Age
- [%] of people over 70 have at least one medical diagnosis?
- what are some health problems associated with old age?
- what is healthy ageing (according to WHO)?
- what is somatisation?
Cognitive & Psychosocial Development
- stage as per Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development?
- what are the key development tasks of old age?
- what cognitive changes occur with older age?
- what 3 types of memory are retained?
- what 3 types of memory decline?