Elderly
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More Specific Terms
Introduction
- In reference to individuals over 65 years of age.
- Also see related disorder in the elderly
Epidemiology
- Demographics: (1998)
- 34.4 million persons (12% of the population) >= 65 years
- number of persons > 65 years expected to double by 2025; increase 5-fold by 2050
- 33% of community-dwelling elderly live alone (1998)
- % increases with age
- women are more likely to live alone than men
- 55-60% of women over 85 live alone compared to 28% of men
- 22% of elderly women > 85 live in nursing home
- median income of persons > 65 is $31,568
- younger, married whites tend to have highest income
- unmarried hispanic women have lowest income
- ethnic variability in median income
- $32,398 for white Americans
- $22,102 for black Americans
- $21,935 for Hispanic Americans
- 10% of elderly lived below poverty line (1998)
- % higher for blacks (26%) & hispanics (21%)
- 75% of older men are married; 43% of older women are married
- in persons > 85 years of age, 51% of men are married compared with 14% of women
- women are 4 times more likely to be widowed than men
- 67% of persons age 60-70 years had high school diploma
Notes
- independence & quality of life are closely associated with being able to walk & drive a car [2]
More General Terms
Additional Terms
- adverse drug effects in the elderly
- age-related physiological changes
- alcohol consumption in the elderly
- asthma in the elderly
- blood pressure in the very old
- breast cancer in the elderly
- depression in the elderly
- dermatologic disorders in the elderly
- exercise for seniors
- falls in the elderly
- fever in the elderly
- fibromyalgia in the elderly
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the elderly
- health maintenance (preventive medicine) in the elderly
- Hearing Handicap Inventory in the Elderly-Screening Version (HHIE-S)
- HIV/AIDS in the elderly
- infections in the elderly
- orthopedic disorders in the elderly
- pharmacokinetics in the elderly
- prevention in the elderly
- Prospective Study of Pravastatin in Elderly People at Risk (PROSPER)
- psychosis, agitation & difficult behavior in the elderly
- renal disorders in the elderly
- rheumatologic disorders in the elderly
- seizures in the elderly
- subjective memory problems in the elderly
References
- Geriatrics Review Syllabus, American Geriatrics Society, 5th edition, 2002-2004
- Gill TM et al. Risk factors and precipitants of long-term disability in community mobility: A cohort study of older persons. Ann Intern Med 2012 Jan 17; 156:131. PMID: [1]
- NIH Senior Health [2]
- Senior's Health [3]
- NIH Institute & Center Resources: Senior's Health (general) [4]
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- (1) Caregiving strategies for older adults with delirium, dementia and depression. (2) Caregiving strategies for older adults with delirium, dementia and depression 2010 supplement. Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) ngc-guideline: [5]
- Improving medication management for older adult clients. ngc-guideline: [6]
- Management of relocation in cognitively intact older adults. ngc-guideline: [7]
- ASGE guideline: modifications in endoscopic practice for the elderly. (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) ngc-guideline: [8]
