Textbook page 277

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• Textbook page 277.answer questions 1-4graded
  assignment.

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The Adult Years

• Young Adult 20-40years

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Discussion

• You are about to enter young adulthood. What do
  you think is going to be the best part of these
  developmental years?
• Share with your table partner.

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Essential Question

• How does adult development differ from childhood
  development?

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Young Adult

• Complete education
• Start a career
• Raise a family

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Physical Development

• Physical growth stops
• Bones have matured
• Still need calcium and weight-bearing exercise
• Regular exercise necessary (flexibility,
  strength, agility)
• Peak muscle strength
• Vision may decline
• Especially depth perception
• Hearing loss may begin

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Cognitive-Intellectual Development

• Gains an abundance of knowledge
• Formal education/on-the-job training
• Critical thinking is refined
• More life experience and practice
• Intellectually curios

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Psycho-Emotional Development

• Early years increasing independence
• Self assured/self aware
• Coping skills increased
• Establishing lifelong relationships
• Genuine concern for the wellbeing of another
  person

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Social Development

• Establish careers, marriages, families, homes
• Establishing their values
• Friendships based on commonalities rather than
  age
• Seek to contribute to society

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Healthcare / Aspects of Care

• Exercise to prevent bone loss
• Balanced diet
• Social contact
• Stress management
• Juggling many aspects of life
• Regular health/dental care
• Blood pressure, cholesterol, pap smears,
  breast exams, testicular exams

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Discussion

• Many moms work outside the home. How do you
  think this affects their relationship with their
  children? Do you think children benefit more
  from having a stay at home mom or a working mom?
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vpym5t3-hIoM

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Homework

• Ask a parent AND a grandparent
• What has best the best part of your adult years?
• What has been the worst part of your adult years?
• What piece of advise would you offer to someone
  about to enter their adult years?

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The Middle-Aged Adult

• 40-65 years

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Middle-Aged Adult

• Typically active and productive
• Begin to notice signs of aging

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Physical Development

• Female bone loss begins at 35yrs
• Male bone loss begins at 65yrs
• Diet and exercise important
• Muscle strength, endurance, and stamina decline
• Weight gain
• Female- Menopause around 45-50yrs.
• End of menstration
• A process over numerous years
• Hair grays and thins, wrinkles
• Chronic health problems
• Hypertension, heart disease, diabetes

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Cognitive-Intellectual Development

• Brain decreases in size _at_ age 50
• Information processing slows
• Still can learn new information, multitask, and
  remember old information

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Psycho-Emotional Development

• Proud and accomplished
• Increased sense of loss
• Death of friends and family
• Empty nest syndrome video1 video2
• Marriages may disintegrate as family changes
• Careers may weaken
• Elderly parents may become increasingly dependent
• Reflect on their own mortality
• Mid-life crisis
• video

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Social Development

• Many things affect the ability of the adult to be
  social and participate in social activities
• Career
• Growing children
• Aging parents
• Need creative social outlets

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Healthcare / Aspects of Care

• Weight-bearing and aerobic exercise
• Balanced nutritional diet
• Adequate rest
• Social contact very important
• Stress management techniques
• Regular health and dental check-ups
• Checks for weight, blood pressure, cholesterol
  and glucose
• Mammograms and prostate exams

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The Mature Adult Years

• 65 years and older

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• Retirement
• Has advantages and disadvantages

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Physical Development

• Body systems age
• Geriatrics field of medicine concerned with
  aging problems
• Growing field!

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Aging Integumentary System

• Thinning and wrinkling skin
• Graying and thinning hair
• Brittle nails
• Slowed healing

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Aging Nervous System

• Slowed reaction time and thought processing
• Decreased blood flow to brain
• Short attention span / difficult to multitask
• Impaired fine motor skills
• Memory loss
• Impaired vision and hearing

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Aging Musculoskeletal System

• Osteoporosis decreased bone density
• Increase incidence of fracture
• Osteoartritis joint disease
• Muscle atrophy
• Muscles shrink in size

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Aging Cardiovascular System

• Decreased cardiac output (amount of blood the
  heart pumps in one minute)
• Arteriosclerosis thickening of the arteries
• Heart has to work harder
• Orthostatic Hypotension drop in blood pressure
  when standing or sitting up abruptly
• Increase risk of heart disease

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Aging Respiratory System

• Loss of elasticity of lungs
• Ribs become more rigid
• Increase shortness of breath

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Aging Immune System

• General decline
• Susceptible to infectious and autoimmune diseases
• Cancer
• Rheumatoid arthritis

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Aging Digestive System

• Constipation
• Decreased exercise / poor diet
• Fecal incontinence
• Decreased muscle tone

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Aging Urinary System

• Changes in kidney function
• Loss of voluntary control of urination

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Aging Endocrine System

• Decreased thyroid function
• Loss of estrogen production
• Changes in levels of hormones that affect blood
  pressure and response to stress.

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Cognitive-Intellectual Development

• Takes longer to process information but can still
  learn
• Long-term memory is more intact than short-term
  memory
• Vast knowledge
• Great teachers!

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Psycho-Emotional Development

• Facing future death, loss of loved ones, loss of
  career
• Individuals who have developed interest outside
  of their careers may make a smoother transition
  to retirement
• Possible increased dependence on others

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Social Development

• Increased spirituality
• Many still live independently
• Many volunteer
• Seek relationships with family
• Grandchildren often a great source of pleasure

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Healthcare / Aspects of Aging

• Exercise, balanced diet, naps
• Special diets (low sodium, low sugar, ETC)
• Sleep for less hours through the night
• Social contact needed
• Health/dental care
• USE IT OR LOSE IT an active body brain
  prevents loss of function
• video

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• Discuss with a partner.
• What stage are your parents/caregivers in?
• (young adult, middle-aged, mature)
• Are they suffering from any of the problems
  associated with aging? Explain
• What stage are your grandparents in?
• (young adult, middle-aged, mature)
• Are they suffering from any of the problems
  associated with aging? Explain