PPT-COVID-19 and Vulnerable Populations, Part 1: The effects on older adults

Mindy J Fain MD Gregory K Mayer MD MBA June 4 2020 COVID19 and Older Adults An Overview ASU College of Health Solutions June 4 2020 Mindy J Fain MD CoDirector UArizona Center on Aging. Outreach & Prevention. Jody Bechtold, LCSW, NCGC-II, BACC. Why Focus on . Older Adults?. Source: A Profile of Older Americans: 2003, Administration on Aging, HHS. Changing Demographics: . More . Elderly. Shawn M Lang, Director of Public Policy. CT AIDS Resource Coalition. HIV/AIDS and Older Adults. What are HIV and AIDS?. H. uman . I. mmunodeficiency . V. irus. A. cquired. . I. mmunodeficiency . D. UK Physical Activity Guidelines. UK-wide . Global evidence of the health benefits . Life course . Recommended amount for health benefit. Why do we need guidelines for older adults?. Physical . activity levels are . B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . Melissa Mattson . and . Diane Mortimer. Objective 1. List at least three ways recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) differs between older and younger adults. . How is TBI different in older adults?. What is loneliness like for older adults?. Being Alone. Loneliness defined. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of being alone. It is “the distress that results from discrepancies between ideal and perceived social relationships.” . Deborah Hasin, Ph.D.. Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D.. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG OLDER ADULTS:. AN EMERGING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. Title page. Today’s Broadcast. Present the latest research on:. High-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders among those 55 and older (Dr. Deborah Hasin). INTRODUCTION. Older adults comprise a major portion of the population. For dentistry, older adults are retaining more teeth which means providing treatment for them is a separate entity. A knowledge about the aging changes in the . Tier 3. Psychosis. What is psychosis?. ‘Some loss of contact with reality’. This might involve hallucinations or delusions’ (NHS). Hallucinations – hearing voices/ seeing things/ sensation that someone is touching them/ experiencing smells that are not there. Focus: Flu Vaccines. Question 1: . The flu vaccine will give you the flu. True. False . Answer 1:. FACT: The flu vaccine will NOT cause you to come down with the flu. Myth: The flu vaccine will give you the flu. Sharon A. Matthew . LPC,CCS,ACRPS,CSAT, CMAT. Objectives. To educate on the myths about mental health in older adults . Statistics on prevalence of mental health disorders in adults. To understand common problems addressed in treatment with older adults. Tier 2 . Eating disorder . An eating disorder is when the person has an unhealthy attitude to food which can over their life and make them ill.. It can involve eating too much or too little, and/ or becoming obsessed with their body and shape. (Calmer Life Program). Presented by: Melissa K Rollins, M.S., CCATP. What is Anxiety?. Anxiety Disorder in America. Types of Anxiety. Symptoms of Anxiety. Physical Symptoms of Anxiety. Racing heart, or heart palpitations. What is trauma?. Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-bein.