Child and Youth Worker SSW206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Health Equity, Cortisol, Insomnia

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Older adults/seniors: canada defines a senior as anyone 65+ (sometimes the age can drop to 55 depending on. Indigenous seniors are considered at high risk of experiencing social isolation due to factors such as racism, marginalized language, culture, poverty and historical trauma; Social isolation among indigenous seniors has not been quantified, it is estimated that between 19% and 24% of seniors are social isolated . Improper use of medication over/under medicating: not providing food or liquids, proper clothing or hygiene, failure to assist with activities of daily living, abandonment, denial of senior"s basic rights. Substance abuse: older adults often have more medicines than any age demographic, this can sometimes lead to misuse of medicines, on average of 35 prescriptions per person are prescribed for individuals aged 60-79, and. Depression in old age: depression affects 10% of people over the age of 65. Is a condition characterized by dramatic deterioration of mental abilities involving thinking, memory, judgement and reasoning.

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