HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture 5: HLTHAGE 1BB3 - Lecture 5
5 Sep 2018
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Chapter 5: personal health and illness the effects of aging on body systems (day: 6 january 24, 2018) All five senses smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight change with age. Number and size of taste buds decline. Loss of sense of smell declines, especially after 70. Receptors for touch, temperature, and vibration decrease. Changes in sight and hearing have the greatest effect on a person"s ability to function in later life. Older adults may withdraw from social life and increase dependency on others. Harder time seeing a contrast between light and dark. Glare sensitivity and decline in peripheral vision. Decreased sensitivity to low-frequency tones in speech common. Approaches to dealing with hearing loss available, although deterioration of hearing mechanism not curable. Majority of seniors have excellent or very good self-rated functional health. Education is a factor; seniors with higher levels of education are more likely to report very good or excellent health.
