NSG 4405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sentinel Event, Dependency Ratio, Baby Boomers
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Aged dependency ratio = ratio of the number of persons age 65 and older per ever y100 members of the population aged 15-64. Ageism = bias toward older adults that is based on stereotypes. Aging = process of becoming chronologically and biologically older. Baby boomers = those members of the population that were born between 1945 and. Caregiver = anyone who provides assistance to someone else who is incapacitated in some way and needs help. Counting care retirement communities = community that provides housing and health care across the continuum form independent living, to assisted living, to skilled nursing care. Core end state indicator = characterize the terminal phase of chronic ncd include physical decline, weight loss, multiple comorbidites, and serum albumin of less than 2. 5, along with dependence on assistance with most activities of daily living. Dependency ratio = proportion of dependents per every 100 members of the population aged 15-64.