HDE 100C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Continuing Care Retirement Communities In The United States, Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Circulation
11 Oct 2016
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Chapter 3: health and health disorders: health and health disorders, functional limitations. Autosomal: autosome body chromosome (not a sex chromosome, when a gene is autosomal, this means we find it on one of the body chromosomes, not the sex chromosomes. Mortality rate: as age increases, so does mortality rates: disability. Disability the extent to which people are unable to perform adls and iadls. The number of abilities any person is unable to do is associated with level of disabilities. Activities of daily living (adls) basic self-care activities. Include: bathing, dressing, getting around inside the home, shifting from a bed to a chair, using the toilet, eating. Instrumental activities of daily living (iadls) more complex, everyday tasks. Include: preparing meals, shopping for personal items, doing light housework, doing laundry, using transportation, handling finances, using the phone, taking medication. Nagi abilities include abilities related to range of motion and strength.
