PSY 3128 Final: 66 Pages of Comprehensive Notes!
2 Aug 2016
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Estelle, 94, prior stockbroker/financial analyst, still has ambitions. Extra decade of healthy longevity (~90+) is expensive for the individual and raises diseases. Not everyone has dementia or cancer but simply regular aging issues. People used to die of the flu and since we got better at curing, people are dying of things like heart failure and stroke; things that require management over time. People are living longer with deeply needy conditions. Our bodily systems are not built to treat chronic diseases. Geriatricians in their second year are fifty on average. Few doctors are now available to deal with the rising care for the elderly. There are repercussions of keeping people alive longer and longer, such as transplants and bypass surgeries. People are becoming too frail to leave their homes so doctors must do house calls. Goal is to make whatever time the person has left to be as comfortable as possible.
