GERIATRIC SYNDROME

There are few illness that only affect old people, a lot of of there appear before 65 years old.

There are several elements which designate the carefulness.

The most difficult in the aging illness is the presentation of them furthermore different illness could different organ or system; it is very common chronic or degenerative disorder which cause dependence.

One of the objectives in aging will be the upkeep of autonomy thought the early rehabilitation.

The pain is an important point for the nurses, they must know the stage of it. The scale EVA is used to measure the pain in aging.

Urinary and digestive problem are common in aging are important, constipation, heartburn and belching.

Respect to urinary problems appear more in people with prostatic hypertrophy and originate more infections.

In my opinion, the problems there more affect this patient are shake which increase with activity and senility. And the mental problem disorder, because they are aware about their problem and fell lest and lest rewarding.

Geriatric syndrome

The term "geriatric syndrome" is using to highlight the unique features of common health condition in the elderly.

Based on a review of the literature, four shared risk factor-older age, baseline congenitive impairment, baseline funtional inpairment, and impaired morbility - were identified across five common geriatric syndromes like a pressure ulcers, incontinence, falls, funtional decline, and delirium.

 The geriatric syndromes are defined by Kane, in 1989 in his book Essential of Clinical Geriatrics like a geriatric problems, allowing its memorization by the rule of ies:

-          immobility

-          instability and falls

-          urinary and faecal incontinence

-          intellectual impairment

-          inanition

-          impairment of vision and hearding

-          irritable colon

-          isolation

-          iatrogenesis

-          immune deficiency

-          impotence

From my point of view, Kane, explains very well in his book the principal problems that the geriatric patients suffer and which the family and sanitary personnel has to face.

Some of the complications which we can meet the nurses with the geriatric patients can be, to part of the syndromes described by Kane, the osteoporosis, sores, constipation or retention of secretions which we will have to learn to treat them

Bibliography

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409147/