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| HEALTH
CARE NEEDS OF AGING WOMEN |
| Total Woman 2000
Conference, Buffalo, NY |
| November 12,
1997 |
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by Robert Stall MD, Geriatrician |
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| Impairments |
Elucidations |
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Idleness
Ignominy (embarrassment, shame)
Ignorance
Illness (thyroid disease, Parkinson's)
Immobility (osteoarthritis, stroke)
Impaired senses (blindness, deafness)
Impotence
(sexual dysfunction)
Impoverishment
Inadequate estrogen
(osteoporosis, heart disease)
Inadequate food
(malnutrition)
Inappropriate treatment
(by health care professionals, elder abuse)
Incontinence (stool, urine)
Indifference
(by family, friends, doctors)
Insomnia
Instability
(unsteadiness, fear of falling, falls)
Intellectual decline (dementia, depression)
Intoxication (alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes, medications)
Irregularity (constipation)
Isolation (loneliness, depression) |
Eating
Education
Elixirs
Employment
Encouragement
Engagement
Enjoyment
Enlightenment
Esteem
Estrogen
Examination
Excitement
Exercise
Exorcism
(stop smoking, stop drinking)
Expectations (goals, hope) |
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