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Occupational Therapist


COTA Skills 106
Aging Trends and Concepts

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  • De???ne relevant terminology regarding elders
  • Describe the relation between aging and illness
  • Discuss components of health and chronic illness
  • Discuss a client-centered approach
  • Describe the three stages of aging, and de???ne their differences
  • Describe the effects of growth of the elder population on society
  • Discuss the effects of an increasingly large number of elder women on society
  • Describe the problems and needs of the oldest old populations — that is, those elders 85 years and older, including the centenarians. Describe living arrangements of elders and living trends, such as aging in place
  • Discuss the signi???cance of economic trends on the elderly
  • Relate implications of demographical data for occupational therapy practice
  • Discuss current trends impacting elders in America and implications for occupational therapy practice
  • Describe the importance of intergenerational contact for occupational therapy intervention
  • Explain the importance of understanding generational cohorts for intervention
  • Describe the concept of “ ageism ” in today’s society and the effect of the views of the American youth culture on aging

Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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