Visit the National Institutes of Health Senior Health information website: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/. Choose one of the chronic health conditions that is discussed on the site and summarize the following: definition, causes and risk factors, and symptoms and diagnosis. Next, locate two recently-published articles that discuss the latest research on how to treat the condition; one of the articles should be from a peer-reviewed journal. Briefly summarize what you have learned from these sources.
In your discussion consider the following:
- the implications for aging individuals and aging societies of increasing numbers of older persons living with chronic conditions such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, and
- ways that prevention and treatment using a biopsychosocial model—e.g., lifestyle changes—would benefit older adults living with chronic conditions such as those you have addressed.
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