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| Title in English | How Our Age Changes Us in Physical and Mental Context |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Současná role celoživotního učení v životě seniorů z multidisciplinární perspektivy |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Other medical specializations |
| Keywords | aging; functional status; geriatric syndromes; instability; dementia; immobilization; incontinency; frailty |
| Description | The paper describes the process of aging of individual organ systems and its consequences for the functioning of the elderly. Changes of cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems are analyzed and metabolic and hormonal changes are discussed. At the end of the contribution, attention is paid to giant geriatric syndromes - dementia, vertigoes and falls, incontinency, skin integrity disturbances and frailty. |