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Jak se s věkem měníme v tělesných i duševních souvislostech

Title in English How Our Age Changes Us in Physical and Mental Context
Authors

MATĚJOVSKÁ KUBEŠOVÁ Hana

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Současná role celoživotního učení v životě seniorů z multidisciplinární perspektivy
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

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.

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