Question 1
Consider a 12-year-old and 75-year-old have one of the following illnesses:
COPD
Asthma
Heart Failure
Cancer
Describe the chronic illness trajectory for the selected illness based on the patient’s age.
How does the chronically ill patient’s illness trajectory influence the plan of care?
Question 2
Discuss your own philosophy of aging.
When do you think a person becomes elderly?
What do you think of older people?
Are they active, senile, debilitated, etc.?
Provide a description of an elderly person that you know.
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