COGNITIVE SCREENING TO KNOW THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE ELDERLY

Abstrak

The worldwide number of elderly is estimated to reach a figure of 500 million with an
average age of 60 years, and it is estimated that in 2025 it will be reached 1.2 billion. The
increase amount elderly in Indonesia in the period the time from 1990 to 2025 is classified
world's fastest. Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) shows that the elderly
population 2000 amounted to 14.4 million people (7.18%). In 2010 it was estimated that
there would be 23.9 million people (9.77%), and in 2020 there would be 28.8 million souls
(11.34%). Consequence population With increasing old age, an epidemiological transition
will occur, namely a shift in disease patterns from infectious diseases and nutritional
disorders to degenerative diseases, diabetes, hypertension, neoplasms, and coronary heart
disease. The consequence of an increase in elderly residents is an increase in the number
of elderly patients with different characteristics from residents of different ages. The
characteristics of elderly patients are multi pathology, decreased biological reserves,
changes in symptoms and signs of disease from the classic ones, impaired functional status
of elderly patients, and often nutritional disorders, undernourishment or poor nutrition.