The nurse working in long-term care knows that there are multiple theories regarding aging. The one the nurse most identifies with proposes that the body's cells are leading to damaged organs and organ systems
This description is congruent with which theory?
a.
Cross-linking theory of aging
b.
Wear-and-tear theory
c.
Gould's theory on adult development
d.
Senescence theory of aging
ANS: B
The wear-and-tear theory states that body cells are damaged from years of hard use. The cross-linking theory relates changes of aging to cross-linked and connected cells and systems become hardened over time, decreasing function. Gould's theory is a psychosocial one looking at tasks the adult completes, not physical changes. "Senescence" means biologic aging; there is no senescence theory of aging.
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