NCLEX - Age change

Immune

- Increased autoimmune responses

• rheumatoid arthritis

 

Skin Changes in the Older Adult

✓ Decreased nail growth increasing the risk for fungal infection

✓ Increased nail thickness causing a potential overhang over the toes

✓ Decreased epidermal thickness causing skin transparency

✓ Decreased melanocytes which increase the risk of a sunburn

✓ Decreased dermal blood flow causing skin dryness

✓ Thinning subcutaneous layer leading to hypothermia

✓ Decreased eccrine and apocrine glands cause the skin to become dry