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Morton,at 85,had to give up his own home when he could no longer cook or keep his house clean.His children helped him move his most prized furniture into his own room at the facility where he now lives.He rides the facility bus to church and eats his meals in the communal dining room.The staff comes to his room each morning to make sure he has taken his medications.Morton is living in a(n) :
Sympathetic
Pertaining to the sympathetic nervous system, which controls the body's responses to stress and regulates vital functions such as heart rate.
Allostatic
Pertaining to allostatic load, the cumulative wear and tear on the body's systems due to chronic stress.
GAS
The General Adaptation Syndrome, a three-stage process that describes the physiological changes the body goes through under stress.
Generalized Adaptation Syndrome
A theoretical framework describing the body's response to stress in three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
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