The care of a patient is a team effort and within the forum of a visit a patient is utilizing many sources, many individuals, and much more technology than anyone realizes. Patients age 65 and older are a unique subset of patients that are cared for each day. One major condition that many elderly patients succumb to is dementia. Dementia is described as the adverse actions of aging, in layman’s terms, one will return to what they were first born as. Dementia will cause a person to lose the knowledge, skills, and functions to perform daily functional task. Once this change happens, caregivers some trained but most family members are not beginning their journey of learning to care for the elderly. The ability to have accurate, real-time information …show more content…
The information in the blog, aims to create a better transition for the caregiver by giving them the knowledge and skills that they will need to be supportive. One other important factor of dementia is that with the lack of cognitive function comes a security risk for all involved. The individual with dementia may become unaware of what is right and wrong creating events like behavioral changes. That will cause harm to the sufferer and or the …show more content…
With real-time answers I believe many lives are being saved and a better quality of life exists for the elderly we care for. References Fowler, C., Haney, T., & Rutledge, C. M. (2014). An Interprofessional Virtual Healthcare Neighborhood for Caregivers of Elderly With Dementia. Journal for Burse Practitioners, 10(10), 829. doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.08.012. Retrieved from: http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edo&AN=99765677&site=eds-live&scope=site Santos de Queiroz, R., & Funchal Camacho, A. C. (2016). Educational Technology On Care To Elderly With Dementia: Experience Report. Journal of Nursing UFPE/Revista De Enfermagem UFPE, 361-365. doi:10.5205/reuol.7901-80479-1-SP.1001sup201623. Retrieved from:
Alzheimer’s disease affects populations in both cities and rural areas. Although only 19% of older adults live in rural areas, up to one-third of rural populations are comprised of older adults (Sun, Kosberg, Kaufman, & Leeper, 2010). In addition to limited access to and suspicion of healthcare and social services for older adults and their caregivers, social isolation plays a great role in rural areas, where opportunities for engagement and interaction may be unavailable or inaccessible (Sun et al., 2010). Healthcare workforce shortages, while present far and wide, are intensified in rural areas and can severely limit a family’s choices when caregivers struggle to meet the needs of individuals with Alzheimer’s (Sun et al., 2010). Research suggests a high level of depression in both persons with dementia and spousal caregivers in rural populations (Haley et al., 2008). Research also suggests the loss of language capacity among individuals with Alzheimer’s limits the individual’s independence.
Telehealth is the monitoring via remote exchange of physiological data between a patient at home and health care professionals at hospitals or clinics to assist with diagnosis and treatment. As our society ages and health care costs increase, government and private insurance payers are seeking technological interventions. Technological solutions may provide high quality healthcare services at a distance, utilize professional resources more effectively, and enable elderly and ill patients to remain in their own homes. Patients may experience decreased hospitalization and urgent care settings, and out of home care may not be required as the patient is monitored at home. However, no study has been able to prove telehealth benefits conclusively. This change in health care delivery presents new ethical concerns, and new relationship boundaries between health care professionals, patients, and family members. This paper will discuss telehealth benefits in specific patient populations, costs benefits of using telehealth, and concerns of using telehealth.
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The human brain is extraordinary organ. It stores our memories, vision, hearing, speech, and capable of executing executive higher reasoning and functions setting us apart from animals. Today we know more about the human brain because of medical advances and the development of technology. These brain disorders have been studied for years and many others would classify dementia as a mental illness because it causes cognitive impairments. The following paragraphs will discuss what dementia is, what the types of dementia are, perspectives of patients with dementia as well as the perspective of a caregiver to a dementia patient.
Mollie is the patient in our case study. Mollie lives with her daughter and son in law, both in their 70’s. A home health aide assists Mollie five days a week for three hours each day. At age 94, Mollie is an older adult, considered to be part of a vulnerable population, at risk for hearing, visual and mobility deficits. This at risk population can experience changes in cognitive or physical status making the activities of daily living difficult to perform (Meiner, 2011). As people like Mollie age, gradually becoming less able to function independently, their grown children, potential caregivers, may be preoccupied with the demands of their own lives and not prepared to care for an older
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Due to an ageing population , The Francis Report recommends the introduction of a new status of nurse, the “registered older persons nurse”. One of the illnesses linked in with this is dementia, and multiple factors relating to dementia are having an impact on how nurses are trained and their deliverance of services. In 2013, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) began a new development program to transform dementia care for hospitals. There aim is to develop skills and knowledge related to dementia, the roles of all those who are involved, understanding the development of action plans that identify key changes.
In most facilities an initiative lifestyle has been organized to give people with dementia a voice in how and where they are cared for (White). This is how things should be everywhere in the world when it comes to people with dementia. People affected by this disease don’t need people to tell them what to do or make decisions for them, they need the freedom to do it themselves so they don’t give up. Although incapacity is common, many persons with dementia are capable of making their own medical and research decisions (Kim, Karlawish, and Caine). At the early stages of dementia, a will needs to be made so medical wishes can be granted. When people are given the freedom of choice, they are much happier, they live longer, and they have a better attitude about the disease they are suffering from. Individuals that get dementia did not get it by choice, but they live through it day by day with strength and the ability to live
Looking for a way to extend the time families had with their loved ones before the pain of Alzheimer’s took over, I became a co-head of my friend’s newly founded organization, Piecing Back Memory (PBM), that strived to help seniors fight this disease and dementia. After doing
Changes have come over the decades in regards to restraining a dementia patient. This includes both chemical and physical restraint used within care facilities. In this report I wish to compare the two methods and discuss how they are now both encouraged as second tier practices.
Introduction This assignment critically discusses dementia, a widespread disability among older adults today. It provides an introduction to dementia and analyses its prevalence in society. The various forms of dementia are elaborated with descriptions of dysfunctions and symptoms. Nursing Assessment and Interventions are provided in the further sections which discuss actions nurses should take while evaluating patients and treating them.
The goal is to become not only a world-wide company but a source for product solutions to manage dementia people life. It is a start-up company that will initially distribute a full line of dementia kits, elderly bracelets, and software, facilitating active and free everyday life of dementia patients. The venture is going to produce and distribute additional products. The headquarters are based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Families and caregivers so they no longer have to worry about the safety of their loved ones. The home health care team is able to perform the care d...
... certain situations. This could either be outlined with the patient, if they are capable of such discussions, or with a member of their family if it is necessary to do so. This would then create a personal manual, which would make those with dementia easier to treat, and therefore have a higher quality of life.
Many of the patients at the adult day care center live with dementia. Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. (“What is Dementia?”) There are