This assessment assignment is to be done on a 75 y/o or older client
(aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather, or any other older relative
could be used as your client) to include physiological, functional,
psycho-social, mental status, family support systems, and environmental
factors. If the client has any specific deficits apparent, implied, or
potential for deficits, these factors must be evaluated carefully. Some
of these factors may include the presence of a specific illness or
injury, loss of function, or problems with mobility, mental/emotional
deficits such as depression, or Alzheimer’s, possibility of being
abused, and/or lack of adequate support systems. The specific format
used to record the information will be a SOAP format or the format in
Chapter 27 of your Jarvis Health Assessment textbook 6th or 7th Editions
last chapter (See below for more details of the guidelines:
In
Chapter 27 “The Complete Health Assessment: Putting It All Together” of
the 6th or 7th editions last Chapter of the Jarvis Physical Examination
& Health Assessment book, there is a guide on how to do a complete
assessment of the adult patient (see pages 763 thru 771). You can also
look in the Lab Manual that goes with the Jarvis health Assessment
textbook for Chapter 27 which also gives you a guide for doing the
complete Geriatric Assessment. Use either format to guide you in doing
your Geriatric Assessment. The last Chapter in Jarvis, Chapter 30, gives
you a guide as to the Functional Assessment of the Older Adult. This
Chapter has numerous exams that can be used on the older adult to denote
activities of daily living, risk factor exams, cognitive teats,
depression scales, strain indexes, safety checklists, when to stop
driving test, mini mental stasis exams, and more found throughout the
textbook. Questions to consider while performing the health assessment
of your geriatric client are as follows: 1.) Describe the acute and
chronic conditions your client is currently experiencing; 2.) Which
signs and symptoms are related to normal aging and which can you
contribute to pathophysiology; 3.) What factors have contributed to the
health conditions possessed by your client; 4.) Describe the priorities
of care for your client; 5.) Discuss your client’s current condition in
terms of Self-Care Model for geriatric nursing; 6.) Identify life
experiences that have been unique to your client that may have prepared
them to cope with the challenges of aging: 7.) What obstacles does your
client face when trying to maintain an active state; 8.) What does your
client do for mental stimulation: 9.) What questions will you ask to
assess your client’s spiritual beliefs and needs: 10.) What changes
should be made to your client’s home to make it user-friendly and safe
for your client;11.) Discuss the actual and potential family problems
that might be associated with caring for your client; 12.) All screening
tools used for the assessment of the geriatric patient should be cited
and put into your reference page. The guideline rubrics for this
assignment are in the guideline for assignment section located in the
course material area of eCourses. If you should have any questions
concerning this assignment, do not hesitate in contacting me.
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