In this modern time‚ the demand for care placement for elderly particularly with dementia patient is increasing thus‚ provision of proper nutrition is very vital. The rate of malnutrition for older people in care homes and hospitals are increasing especially those with dementia simply because the sufferers are not eating enough and this may cause difficulties for the carers. This article discuss some contributing factors that can seriously affect unplanned weight loss‚ how to overcome these problems
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The patient is a 29 year old male who presented to the ED with an intentional overdose of an unknown amount of Tylenol. Patient reports relational issues with his wife as primary contributing factor to he distress. He reports experiencing feelings of depression and mood swings. Patient reports depression symptoms as feelings of worthlessness‚ hopelessness‚ tearfulness‚ isolation‚ insomnia‚ guilt‚ fatigue‚ and sadness. Patient currently denies homicidal ideations and having any visual or auditory
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Portfolio task - Module 6 “Write a properly referenced essay on the treatment and management of a patient with corns” (Words 488) This essay will discuss the different types of corns. This requires looking at the possible causes‚ treatment and management of a patient with corns. According to SMAE Institute (2012)‚ the different types of corns include Heloma Molle (soft corn)‚ Heloma Durum (hard corn)‚ vascular and neuro-vascular helomata. Hard corns are described by Carlson et al (2004)
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period of one month. An alternative diagnosis is which symptoms cluster together and whether they form disorganised‚ positive and negative symptoms (Liddle et al. 1994). Current treatments for schizophrenia are divided into drug treatments‚ psychological and social management and electroconvulsive therapy. Drug treatments have developed around the biological explanations of the causes of Schizophrenia. There are ample studies around but problems with some of the research in this area such as supporting
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The catholic patient is 87 years old. The patient is diagnosed with dementia‚ muscle weakness‚ cardiac dysrhythmia‚ anxiety‚ and lack of coordination. She is ordinated and alert but sometimes has episodes of confusion. The patient can ambulate but uses a walker for assistance. Patient experiences pain from past back accident and because of muscle weakness‚ occasionally. Patient’s plan of care includes maintaining health and daily activities. Due to her being incontinent‚ she developed a stage one
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Patient S cannot hear well and requires whoever is speaking to him to face him so he can see the lips move and hear more clearly. The patient also wears bifocals and requires them for reading. Patient S also claims they help him ‘watch his feet while walking.’ The patient explained that the best way for him to learn is to perform activities and receive written information about medications‚ diet‚ and exercises that should be continued throughout his life. The patient also expressed interest about
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the text‚ and I would like to use an example for enabling based on a situation that I was thrown into professionally. I once had a forty-something year old (Patient A) patient that presented to the ED as a heroin overdose. The patients seventy-something year old mother called EMS after finding her son unresponsive on the bedroom floor. Patient A was a well known poly substance abuser that preferred heroin to achieve his high‚ but would use ANYTHING in its place‚ he has overdosed at least 7 times during
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Patient-therapist interaction The way the therapist and patient interact with each other in a medical setting greatly influence on the therapeutic relationship (Greenhalgh and Heath 2010). According to Crepeau and Garren (2011) to develop a strong therapeutic relationship‚ the therapist must be able to interact in a way that allows them to enter into the patient’s experience‚ connect with the emotional feelings and to be willing to modify their own perspective in order to respond to the patient’s
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Patient Case Study MS is a 26 year old female diagnosed with major depressive disorder‚ anxiety and type II diabetes mellitus. The chief complaint that led to the current admission was suicidal ideation with a plan. MS stated upon admission that she wanted “everything to end.” MS confirmed having “lot of anxiety” and stress. MS experienced financial‚ medical‚ social and work related stressors. MS had purchased a car that did not work well and the replacement did not work either. Her boyfriend had
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The Main Treatment Options Oh‚ shit‚ Ramey‚" was the first thing I said when I walked in the door that morning. He’d been looking bad‚ but now one of his eyes was bugged out – probably twice the size of the other one. I’ve done a lot of reading about this since then. Usually it’s because the fish swims into something sharp‚ probably that ceramic decorative castle I had in there. Ramey’s fins had been disintegrating for a while; over a few months his velvety banner of a tail had succumbed to an
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