Well Elder Paper
Well Elder Paper
NURS 130-1013
Betty Stinson, born February 13 1935, is a 78 year old woman currently living with my mother. She is my grandma on my maternal side. Betty’s typical day starts around eight am, waking up to go to the bathroom down the hall. She needs to use her walker because she can not walk without some assistance. From there she walks back to her room and catches up on all her morning programs. My mother normally wakes up and gets breakfast to her by 10am. She continues to watch TV until her afternoon nap between 1 and 2pm. When she wakes up, she watches her evening programs and walks around the house. Dinner is usually ready anywhere between 6-8pm. She doesn’t really get to sleep till around 11:30 because she has insomnia and tosses and turns all night. Betty looks great and is in good health. Her words “Not a damn thing is wrong with my health.” She is disabled but communicates great. She suffers from a little arthritis. Needs her walker to get around, she doesn’t move very fast anymore. She has a special recliner in her room that helps lift her up. She just recently lost 45lbs and is now down to 199lbs. She said she hasn’t weighed below 200lbs in 30+ years. My grandma currently lives in Forest Hill, CA with my mother, step-dad, and step-sister. They have lived up there in the mountains for 3 years. By now she is used to living out there but it took some time getting used to, because she is used to the city. The hills out there are silent and they don’t have many neighbors. The thing that matters most to her is family. It makes her sad that in the last couple years, not many family members call, mail anything or come by. She just sees whoever comes to visit my mother’s house. The only thing she could think about not having done was her knee surgery but said she doesn’t plan on having it done. She is very happy with what she has accomplished in life. She just needs to go shopping for some clothes since she lost so much weight. Her biggest
NURS 130-1013
Betty Stinson, born February 13 1935, is a 78 year old woman currently living with my mother. She is my grandma on my maternal side. Betty’s typical day starts around eight am, waking up to go to the bathroom down the hall. She needs to use her walker because she can not walk without some assistance. From there she walks back to her room and catches up on all her morning programs. My mother normally wakes up and gets breakfast to her by 10am. She continues to watch TV until her afternoon nap between 1 and 2pm. When she wakes up, she watches her evening programs and walks around the house. Dinner is usually ready anywhere between 6-8pm. She doesn’t really get to sleep till around 11:30 because she has insomnia and tosses and turns all night. Betty looks great and is in good health. Her words “Not a damn thing is wrong with my health.” She is disabled but communicates great. She suffers from a little arthritis. Needs her walker to get around, she doesn’t move very fast anymore. She has a special recliner in her room that helps lift her up. She just recently lost 45lbs and is now down to 199lbs. She said she hasn’t weighed below 200lbs in 30+ years. My grandma currently lives in Forest Hill, CA with my mother, step-dad, and step-sister. They have lived up there in the mountains for 3 years. By now she is used to living out there but it took some time getting used to, because she is used to the city. The hills out there are silent and they don’t have many neighbors. The thing that matters most to her is family. It makes her sad that in the last couple years, not many family members call, mail anything or come by. She just sees whoever comes to visit my mother’s house. The only thing she could think about not having done was her knee surgery but said she doesn’t plan on having it done. She is very happy with what she has accomplished in life. She just needs to go shopping for some clothes since she lost so much weight. Her biggest