Elderly Patient
Essays

This paper contains a client profile for a 78 year old woman. The woman has COPD and high blood pressure. She is also an alcoholic who continues to consume alcohol. The paper provides her health history, assesses her living situation, and investigates her ability to engage in self care on both the ADL and IADL scales.

General Appearance: Fairly good, decently nourished. Non-toxic, Ambulatory female

The scenario described herein is in grounded in geriatric medicine, and utilizes the NANDA, NIC, and NOC elements to link the various components in standardized language to the data, information, knowledge, and wisdom…

What is the best way to assure that older people are well cared for in an acute healthcare setting? What are the roles that nurses should play when it comes to providing the best possible care to older, frail people?