The family does not appear to understand the need for this and education will be very necessary. Mr. Trosack is at an increased fall risk due to a small apartment that will be difficult to navigate with his new walker and this will probably decrease the likelihood of him using it. There are also obstacles in his home, such as many throw rugs that will increase his risk of falling. Stairs will definitely increase his risk for falls and new injury or re-injury. There is no elevator, so the stairs are the only option.
Unit 4222-316 Support individuals to access and use services and facilities (HSC 3013)- Theory Outcome 1 Understand factors that influence individuals’ access to services and facilities. Describe how accessing a range of services and facilities can be beneficial to an individuals’ wellbeing; It’s beneficial for an individuals’ overall wellbeing: physical, mental, social and financial to have access to a range of services and facilities. Their physical health can be aided by being supported to attend health appointments but this can also benefit their mental health. Identify barriers that individuals may encounter in accessing services and facilities; Barriers that and individual may face Language- Some individuals’ do not speak English as their first language and may need the support of an interpreter. Mobility- Some individuals’ have limited or no mobility so they may need special transport with wheelchair access and extra assistance to access facilities and services.
The Family Center Care (FCC) is an advance to the planning, delivery and evaluation of health care that is founded in the similarities of partnerships among health care providers, patients, and families. The FCC enables health care practitioners the importance of creating relationships with family members of the patients whether the patient are little children or adults. They recognize that social, emotional and developmental support systems are important aspects to look for in health care. The Family Center Care promotes better outcomes of patient care because families are there to restore self-esteem and control them in a well manner. It leads to better outcomes and it creates better patient and family satisfaction.
Therefore, due to poor evidence and support stroke patients are rarely referred for surgical options. Some patients could be considered for technological gait analysis, and these patients would even benefit from a simple surgery. A lot of times gait abnormalities are very subtle and very difficult to diagnose. Sometimes they happen months after the initial event, making it even more difficult to notice the gait abnormality. A suggestive approach to help with these difficulties of treating gait abnormality have been suggested: 1.
Analysis of the use of technology in health care shows favorable, and the future of health care technology and patient information systems will only continue to grow. Technology allows patients to remain in their home and have their disease process monitored remotely. Patients have the opportunity to participate actively in their health care and maintenance by using telemonitoring devices. Electronic devices to monitor values, such as blood pressure and heart rate readings, pulse oximetry, and pacemaker monitors are also used remotely. The use of technology has been effective in assisting to reduce health care costs for individuals because they are more closely monitored and are proactive in detecting complications before they become severe enough to require further treatment or hospitalization.
They believe that it would be better if nurses only practice under the guidance and supervision of the doctor. They believe that allowing them to practice independently would be detrimental to their patients (Mills, 2009). They would be prone to some misdiagnosis, failure to attend to less obvious, but potentially life-threatening problems as well as prescriptive errors. In fact, they maintained that many deaths in the hospital would be realized due to errors made in prescriptions. According to them, nurses however much trained and experienced lack skills to manage and deal with complex living with multi-system diseases.
People have reported that since electronic medical records have come to surface, that just as crashing with computers occur that medical records as well can be lost or permanently not recovered. Being without records of medical histories can cause riffs between the Hospital and the patients as well as loss of money within the practice itself. Doctors often complain that the electronic systems are clunky and time-consuming. Time consumption is within learning the system configurations and formatting itself amongst the staff and medical doctor. It’s said that Doctors using the computer to input data then interviewing the patient will cause them to hasten their pace and not read a true diagnosis for proper treatment.
Bearing with a patient, especially an elderly patient who might be a little slower at comprehending medical terminology can make all of the difference in the world. Medical terminology can be overwhelming to those who study medicine, so to a carpenter or super market manager it can be extremely flustering, so it is important to break down the meaning of the diagnosis to avoid the patient feeling lost. Doing this adds to the patients comfort which is crucial. Developing a trusting, healthy, doctor-patient relationship can take healthcare to a whole new level. One can describe this phenomenon almost as a 'slippery slope' affect in the fact that having a positive, friendly bed side manner with a patient makes the patient more willing to trust the advice of the physician, leading to a faster treatment, ultimately making the patient better with ease.
Also to be aware of the diversity and needs of your patients and identify areas where needs could be better satisfied and where the diversity of patients could be improved. This is where the training improves my ability because it is for me to action the hospital’s written equality, diversity and inclusion policy and make sure that I work within the guidelines set. Understand support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care 2.1 Describe dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and individual’s right. In the healthcare profession we always try to give the best service which we can and ensure that people are happy with the service that we provide but sometimes dilemmas occur as we don’t always agree with everyone. Unfortunately having codes of conduct/procedures etc do not always match the wishes of the person.
While a diagnosis of dementia can be devastating news an explanation of what the problem is and what can be done about it can help people feel empowered and reduce some of the worry caused by uncertainty. People may find it helpful to discuss with doctors, nurses how the dementia may affect them or loved ones in the future. There is advice available about how to stay independent and live well. Dementia is not a single condition it refers to difficulties with thinking and memory that may be caused by several different under lying