Assessing and Planning Care for an Elderly Person DQ 13

In order to gain an insight into the world of elder adults, it is important to understand how they view themselves and the values they hold. Additionally, it is important to assess and determine his/her needs and establish appropriate interventions for this individual.

In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA 7 style, you will discuss your interview of an older adult. You can use a friend, family member, or co-worker. The older adult must be age 65 years or older.

There are two parts to this assignment – the psychosocial interview component and the functional assessment.

Interview

Download the patient questionnaire (see attachment). Use this format to record the person’s responses.

• Include 2–3 questions of your own to get a complete picture of the older adult.

• Summarize your findings.

• Include the questionnaire with responses in the Appendix of your paper.

Assessment

After gaining permission, conduct a physical and mental functional assessment of the older adult you have chosen. Review your readings for the process of a functional assessment.

• Use the tools discussed this week to complete a comprehensive assessment of your patient. Search the Internet for resources on these tools.

o Tinetti Balance and Gait Evaluation

o Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living

o Assessment of Home Safety

o The Barthel Index

o Do not include a name on each tool, but do include professional or other designation, and age. Your name should also be identified on the tool.

 Include these tools in the Appendix.

• Based on your assessment:

o Compare and contrast the age-related changes of the older person you interviewed and assessed with those identified in this week’s reading assignment.

o Identify at least 4–6 preliminary issues.

o Identify three alterations in health that you would propose and describe them.

o Identify a minimum of three comprehensive interventions for each alteration.

o Integrate cultural considerations in your interventions.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA 7 format. Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument