Essentials of Care for Deaf Patients with Fractures due to Osteoporosis

RUNNING HEAD: ESSENTIALS OF CARE 1
Essentials of care
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ESSENTIALS OF CARE 2
Essentials of care
Person centered care is a practice in healthcare that involves making families and patients
part of the decision making team. However, this type of care is not all about giving people the
freedom to make decisions. It also involves considering their desires, their values, the social
circumstances and finally their lifestyles (Kogan, Wilber, & Mosqueda, 2015). Person centered
care is important since it improves the quality of services .It also helps people get the type of
care they need and it also makes the patients be active in taking care of themselves. In this
assignment, there will be an explanation of person centered care to a deaf patient who fall of and
got a fracture due to her osteoporosis.
A deaf person is one whose hearing is impaired. It is therefore necessary to employ
additional strategies that will make communication effective .For the case of Marley who has
sustained fractures after falling on the floor and the fact that she is deaf, there are different
assessments that can be done. Environmental assessment is one of them (Oxelmark, Ulin,
Chaboyer, Bucknall, & Ringdal, 2017). Under this assessment, I will assess her environment and
look out for possible hazards such as obstacles on her pathways. Since she is deaf, I will talk by
using a simple language coupled with non-verbal expressions such as gestures. To make her
participate in care, I will ask her if she is aware of the dangers posed by those obstacles and how
well she can avoid them. I can then propose the use of walking aids and ask for her feedback if it
is good idea or not.
Laboratory tests and imaging is another important assessment for Marley. This involves
estimating the levels of calcium in the body to assess the extent of osteoporosis .This is a deaf