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Report on Health of Older Adults - Mr Charles Williamson

   

Added on  2020-06-05

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Health of older adults

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3Primary admission diagnosis...........................................................................................................3Nursing management ......................................................................................................................4Discharge planning .........................................................................................................................6Summary..........................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTIONThis complete report is based on the case study of older person name Mr CharlesWilliamson, whose age is 76 years .He has been admitted in the health and social care institutionfor special care. When Mr. Charles Williamson, get check by medical professional, it has beenfound that he is suffering fromserious disease name as Parkinson’s disease. Being sufferingfrom the disease , Charles is active but due to illness he appears to be slightly anxious with anoticeable tremor in his upper limbs. The other difficulties which are faced by Mr. Charles due todisease is he feels difficulty in moving as well as making balance. Mr. Charles face challengingperforming routine activities. These all factors indicates that patient requires special care andappropriate treatment.The purpose of the report is to identify the primary diagnosis of patient. It also has focuson recognising the several problems faced by nurses or medical staff when diagnosing thepatients. Assignment will also include the explanation about the role of nurses related tomedication management for this client and also analysing the root cause of problems.Primary admission diagnosisMr Charles Williamson, a 76 year old man, has been admitted in hospital for getting therespite care. The patient was facing difficulty in breathing and performing routine work. It hasbeen identified from the given case scenario that Charles will be admitted to the ward for 5 daysand will require specific nursing interventions to successfully manage his respite care .Parkinson’s disease is a kind of long term neurodegenerative disorder that have impact on thepredominately dopamine-producing neurons in a specific arena of the brain called substantialNiagara. This is slow growing but harmful disease and have worse symptoms which might leadto the death of patient. Some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are rigidity of muscles,changes in voice, tremors etc. Once the disease is diagnosed, patient can get some temporallyrelief from the symptoms after the treatment, but there is no appropriate cure for this specificdisease (Del Din, Galna and Rochester, 2017)The characteristics of Parkinson’s disease are cell death in the brain's basal ganglia. Theobjective of medical staff in a hospital is to provide the suitable care as well as treatment to Mr.Charles Williamson. Nurses as well as other medical staff in health care institution intends tosupport patient on getting temporary relief from the symptoms and reducing the negative effectson the patient health. It is required by the medical staff or professional to conduct physical

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