Health Promotion Assignment 2022

Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION
Health promotion
Name of the student:
Name of the University:
Author’s note

1HEALTH PROMOTION
Health promotion related need for the client:
a. Mr. John Smith is an 87 year old man with history of Parkinson’s disease. Considering
the health of both Mr. John and absence of social support from their children, he is in
need of assistance in daily life activities. His wife also cannot provide the required
assistance as she is also 84 years old and frail. As they lived in an old dilapidated home
with stairs and no support from children, assistance with daily activity is a major health
promotion need for Mr. John. They also have poor quality of life because of social
isolation and poor economic stability. Hence, health promotion in relation to self-
management skills is necessary.
b. To address the above identified health promotion, it is necessary to transfer Mr. John to
assisted living facility so that he gets professional support in activities of daily living such
as personal care, social and recreational activities and monitoring medications. Evidence
shows that for patients with Parkinson’s disease, social isolation, walking difficulty and
assistance in activities of daily living is common. Hence, social self-management
interventions can help them to better cope with disability, express their issues and get the
required support to manage daily life (Tickle-Degnen, Eldridge & Stevenson, 2017).
c.
i. To address barriers occurring due to poor physical capabilities, anxiety and poor
employment, the assisted living staffs or health promotion staffs can collaborate with Mr.
John to provide education regarding self-management skills, ways to cope with
challenges and seek support in case of daily assistance (Hellqvist et al., 2018).