Assignment On Reflective Scenario

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This is a reflective scenario of my encounter with a cerebellar patient. My patient was a middle-
aged woman suffering from a cerebellar stroke of the right hand. Mrs. Len's 52-year-old woman
lived with her three daughters, responsible for her care. She had divorced her husband three
years back and decided to live with her daughters who have just completed their nursing course
Mrs. Len been living at her home since she divorced her husband together with her father who
also suffered from hemorrhagic stroke. It is said that Len's mother succumbed to cerebellar
stroke immediately she gave birth to Len. Therefore, stroke disease has been prevailing in this
family and it is vivid that Len may have inherited the disease from the family. From her clinical
records five years back, she was diagnosed with arteriosclerosis, using Beta Blocker medication
to control the illness. Although now she is managing heart disease and stroke, for three weeks
now her condition has been deteriorating and she is now hospitalized. She was brought to the
hospital by her two-daughter complaining of breathing difficulties, numbness, headache and
body weakness especially at the left side of her body (Pollak et.al 2017). Mrs. Len could not
walk properly as her left leg was numb, and lacked proper balance. Her daughter explained that
these had started three weeks ago and since then, their mother could not visualize normally
(Huang,2018). Many are times that he had reading difficulties even when directed with written
instruction from a caregiver. These included medical l prescriptions and various results from the
lab tests done to her. Another challenge was problem-solving. (Saengsuwan, Suangpho &
Tiamkao, 2017) She could barely remember recent happens involved I her life. She could only
remember things occasions happened years ago. She kept on reciting how she divorced her
husband, how she missed her mum and how she missed her wedding day. It was very hard to
understand her. Fortunately, her family was so open and could provide every clinical information

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the medical team required. More so all medical information and requirements were explained to
her daughters as the patient had communication difficulties and Marely understand any
discussion. Carrying objects using the left arm was the most difficult thing for the patient, most
of them went falling. She also needed a lot of care for feeding herself. It was a challenge. The
nutritional therapy found it hard to assist her due to her chewing difficulties however she was
given soft food and liquid foods to avoid nutritional disorders. During the nights due to the
changes in the temperature, her condition would worsen. The patient could often change her
voice during the evening hours due to the weakening and stiffness of the muscles. At the same
time, she could change her moods (Baker, et.al, 2018) and sometimes it was really difficult to
understand her, thanks to the good coordination of the occupational therapists and psychology
therapists who tirelessly counseled her gave her medication.
(Stroke signs and symptoms)
How can the Lens’s family members help her manage the condition?