Working with Older People

Running head: WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE
Working with Older People
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1WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE
Introduction
Understanding the factors that are imposing impact on the physical as well as clinical
wellbeing of the healthcare professionals can be considered as on of the crucial aspect of clinical
practice (Adler & Rodman, 2006). Being a student of final year, I have been appointed to take
care of Rosa Caliper who is an adult 81 years old woman and is suffering from a series o acute
and chronic health condition.
Identification of 2 health-related topics
While taking care of Mrs. Rosa Calpari, I had faced several challenges while dealing with
her extreme anxiety and aggressiveness. The two major health related challenges I feel that have
imposed major impact on my behavior while working with Rosa are motivation and stress.
According to researchers, motivation can be defined as the internal process that helps an
individual to move towards his or her goal (Rollnick, Miller & Butler, 2008). Lack of motivation
had often made me feel that I would not be able to effectively manage the adverse situation I was
going through while treating the mentioned healthcare service user. Secondly, due to lack of
prior experience, I was facing communication while handling even the smallest situation. High
stress level while managing the emotions issues of Mr. Calpari had imposed negative impact on
my verbal communication with her. This in turn had resulted in deterioration of the relationship
between the healthcare professional and healthcare service user and had the potential to impose
highly negative impact on the health of the patient.