Mental Health Care Plan: Patient with Dementia Symptoms

This report presents a detailed care plan for a 69-year-old dementia patient, Philip Lusk, who is exhibiting psychological symptoms. The care plan outlines three key intervention strategies: verbal, non-verbal, and environmental interventions. The verbal interventions focus on clear, simple communication, repetition, active listening, and a positive tone of voice. Non-verbal interventions emphasize appropriate facial expressions, body gestures, and maintaining appropriate physical distance. Environmental interventions involve support from family, friends, and the community to create a positive atmosphere and encourage active participation in activities. The report includes specific dates, nursing outcomes, responsible parties, and evaluation criteria (met/unmet) for each intervention. References to relevant books and journal articles are also provided to support the care plan's approach and recommendations.

MENTAL HEALTH
ASSIGNMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
CARE PLAN ..................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Philip Lusk is a 69 year old dementia patient who is showing psychological symptoms of
dementia. For managing his behaviour through psychological interventions a detailed care plan
has been prepared. Three different interventions including verbal, non verbal and environmental
interventions have been included in the care plan.
CARE PLAN
DAT
E
NURSING
OUTCOMES
NURSING INTERVENTIONS Person
respons
ible
EVAL
UATI
ON
CRITE
RIA –
MET
EVALU
ATION
CRITER
IA –
UNMET
20/05
/15
Decreases agitation
shown by Philip
when he was facing
difficulty in
understanding
verbal
communication.
Verbal communication -
1- Speak clearly and slowly and use plain
terminology and short sentences while making
interaction with him.
2- Giving importance for repeating important
part of message so that its meaning should be
clearly understood (Fain, 2017).
3-Properly and actively listening to the
messages and information.
4- Tone of voice should be clear and positive
and in friendly manner.
5- Express empathy and be aware of counter
transfers for not judging Mr. Lusk.
6- Giving simple choices to Mr. Lusk so that
creating complicated choices could be avoided.
7- Appropriate time should be given to Mr.
Philip for responding so that he can express his
views in a simple and effective manner
Care
staff ,
nurse ,
doctors
, family
membe
rs and
friends.
Met
1

(Safarpour and et.al., 2015).
22/05
/15
Decrease agitation
shown by Philip
when he was facing
difficulty in
understanding
simple task.
Non verbal communication :-
1- Facial expressions should be appropriate so
that Philip can understand the meaning of
messages that are provided to him.
2- Body gestures and physical movements
should also be appropriate so that Mr. Lusk can
understand the meaning of verbal
communication easily.
3- Distance between speaker and listener should
not be very large so that the message and
information should be clearly heard (Massimo
and et.al., 2015).
4- Body gestures should be paired with the
verbal messages so that the messages should be
supported with the physical body movements.
5- Eye contacts should be made with the
patients so that his morale and motivation level
should be enhanced.
6- Appropriate combination of body and facial
gestures should be there so that feelings of
sadness and happiness and aggressiveness
should be there.
Care
staff ,
nurse ,
doctors
, family
membe
rs and
friends.
Met
27/05
/15
Decreases agitation
shown by Philip
when he becomes
overwhelmed with
what is going
around him.
Environmental changes
1- Family members and friends should render
appropriate support to Mr. Philip so that his
involvement could be taken in all the
interventions that are designed for him.
2- All the care practitioners should make efforts
for developing a healthy and positive
Care
staff ,
nurse ,
doctors
, family
membe
rs and
Met
2

atmosphere around Mr Lush so that he could be
involved in different activities and positive and
conductive atmosphere could be provided to
them (Mesquita, Zamarioli and de Carvalho,
2016).
3- Local community people including
neighbours and other society members should
provide necessary support to person suffering
from dementia.
4- Role playing sessions and attractive games
could be organized so that Mr Lusk can take
actively part in that and it will also help for
designing a conductive atmosphere around him.
friends.
Review date – 30/6/2015
Signature -
3

REFERENCES
Books and Journal
Fain, J. A. (2017). Reading, understanding, and applying nursing research. FA Davis.
Massimo, L., & et.al. (2015). Occupational attainment influences survival in autopsy-confirmed
frontotemporal degeneration. Neurology. 84(20). 2070-2075.
Mesquita, A. C., Zamarioli, C. M., & de Carvalho, E. C. (2016). The use of robots in nursing
care practices: an exploratory-descriptive study. Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing.
15(3). 404-413.
Safarpour, D. & et.al. (2015). Nursing home and end-of-life care in Parkinson disease.
Neurology. 85(5). 413-419.
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