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Role of Caregiving These individuals help with personal care, dressing, feeding, toileting, helping ambulate (ADLs); medical care (med management, BP, oxygen tanks); organize doctor's appts, manage finances, & deal with daily household tasks (IADLs); emotional support; very knowledgable about thei...

Baby Boomers large group of people born between 1946-1964. Considered more affluent, better educated and healthier. Baby boomers have entered the older age group as of 2011 Baby Boomers unique characteristics that make them a challenge for healthcare professionals expect and demand excellen...

Healthy People 2010 develop a set of health care objectives designed to increase the quality and quantity of years of healthy life of Americans and to eliminate health disparities barriers to physical activity lack of access to safe areas to exercise, pain, fatigue, and impairment in sensor...

What is the Mini-Cog? This consists of 3-item recall and Clock-Drawing Test (CDT) What is the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) This tool helps the nurse quickly identify delirium. What is the Braden scale? (Pressure Ulcer risk) This tool assesses sensory perception, moisture, activ...

John is a 70-year-old male whose wife died from COPD two months ago. They were very close, married for 52 years, and had no children. He comes by the nursing unit to bring you all candy and a thank you note for all the times you cared for her the past year. He tells you he is struggling to want to e...

Which of the following statements is true about serious, chronic illnesses? The majority of annual U.S. healthcare spending goes toward on chronic illnesses. What should drive decision-making in palliative care? The patient's goals of care Mr. Rodriquez tells you that he is very fri...

Symptom management in older adults with serious illness is complicated because: Many have multiple comorbidities. You have been assigned to care for a woman who was recently admitted for advanced cancer, and who reports ongoing fatigue. Her husband offers observations about his wife's fatig...

Mini-Cog This consists of 3-item recall and Clock-Drawing Test (CDT). and assists nurses with early assessment of cognitive problems problems like language comprehension, visual-motor skills and executive function, and recall in a less stressful way as it can be done in 5 minutes or less. Co...