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Assessing and Planning Care for an Elderly Person
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Running head: CARE FOR AN ELDERLY PERSON 1Assessing and Planning Care for an Elderly Person
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, CARE FOR AN ELDERLY PERSON 2
Introduction
In this assignment, I interviewed a 74-year-old woman called Diana. She lives with her
grand-son aged thirty. Diana has three kids, and her husband died three years ago from
Leukemia. This paper offers the health particulars of Diana and a precise intervention plan that
can be utilized to provide her quality care. This paper will use several tools for assessing Diana’s
health.
Tinetti Balance and Gait Evaluation
The patient depicts several physical and mental issues. He encounters abnormal knee
extensions together with toe dragging and turning challenges. During the interview, the patient
clarified that she could not do some heavy duties like cultivating her farm. Also, the patient
quickly forgets things. The clinometric score of 23 shows an indication that Diana is at-risk of
falling.
Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living
Notwithstanding Diana’s deteriorating health, she can perform various activities
independently. She needs no assistance in completing personal chores like dressing, feeding,
walking, and bathing. But over the previous few months, Diana has been griping of knee and
hand joints pain.
Assessment of Home Safety
This tool depicts that there is various transformation that needs to be made in Diana’s
home for her to move easily and lessen the dangers of falling. Diana states that the bathroom
floor is slippery hence making it unsafe to walk on. Diana has indicated that her sitting room is
very relaxing because she meets her personal needs without relying on her grand-son. The stairs
outside the house don’t have hand-railing, and this likewise provides her with difficulty when
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