Biopsychosocial Analysis
Introduction
Human behaviour can be explained according to respect to their biological
predispositions as influenced by their social lifestyle. The assignment depicts the human
behaviours contexts as per the analysis of an elderly patient ailing from Alzheimer's disease
and depression. The patient's profiling has been conducted reticently as per the NMC Codes
(2018). Precisely, this assignment presents an insight into the assessment framework and
tools that have been employed in the care of the patient. Patient screening has been conducted
through Becks Depression Inventory to ascertain the level of damage that the patient has
already experienced. From this information, reliable patient care and treatment plan have
been enacted to suit the patient's needs. In addition, the therapeutic alliance between the
patient and the medical practitioners is considered a key feature as far as a reliable health
outcome is expected. In general, this essay seeks to assess the affirmativeness of a patient
treatment care plan while at the same time learning from the shortcomings of the same
medical encounter.
Profile of the Client
Brian is a 76-year-old who resigned from his old career as a nurse years before his
actual retirement. Brian was born in South Wales, where he attended St. Michael's School in
Llanelli and, later, the Aberystwyth University. Brian has a long history of hypertension and
acute trauma, which he has been battling for several years now, despite accessing diuretic
therapy. His very first hypertension encounter was after the death of his newly married wife
and son in a fatal road accident. The medical practitioner in charge of Brian's first
hypertension encounter described his condition as a health defect developed after the tragic
road accident that left his whole family deceased. Since then, Brian has been living all by
himself in a small apartment and never remarried again. In 2017, Brian started facing troubles
, in memorising things that were never a problem in the first place. Initially, Brian experienced
infrequent memory relapse, occasionally forgetting names and places, to even not having a
full-on conversation via telephone whenever his general practitioner called to check on his
health progress. Consequently, he was referred by his GP to secondary services for an
assessment, and within four months, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and
depression.
The community mental health team supports Brian and continues to take his
medication as prescribed to ease the repercussions of Alzheimer's disease and depression. In
addition, Brian relocated from his initial residency in Lavernock to Cardiff, where he
currently resides at Sunrise of Cardiff Care Home. Brian explains that seeking assistance
from senior residence and his community mental health nurse was the best decision he made,
especially now that it was not easy to take care of himself. In one of the most recent visits,
Brian narrated his difficulty to complete familiar tasks due to a troubling understanding of
various visual images or special relationships. Furthermore, he mentioned suicidal thoughts
resulting from compunctions about how healthy he lived before the onset of all these
conditions. Therefore, it is important for Brian that he requires further medical assessments
by using an appropriate assessment tool to identify suicidal ideation. Furthermore, at the
same time, a detailed treatment care plan has been produced. This is important for him as it
helps to reduce every encounter of varied risks, symptoms of his diagnosis and helps him to
counter the worse off health outcomes.
A further medical assessment is crucial as it would help the medical practitioners to
be able to tackle not only Alzheimer's disease but also the suicidal thoughts associated with
depression. Such efforts are priceless as they are the only hope towards identifying and
managing unforeseen medical tragedies related to Brian's medical condition. Nevertheless,
Brian receives massive support from Sunrise of Cardiff Care Home staff and his Community
Introduction
Human behaviour can be explained according to respect to their biological
predispositions as influenced by their social lifestyle. The assignment depicts the human
behaviours contexts as per the analysis of an elderly patient ailing from Alzheimer's disease
and depression. The patient's profiling has been conducted reticently as per the NMC Codes
(2018). Precisely, this assignment presents an insight into the assessment framework and
tools that have been employed in the care of the patient. Patient screening has been conducted
through Becks Depression Inventory to ascertain the level of damage that the patient has
already experienced. From this information, reliable patient care and treatment plan have
been enacted to suit the patient's needs. In addition, the therapeutic alliance between the
patient and the medical practitioners is considered a key feature as far as a reliable health
outcome is expected. In general, this essay seeks to assess the affirmativeness of a patient
treatment care plan while at the same time learning from the shortcomings of the same
medical encounter.
Profile of the Client
Brian is a 76-year-old who resigned from his old career as a nurse years before his
actual retirement. Brian was born in South Wales, where he attended St. Michael's School in
Llanelli and, later, the Aberystwyth University. Brian has a long history of hypertension and
acute trauma, which he has been battling for several years now, despite accessing diuretic
therapy. His very first hypertension encounter was after the death of his newly married wife
and son in a fatal road accident. The medical practitioner in charge of Brian's first
hypertension encounter described his condition as a health defect developed after the tragic
road accident that left his whole family deceased. Since then, Brian has been living all by
himself in a small apartment and never remarried again. In 2017, Brian started facing troubles
, in memorising things that were never a problem in the first place. Initially, Brian experienced
infrequent memory relapse, occasionally forgetting names and places, to even not having a
full-on conversation via telephone whenever his general practitioner called to check on his
health progress. Consequently, he was referred by his GP to secondary services for an
assessment, and within four months, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and
depression.
The community mental health team supports Brian and continues to take his
medication as prescribed to ease the repercussions of Alzheimer's disease and depression. In
addition, Brian relocated from his initial residency in Lavernock to Cardiff, where he
currently resides at Sunrise of Cardiff Care Home. Brian explains that seeking assistance
from senior residence and his community mental health nurse was the best decision he made,
especially now that it was not easy to take care of himself. In one of the most recent visits,
Brian narrated his difficulty to complete familiar tasks due to a troubling understanding of
various visual images or special relationships. Furthermore, he mentioned suicidal thoughts
resulting from compunctions about how healthy he lived before the onset of all these
conditions. Therefore, it is important for Brian that he requires further medical assessments
by using an appropriate assessment tool to identify suicidal ideation. Furthermore, at the
same time, a detailed treatment care plan has been produced. This is important for him as it
helps to reduce every encounter of varied risks, symptoms of his diagnosis and helps him to
counter the worse off health outcomes.
A further medical assessment is crucial as it would help the medical practitioners to
be able to tackle not only Alzheimer's disease but also the suicidal thoughts associated with
depression. Such efforts are priceless as they are the only hope towards identifying and
managing unforeseen medical tragedies related to Brian's medical condition. Nevertheless,
Brian receives massive support from Sunrise of Cardiff Care Home staff and his Community
