Ross’s Case

Discuss about the Current State Care For Older People With Dementia.

Dementia is increasing day by day among the population. The rise of dementia leads to give proper care to the patient from family, community as well as professional care [It causes memory loss and behavioural problem like in case of Ross, who became impatient and rude with his wife. It can be considered as a normal ageing process and leads to mental deterioration (Brooker & Latham, 2015). Mabel, wife of Ross was not able to discuss the disease with the neighbours as community doesn’t understand the sever ness of the disease. For creating awareness in the society certain informational programs about dementia are launched. Proper care need to be taken so that it don’t affect more people in the society. Thus in case of Ross plan is designed by nurse to strengthen the living rather than diminishing the abilities.

Ross is suffering dementia and this disease is increasing day by day among old people. Care is very important for such cases in ageing population. A person suffering from dementia need support and help so that the disease does not penetrate for a longer period. Proper support can be given by nurses that provide intensive training which would be helpful for patient in restoring the sense of memory. Apart from that various education centres were established for influencing their work life’s and better recovery. Various strategies were built globally like providing advocates or care centres for the patient. In this case study Ross was suffering from dementia as he use to ask similar questions to his wife again and again due to loss of memory (McCormick, 2015). The reason for this disease is damage of brain cells which prevents the normal blood flow by disturbing the flow of oxygen reaching to the brain cells. Ross has the support from his wife who helped in completing the daily task. This disease leads to loss of interest in performing daily activities and makes a person irritated and fearful. He used  to shout on Mabel due to symptoms of memory loss, confusion, personality changes, and difficulty in planning and carrying out tasks (Barbosa, et. al, 2015).

Improving the standards of hospital care for people suffering from dementia should be the key priority. The end stage of dementia requires nursing care as it is very complicated.

Dementia grows with time; it can be postponed in early stage of life by taking proper anti medication courses. When a person is in his last stage of dementia, they need care from someone else as they suffer from severe loss of memory that creates problem in performing daily activities and have greater changed in behaviour (Willemse, et. al, 2015). Like Ross use to shout at his wife for silly reasons thus he was suffering from advanced dementia.  Expert nurses help the person by designing a supportive plan for treatment and providing care that is required.

Importance of Nursing Care for Dementia Patients

It is life limiting issue as it is difficult to know how long dementia will last as this disease get worse in each phase of life. The person suffering from dementia in later stage becomes frailer, have frequent falls, become stable and do not move from one place to other. Like in case of Ross he stayed at home and avoids going for walks and sleeps more (Rokstad, et. al, 2015). These symptoms are closer to death and are very difficult for nurse to identify them and make a plan.In later lifespan it makes the immune system very weak and has high risk of other injections.

It is true that health decisions are affected by the people in the society. The World Health Organization has designed certain principals for better health and decisions. To make sure that health concerns are resolved, health education and programmes are launched. As it involves broad range of society that helps in development of personal skills in the community that have positive impact on making health decisions (Mitchell & Agnelli, 2015). This can also be done by creating a secure social and physical environment as it provides a platform for youth and young staff to know more about health issues. By this they become aware about the health behaviours which supports in making better health choices (Zuo, et. al, 2015).

There are various bio-psycho and social factors that need to be taken in dementia. Biological factors are used to check any blood relative is suffering from the same problem or not, else studying about the history of relatives helps in undertaken appropriate treatment. Being a nurse a proper planning is made at the initial stage but the plan is dynamic and can be updated as per the changes in the circumstances (Allen, et. al, 2017). The plan is designed by seeing the condition of Ross by understanding the whole scenario and a brief conversation with his wife. The range of physical, psychological and social driven issues is reason of advanced illness of dementia. It requires a bio-psychosocial approach in understanding and responding to individual experience as it relates to the meaningful analysis.

It is difficult to access the cause of psychological issues as initially the symptoms of stress are same as the symptoms of dementia. But the three main symptoms of dementia is restlessness, auditory delusions, mood disorders or depression (Pless, Hodge & Evans, 2017). For treatment of such cases a pharmacological approach is used that is using person centred model rather than using antipsychotic meditation courses (Wilkinson, et. al, 2017). Various policies and plans are discovered to reduce the meditation techniques and promote the care centres as they are well recognized for maintain the health welfare of the society.

Prevention Measures for Dementia

Being a nurse to treat dementia in a proper way, proper step by step approach need to be  followed

1. Knowing the core values and philosophy- To know about the conceptual values and philosophy regarding the patient care need to be given. The problem is not discussed in front of Ross; in fact the focus is made on the strengths rather than discussing about the loss of abilities (Dewing & Dijk, 2016).

1. Planning the structure- It is important to maintain the same routine as Ross used to follow. Proper health care plan is prepared about the daily care assisting with the living patterns. In this dementia patient is made familiar with the nurse so that the patient could be relaxed in front of the nurse. This enables Ross to do what he wants and facilitates to be happy (Dewing & Dijk, 2016).

1. Practice- In this case, some interesting activities is performed purposely so that the patient lives a normal daily life. As before the disease Ross used to go for a walk every day, thus being a nurse schedule is made for daily walking and engaging Ross in more and more activities (Soni, et.al, 2016).

1. Individual involvement- In this individual interaction is made with patient to support and know about the patient preference which would help them in recognizing things faster (Soni, et.al, 2016).

Dementia can be supported by making sure what a patient thinks, a rough draft is prepared by the nurse that is consulted with the project team to ensure that all the experience is gained regarding the problem. Post diagnostic support phase includes professional engagement with the person suffering from dementia and their family to discuss about the issues and shares perspective approach for planning advanced dementia care. Planning is one of the important processes that can be changed with time according to the need. There are several expertise who use their knowledge and skills to design an advanced plan with all the legal protections taking into account the capacity and advanced directives (Lawton, Gasquoine & Weimer, 2015) The planning is shared with the family members in an appropriate format so that patient suffering from dementia can be supported. It is useful for family member to develop and connect these formal agreements with patient and health care team. The experts support the opportunities for person and family of patient who is suffering from dementia to connect socially. Existing social networks are strengthened by providing opportunities from peers that support by providing practical education for families and friends. This education focuses upon skills and opportunities for communication, practicalities and person centred strategies to support them to manage the complexities of advanced dementia care (Lawton, et. al ,2015).

It is important to inform the causes of dementia and making it clear by encouraging a healthier lifestyle by improving diagnosis and reducing the incidents of dementia. Thus to prevent the disease some promotion approaches are used such as creating educational attainments showcasing how to reduce the risk factors of dementia. Promoting the symptoms how to recognize that a person is suffering from dementia and what are the possible treatments used to recover from the disease. Health Promotion is very important as it helps in reducing the acute and long term sufferings from dementia. Promoting about dementia can be done by providing education to friends and family so that meaningful activities are undertaken (Garcia et. al, 2014). A method of communication is shared among the society so that they understand principals of dementia. Promotion of tools and ways to postpone dementia in later stage of life is done. This can be done by promoting proper medications like anti-drugs.

The Role of Health Promotion in Fighting Dementia

Health Promotion is the science that helps people in changing the lifestyle by improving health conditions and decreasing the chances of having chronic disease. The global acceptance of these strategies has changed the pattern of living. Health Strategy is planning to grow the prevention method to grow care services at home, making it more effective and sustainable (Heinrich, et. al, 2016).

Conclusion

In this it can be concluded from the case study that Ross suffering from dementia , needs proper medication care by the nurse to recovery from the disease. There are various factors that affect the prevention of disease. There are various stages of dementia, thus to make sure that it don’t propagate for long time some prevention measures are undertaken. Health promotion is also an important part for making society aware about the issues of disease and its measures. Protective factors for dementia include educational programs, physical activities and avoiding bad habits. Dementia represents a major issue in the public health and can be cured by ensuring to reduce risk of dementia.

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