Geriatric care management

other disciplines, and gerontology is no exception. Gerontologists may participate in multidisciplinary interactions with other fields like sociology, social work, psychology, history, and politics (UGA.edu). Health care and gerontology often cross paths when concerning the medical care of the elderly and their special needs in regards to treatment, programs, advocacy, and policy making…

For the geriatric interview, I interviewed my grandmother, Minnie. She is 85 years old, widowed, and lives alone. Overall, she is in good health. Her medical history is pretty fair for her age. She takes daily vitamins and one pill for hypertension. Although she has prescribed iron medication, she choses not to take them as directed. Her psychological well being is intact. She is more than capable of taking care of herself and making appropriate decisions. My grandmother’s psychosocial history…

230 people are living with Parkinson’s in Scotland. Furthermore Parkinson’s disease can affect people from all age groups and ethnic backgrounds. However the majority of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s are over the age of 60 (Better health better care Parkinson’s disease Society, 2007) Furthermore SIGN (2010) state that the age related incidence of Parkinson disease means that within the next 25 years the number of people with Parkinson’s will rise by 25-30%.…

I feel it is so wrong to abuse elder and dependent people. Also, I feel angry how can they abuse elder and dependent people in any way when they choose their career to serve the elder and dependent population. When they choose this careers, they should at least notice that this population should need more attention and patience because they need help more than others population.So they have more patience than other people when they choose to work with this vulnerable population. Elder and…

I think it is really important that everyone be as supportive as they can to the elderly people around us. As a granddaughter I find it essential to spend time with my grandma and help her as much as I can. My grandpa died in 2007 so she is very lonely. My grandma refuses to drive because her husband died in a car accident. Therefore, she has to stay at home majority of the time unless someone is able to take her somewhere. I have heard of the company Meals on Wheels because my grandma was…

the families loved one is faced with lack of care and abuse in the care facility that has been trusted to provide quality care their loved one. According to the National Nursing Home Survey (2004), “in the United States, approximately 1.6 million elderly and disabled persons receive care in 1 of 17000 nursing homes” (Castle & Ferguson, 2010, p.426). With the number of individuals aging and supposed to double, questions of quality of care can arise in care facilities. With the rise of older…

Dan Cohen, a social worker, who began a new organization called Music and Memory. When watching the documentary, I constantly compared the techniques used in the nursing homes to those discussed in class. In class, we discussed the elderly and Geriatrics. The lectures dealt with elderly who had neurological disorders like: Depression, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, etc. Specifically, in the documentary, music was used to treat patients like Denise, a bipolar…

severe and well-known than that faced by elderly residents in care homes, oppression still exists in retirement homes. New arrivals in a care home may experience oppression through resocialization when they must adapt to the structure and strict schedule of their new home and do not end up adapting very well. Also, the social role of the new arrivals might be radically different if their lives were more independent before entering a care home. If they had previously been following their own…

Elderly people and nursing homes tend to make others uncomfortable or squeamish for many reasons, whether it be a disease they have or just because people don’t know how to treat them. At Bethesda nursing home, the workers deal with these elderly on an everyday basis this does not make it any easier for the them to get over that uncomfortable feeling that many people get. This causes problems for the workers because they then are not able to perform their jobs quickly and swiftly. The main thing…

around lifestyle choices, making it seem that there are ways that one can prevent the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. 2. Respite Care (p.125): This concept is crucial for the family and caregivers of those helping Alzheimer or dementia patients. It is important because it allows those in care positions to get deserved breaks and prevent or yield the stress that comes with that care. That stress…