Question

A. Community Resources:

Describe the types of community services that might be appropriate for each of the following Patient's:

1) Patient discharged from the Hospital after hip replacement surgery.

2) Elderly patient who lives alone with limited mobility and no family members living in the community.

3) Male patient ( 65 years old ) diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer with planned radiation treatments. Wife does not drive.

4) Family with a 6- year- old child who sustains an injury resulting in permanent paralysis from the waist down.

5) Elderly couple with the wife diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and who cannot be left alone. Husband still drives. Daughter lives in the community.

B. Incident Report

You are working in a medical office, and a patient falls while a medical assistant is helping the patient to step up to the examination table. The physician is called, assist the patient to get up, and finds a large bruise on the right hip but no other apparent injury. The physician orders an x- ray of the right hip, and instructs the patient to telephone if any problems arise later. The physician documents the examination and findings in the patient's medical record. It is office policy to fill out an incident report for any fall that occurs in the office. Make a list of all information that you would have to include on the incident report.

Answer 1

Answer-(A) 1:

◆ Direct community service

●  Explanation: 1. Patient discharged from the hospital after hip replacement surgery will need direct community service as it includes institutionally based medical and nursing care providers.

2. Direct community service means the services provided by home and care based on community by directly affecting the individuals.

3. As patient undergone with hip replacement surgery that's why it will need an direct and active care taker as directe community service.

Answer-(A) 2:

◆ Indirect community service

● Explanation: 1. Elderly patient who lives alone with limited mobility and no family members living in the community will need indirect community service.

2. Indirect community service means the service provided by staff member or volunteer, who does not involved directly with the client or care seeker.

Answer-(A) 3:

◆ Indirect community service

● Explanation: 1. Male patient (65 year old) diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer with planned radiation treatments. Wife doesn't drive. It will need indirect community service.

2. As indirect community service means engagement of a volunteer or worker with the client.

Answer-(A) 4:

◆ Advocacy community service

● Explanation: 1. Family with a 6 year old child who sustains an injury resulting in permanent paralysis from the waist down. It will need advocacy community service.

2. Advocacy community service is a process which enables peoples to help, to educate and to be active in any type of circumstances.

Answer-(A) 5:

◆ Advocacy community service

● Explanation: 1. Elderly couple with the wife diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and who can't be left alone. Husband still drives. Daughter lives in the community. It will need advocacy community service.

2. As patient's husband and daughter need to be enable to help their family member and to be active for her care.

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