Question

1. Identify risks with managing medications at home with a frail aging population.

2. Identify the strengths of providing home based palliative care.  

3. Identify two strengths and challenges PSW's may experience in a home care setting.

Answer 1

1.There are few risk can be identified with managing medications at home with weak elder patients are

-lack of any medication administration routine

-therapeutic duplication

-confusion between generic and tradecnames

-multiple storage locations

-discontinued medications may be retained

2. It can promote health related communication and to provide psychological support to the patient and family.

Early detection of problems and referral to the hospital.

3. Strength:_

They can build patients self esteem and self confidence

They can encourage patient to be active

And they will help the patient to be independent as possible.

Challenges:_

They may overworked

Underpaid

Undervalued