Question

You are taking care of a newly admitted 78 year old resident, Ms. Wong, in the low care wing of an Aged Care unit. She suffered a stroke last year resulting in right sided weakness of both her right arm and right leg. She now walks with the help of a 4 wheel frame and needs assistance with her ADLs due to the weakness of her right arm. She is a retired Registered Nurse. She has a past medical history of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and osteoporosis. She is currently on multiple drugs for all these conditions and is worried about forgetting to take her medications on time. When her medication was checked, it appeared that she had missed her doses on several occasions. She lives alone and has always been single. Her mother passed away 2 years ago and Ms. Wong, who was much attached to her, deteriorated both mentally and physically after the incident.

2.1)   Identify and discuss 3 chronic health problems faced by Ms. Wong (in 40-60 words each).

Answer 1

Ms.Wong already has three chronic health problems like

• Diabetes Mellitus

This has to taken care because missing the dose of this drug can lead to other major ailments

• Hypertension

Missing this drug can lead to sudden health issues related with heart

• Osteoporosis

She has to take medicines for this because older she grows fragile the bones are.Helps to prevent fracture.

• One of the major issue faced by her is Post Traumatic stress disorder becaubecaof sudden loss of her loved one which lead to forgetting things
• It could also be a start of some medical conditions like Dementia, Alzheimer's disease due to her age ,stress disease conditions.