Question

CASE :
Mary is a 76-year-old former English literature professor with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is underweight and malnourished. At one of her first homecare visits, her provider gives her an educational pamphlet on breathing exercises that includes text and pictures. The provider also emphasizes the importance of eating more and gives her another pamphlet on nutrition. Mary barely glances over the pamphlets and puts them aside
Question1:
What is your suggestion for improvement?
Question2:
Think about people in the community who are showing behaviour that may indicate they are going through a period of mental distress in their lives. Or think about Serena again. Do you think that everyone in distress shows the same sorts of symptoms?

Answer 1

Question 1

Answer: The provider should not simply give the pamphlet to read it. Most of the patients do not refer to read any health pamphlet or booklet by themself. The health provider should give a proper guideline and summary regarding what is their in the pamphlet. Explain the importance of reading the pamphlet. This will help to improve the patient's referring to the health pamphlet.

Question 2

Answer: Everyone in distress shows difference symptoms. The symptoms are base on the causes of the stress to the person. It is be due to the loss of love one or workload stress they will show different kind of stress. Loss of love one person will show their stress by isolation and workload stress shows by showing anger and irratation behaviour. So it is not truth that every person having distress shows the same sort of symptoms.