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ASSESSMENT QUIZ GERIATRIC
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QuizJuly 30 ’13
1. A multidimensional process designed to assess an elderly person's functional ability, physical health, cognitive and mental health, and socioenvironmental situation.
2. Is a systematic method of evaluating the older adult’s ability to function within the environment.
3 -8 Standardized Functional Assessment Tools
9-12 Components of A Functional Assessment
13. Is a tool for assessing an older adult’s baseline ability to bathe, dress, use the toilet, transfer, remain continent, and feed her- or himself.
14 – 19 Parameters of the PULSES Profile assessment
20. Reveals how well the individual is functioning within the environment.
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
• Determines the function of the mind.
• 2 Areas Assessed:– Cognitive or mental Functioning –
estimates how well the mind works in areas such as orientation, memory, concentration, and judgment.
– Affective or emotional – describes the emotional feelings or mood of the person.
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
• Cognitive or mental Functioning – estimates how well the mind works in areas such as orientation, memory, concentration, and judgment.
• orientedX3= person, place and time.• COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION:
• Confusion, disorientation, generalized slowing of intellectual activity, or difficult of abstract thinking.
FOLSTEIN MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION
• Evaluates orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall and language. Reliable method.
• 30- maximum score
• Score evaluation:– 24-30 no cognitive impairment– 18-23 mild cognitive impairment– 0-17 severe cognitive impairment
AFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING• The nurse determines whether the
elderly person’s emotional state seems appropriate with the life situation.
• Be alert to for depression or self destructive thoughts or behavior.
AFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING.Depression symptoms:
– Loss of interest in life - remorse– A negative self- image - pessimistic attitude– Confused - used poor judgment– guilt– problems with sleep patterns
Depression can cause:– Fatigue, Headaches, constipation
‘I feel the future is hopeless.”
“ I feel like a complete failure”
“I hate myself.”
BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
• It is a 13-item assessment to determine mood, self-esteem, and any physical symptoms the individual is experiencing.
• 16 or higher score indicates severe depression
• Require less than 10 min to complete
BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
1. Sadness
2. Pessimism
3. Sense of failure
4. Dissatisfaction
5. Guilt
6. Self-dislike
7. Self-harm
8. Social withdrawal
9. Indecisiveness
10. Self- image change
11. Work difficulty
12. Fatigability
13. Anorexia
4. SOCIAL ASSESSMENT
4. SOCIAL ASSESSMENT
• Social aspects assessed:–Various social groups ( eg, church
groups, clubs, neighbors, volunteer agencies.)
4. SOCIAL ASSESSMENT
• Areas of importance:– Frequency and numbers of contacts– Amount of support offered– Types of support offered
LIBRARY WORK
• ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ELDERLY