Geriatrics

Reducing polypharmacy can be achieved through encouraging healthcare providers to review medication regimens for their geriatric patients. This type of intervention was evaluated in a study of older adults living in long-term care facilities in North Carolina (Trygstad, Christensen, Wegner, Sullivan, & Garmise, 2009). Pharmacists at each participating facility reviewed medication lists for harmful drugs, interactions, or unnecessary medications. They also reviewed new drug orders and addressed…

purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if an educational intervention for mental health nurses on assessing assault risk in geriatric psychiatric patients will improve the nurse’s knowledge and assessment of assault risk for this population during their inpatient stay. The PICOT question was as follows: In Registered Nurses working in a geriatric psychiatric unit, will attending a staff training session on assault risk for one hour affect knowledge for patient-on-patient…

I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor. It was the decision I never thought I would regret. I completed my General Psychiatry residency training at University of Hawaii and decided to go into Geriatric Psychiatry fellowship because of my special affinity with elderly and my interest in the integration of both Medicine and Psychiatry was appealing to my intellectual challenge. Since I complete my training, I have been practicing in varieties of setting. To satisfy my Visa requirement, I spent…

When the geriatric patient first showed signs of decreased level of consciousness and difficulty breathing, the nurse should assess airway and administer oxygen, either through oxygen mask or nasal cannula. The emergency room nurse also needs to continue to monitor…

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: Hoarding Disorder within the Geriatric Population Samuels et al. (as cited in Ayers et al., 2014a, p. 741) suggests that hoarding is present in 5.3% of the population; although, this rate may be greater among the geriatric population. In the long-term care setting, many geriatric clients often hold on to items of sentimental value such as a prized pocket watch or a treasured family photo as a reminder of the past. Keeping these items are often…

good as it did when the animal was younger. Geriatric patients will require a different level of care from both a veterinarian team and their owners to ensure they stay as healthy as possible. In addition, a veterinary team needs to be prepared to help the pet owner through the different diseases their animal may face, such as cancer, as the animal ages. With proper care and attention a pet can live a more comfortable life as they get into the geriatric stage of life. As a pet gets older many…

skills, guidelines, and concepts listed below in this order because I believe these are essential to be an effective social worker working with the elderly population and their families. In my opinion, self-awareness is the number one skill a geriatric social worker must possess in order to be effective with the older population. Among the most significant issues workers will face are the subtle influences of lifelong social and personal messages about ageism, countertransference of feelings…

mobility related to muscle wasting, immobility causing decubitus ulcers. In the research I have conducted, more and more nursing homes possess residents that are obese, that are considered to have a calculated BMI greater than thirty-five. Obese geriatric patients are more…

handouts, educational medical sites for patients and providers to access, digital cameras, examination cameras, video, and computer generated questionnaires and more have a place in the treatment plan. Other strategies to use are to encourage the rural geriatric patient, that play and exercise therapy are great for adults and allows the endorphins to flood the mind which helps with over-all mental health well-being.…

exchange for cancellation of up to 85 percent of their educations loans, and this also includes interest over four years. Comprehensive Geriatric Education Grants: Grants to train nurses who provide direct care to the elderly, to support geriatric nursing curriculum, and to train faculty in geriatrics, and provide continue education to nursing who are providing geriatric…