10% of Americans are suffering from insomnia on a regular basis each year. Insomnia is predominant Among elderly people, People with chronic medical illness, and Those with anxiety or depressive disorders. In patients with cancer, insomnia is reported to be a common problem. The causes for insomnia in patients with cancer are related to psychological factors (anxiety or depression), pain, treatment-related toxicity, or other comorbid medical conditions. Adverse impacts of insomnia: If an individual
in emergency rooms every year. Not to mention every 20 min an older adult dies from a fall, accounting for over 21,000 deaths in a year on average. This can get very costly; it is estimated to hit a high of $67.7 billion by the year 2020. Falling or the fear of falling not only leads to physical harm but also leads to mental distress in the elderly. The fear of falling can lead to things such as depression, anxiety, social isolation or even decreased physically activity that can later cause muscular
Case study 1: By firstly addressing the Anxiety with a referral from a General practitioner to a psychologist whom can then confirm the diagnosis and treat the disorder. The main contributing factors are the demands of being a single working parent with teenagers, fear of losing her job, police involvement, child services involvement, illicit drugs which is causing a pressure cooker situation. Anxiety and stress are a natural response to dealing with these situations causing nervousness, anxiousness
nutritional intake issues. Cognitive function declines affecting memory, decision making, conversing, and problem solving. In addition, falls can occur with mental status disturbances. Lack of social interaction, depression, and anxiety also crop up in the elderly. Sleep patterns are altered by restless legs, snoring, and disrupted breathing sequences. At times, pain can be constant from arthritis, osteoarthritis, or other medical issues (Tabloski, 2014). Literature Review Design and scope constitute
Substance Abuse and the Elderly Substance abuse in the elderly exists just as in any other population. Many seniors develop substance abuse problems due to circumstances or situations due to the aging process. A report by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that 17% of adults age 60 and older are affected by alcohol abuse and abuse of legal drugs. The report also states that a third of those seniors who abuse substances did
Acute pain post-op and misuse of PCA in an elderly with hip replacement operation RELEVANCE OF CASE Pain is formally identified as a problem of global proportions by WHO and postoperative pain is one of the most common types of pain that has raised a public health concern by various societies in Australia, USA and Europe. It affects roughly 40% of surgical patients who experiencing a moderate to severe pain. It is important that graduate RNs have the knowledge and clinical skills to care for these
Falls occur in every age group but we most often hear about them occurring in the elderly population. I chose to research this topic because I have worked in a nursing home, home health, and at a small community hospital where I have seen falls occur at each of these facilities. I truly feel that we as nurses should take a stand to do everything we can to prevent these falls from occurring. I have heard nurses say I hope that they do not fall because of the paperwork that follows but yet they do
Signs & Symptoms The most common sign associated with heart attacks is chest pain, or in medical terms, angina pectoris.1 Depending on the individual and the severity of the heart attack, pain can be mild or severe. It can be localized or radiate throughout the chest, shoulder, neck, jaw, arm (especially the left) or back.2 In some cases of mild heart attacks, there can be no symptoms at all in what is deemed a ”silent heart attack.”3 Body pain associated with a heart attack occurs due to a phenomena
Patient Centered Pain Control in Elderly People with Dementia There is a growing geriatric population of people with dementia throughout the world that are living in pain constantly. Because dementia as a condition with multifaceted symptomology manifested by advancing overall decline of cognitive ability, it causes severe and distinctive barriers to pain assessment and pain management in this population. The existencee of multiple comorbidities, polypharmacy and the declinining cognition in this
movement (Purcell,2010). Seventy- one percent of carpal bone fracture occurs at te scaphoid waist (Nishihara, 2000). There is about five to twenty percent of fracture in the scaphoid, associated the other wrist or hand fractures (Malik, Yousaf, Khan, Ihsan & Ravenscroft, 2010). Scaphoid fracture commonly occurs from a fall onto a stretched-out hand (McNally, & Gillespie, 2004), which the bone pushed backward against the posterior lip of the distal radius (Purcelli,2010). Additionally, there is a high