LECTURE\POWERPOINT

[TRANS] LESSON 3: WHO INTEGRATED CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS

OUTLINE ○ Older people experiences visual and hearing

impairment
I Declining Functional Capacities ○ Most common problems and concerns include hearing
A. Physical Impairment loss and loss of vision.
B. Cognitive Impairment
● Nursing Interventions:
C. Nutritional Problems
1. Routine eye checkup and auditory screening
D. Sensory Impairment
E. Elimination Problems 2. Comprehensive eye care
3. Wearing of hearing aids and prescription glasses

DECLINING FUNCTIONAL CAPACITIES ELIMINATION PROBLEMS

Cognitive Impairment Physical Impairment ● Declining Elimination Functional Capacities

Sensory Impairment Elimination Problems ○ Older people experiences elimination problem
Nutritional Problems ○ Most common problem and concerns bowel and
urinary incontinence
○ Causes include cognitive impairment, specific
PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
illness/disease
● Nursing Intervention
● Declining Physical Functioning Capacities (Mobility Loss)
1. Prompt voiding, set defecation time, pelvic floor muscle
○ Older people have declining physical capacity
training (Kegel’s exercise), bladder control strategies,
○ Often experiences mobility loss, falls, fracture, reduced
bowel elimination, diapers/catheter use
gait speed, and poor hand grip strength.
● Nursing Intervention:
1. Multimodal exercise
2. Strength resistance training REFERENCES
3. Balance and exercise
4. Flexibility and aerobic training Notes from the discussion by Paulo Carl G. Mejia, DNM, DNS,
5. Physical performance MAN, RN

Manila Doctors Colleges of Nursing PowerPoint Presentation:

COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

● Declining Mental Functioning and Cognitive Capacities

○ Older people experience cognitive impairment and
cognitive decline
○ Some elderly have signs of dementia, delirium, and
Alzheimer’s
● Nursing Intervention:
1. Cognitive stimulations and Mental exercises
2. Brief structured psychological interventions for
depressive symptoms (grief, loss)

NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS

● Declining Digestive Functional Capacities

○ Older people used to experience nutritional deficit
○ Most common problems and concerns include
undernutrition, malnutrition and decrease in appetite
(anorexia)
● Nursing interventions
1. Dietary counseling and nutritional advise
2. Oral supplementation therapy (multivitamins and PA
mineral) GE
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SENSORY IMPAIRMENT ME
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● Declining Sensory Functional Capacities
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