Elderly Adults
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Case Study – Elderly Adults
Kaplan University
Professor Diane Berry
May 19, 2014
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Case Study – Elderly Adults
Catherine Lopez is a 75-year-old Hispanic women who has been living independently on her own since the untimely death of her spouse whom she was married to for over 50 years.
After Joseph passed away from having a sudden heart attack, their four children, Joseph Jr.,
Michael, Jennifer, and Linda frequently stop over to visit the family home where their mother
Catherine still resides; furthermore, each adult child takes turns throughout the weekday to ensure that her basic needs are being met. Catherine’s eight grandchildren also spend …show more content…
Furthermore, the last section of the social history includes my final impressions and recommendations for Catherine. The client had good insight about her current mental health status and the role that it plays with her occasional forgetfulness.
In addition, the client expressed a desire to seek help and to “get down to the bottom of things that are taking place in her life”. From the information that was provided by the client’s daughter Linda and from the client herself, I would likely diagnose her condition as unspecified dementia without behavioral disturbance, 2014 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F03.90
(ICD10Data.com, 2014).
After our first interview, Catherine now visits the office on a weekly basis for more indepth counseling sessions; additionally, she has expressed how much she enjoys our trusting relationship. Catherine has also begun to share intimate details regarding her fears of living alone because on a few occasions she has forgotten to turn off household appliances like the iron, stove, tea kettle, and coffee maker. Catherine also stated that while she had fallen to sleep for a brief amount of time while running water for her bubble bath, the tub had almost …show more content…
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According to the Alzheimer’s Association (2012), one in eight older Americans suffer from this debilitating mental health disease which happens to also be the sixth-leading cause of death among our elderly population who are 65 and over; in addition, 5 million Americans are affected and over 8 million worldwide. Moreover, Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, which significantly effects certain vital brain functions such as memory, abstract thinking, object identification, verbal/linguistic abilities, motor skills, and sound judgment, in addition, it can also alter the usual behavior of the affected individual and can be the cause of an impending death. Studies show that in 2014, there were approximately 47,000 older adult from the New York State region between the ages of 65-74 who are living with Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition, 160,000 between 75-84 and 170,000 who are 85-years and older are also affected in
New York State by the ramifications of dementia; furthermore, 13% of senior citizens in total are living with this disease (Alzheimer’s Association, 2014). The National Center for
Case Study – Elderly Adults
Kaplan University
Professor Diane Berry
May 19, 2014
1
Case Study – Elderly Adults
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Case Study – Elderly Adults
Catherine Lopez is a 75-year-old Hispanic women who has been living independently on her own since the untimely death of her spouse whom she was married to for over 50 years.
After Joseph passed away from having a sudden heart attack, their four children, Joseph Jr.,
Michael, Jennifer, and Linda frequently stop over to visit the family home where their mother
Catherine still resides; furthermore, each adult child takes turns throughout the weekday to ensure that her basic needs are being met. Catherine’s eight grandchildren also spend …show more content…
Furthermore, the last section of the social history includes my final impressions and recommendations for Catherine. The client had good insight about her current mental health status and the role that it plays with her occasional forgetfulness.
In addition, the client expressed a desire to seek help and to “get down to the bottom of things that are taking place in her life”. From the information that was provided by the client’s daughter Linda and from the client herself, I would likely diagnose her condition as unspecified dementia without behavioral disturbance, 2014 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F03.90
(ICD10Data.com, 2014).
After our first interview, Catherine now visits the office on a weekly basis for more indepth counseling sessions; additionally, she has expressed how much she enjoys our trusting relationship. Catherine has also begun to share intimate details regarding her fears of living alone because on a few occasions she has forgotten to turn off household appliances like the iron, stove, tea kettle, and coffee maker. Catherine also stated that while she had fallen to sleep for a brief amount of time while running water for her bubble bath, the tub had almost …show more content…
Case Study – Elderly Adults
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According to the Alzheimer’s Association (2012), one in eight older Americans suffer from this debilitating mental health disease which happens to also be the sixth-leading cause of death among our elderly population who are 65 and over; in addition, 5 million Americans are affected and over 8 million worldwide. Moreover, Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, which significantly effects certain vital brain functions such as memory, abstract thinking, object identification, verbal/linguistic abilities, motor skills, and sound judgment, in addition, it can also alter the usual behavior of the affected individual and can be the cause of an impending death. Studies show that in 2014, there were approximately 47,000 older adult from the New York State region between the ages of 65-74 who are living with Alzheimer’s disease.
In addition, 160,000 between 75-84 and 170,000 who are 85-years and older are also affected in
New York State by the ramifications of dementia; furthermore, 13% of senior citizens in total are living with this disease (Alzheimer’s Association, 2014). The National Center for