Ertha Case Study
1. What issues do you hear in the monologue that may be related to early cognitive concerns?
Ertha is forgetful and at times she even knows she is, but other times she blames others for them not telling her things. she pauses a lot to try to remember what she is saying. Her mood also changes very quickly. She also does not remember how old her grandson is. She also talks about how she sometimes forgets how old her son is dead and tries to call him.
2. What are Ertha’s strengths?
She has family that cares about her, especially her husband. She is happy about the live she has had. She has been moved into an assisted living facility where she will have nurses and care givers to help care for her. She realizes, sometimes, she has a problem. She still goes to social …show more content…
She says multiples times she takes her medicine and her vitamins, I wonder if she should still be doing this herself. She could accidently forget to take them or she could take them more than once. She may become depressed about moving from her home and her health decline. She already is having memory problems and now she is living in a new environment that she must become familiar with. She is gets upset when talking about how her husband and the doctor where talking about her. Lord, Livingston, Robertson, and Cooper, (2016) feel one might feel resentment for being left out of decisions. She may become less and less social because it overwhelms her. She also has moods swings that may become worse as she declines cognitively. I also worry about Henry and how Ertha states they have arguments. He could learn new ways to cope with the stress. Huis in het Veld et al. (2016) explained that family members should try to adapt to moods of persons with dementia and remain calm. Also, family members should allow time for themselves, take to someone about what they are going thru, and make sure they are getting enough rest (Huis in Het Veld et al.,
Ertha is forgetful and at times she even knows she is, but other times she blames others for them not telling her things. she pauses a lot to try to remember what she is saying. Her mood also changes very quickly. She also does not remember how old her grandson is. She also talks about how she sometimes forgets how old her son is dead and tries to call him.
2. What are Ertha’s strengths?
She has family that cares about her, especially her husband. She is happy about the live she has had. She has been moved into an assisted living facility where she will have nurses and care givers to help care for her. She realizes, sometimes, she has a problem. She still goes to social …show more content…
She says multiples times she takes her medicine and her vitamins, I wonder if she should still be doing this herself. She could accidently forget to take them or she could take them more than once. She may become depressed about moving from her home and her health decline. She already is having memory problems and now she is living in a new environment that she must become familiar with. She is gets upset when talking about how her husband and the doctor where talking about her. Lord, Livingston, Robertson, and Cooper, (2016) feel one might feel resentment for being left out of decisions. She may become less and less social because it overwhelms her. She also has moods swings that may become worse as she declines cognitively. I also worry about Henry and how Ertha states they have arguments. He could learn new ways to cope with the stress. Huis in het Veld et al. (2016) explained that family members should try to adapt to moods of persons with dementia and remain calm. Also, family members should allow time for themselves, take to someone about what they are going thru, and make sure they are getting enough rest (Huis in Het Veld et al.,