Module
NMS08101 Healthy Lives
Intake
Trimester 2 2012
Submission Date
2nd May 2012
Word Count (Excluding Reference List)
3179
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Health Assessment & Intervention Essay
Contents Page-
Introduction Page 2
Health Assessment Pages 2-4
Discussion on key health issues Pages 4-5
Exploration of Interventions and Management Plan Pages 5-7
Conclusion Page 7
Reflection Page 8
References Pages 9-10
For the purpose of this essay I have chosen a client to discuss health assessment, health in ageing and the importance of health promotion with intervention. The client is Jean Green, a fifty-five year old lady who is in full time employment at a biscuit factory. She lives with her husband in their bought house and has three grown up children and five grandchildren, two of whom she sees regularly. She would like a better work/life/family balance and is beginning to feel strained as she states she is ‘a bit fed up and tired’. Over the years Jean has adopted some health damaging behaviours such as