Proposed Intervention for Constipation in Long Term Care Institution
Proposed intervention for constipation in long term care institution
6.1 Identify target group
We have identify in order to reduce the risk of constipation and have better outcomes, it requires co-operation from different parties.
Hence, we plan to have several activities with 3 different parties including
1. Management of XY 2. Residents of XY no-time bound activity will be given.
3. Nurses and ward aids (We choose to target this group as our SGE participants, details are in our proposal)
Summary of activities for 3 different parties Party | Interventions | Management of XY | Modify diet (high fibre diet) will be provided.Basically we target only on breakfast and afternoon tea.This is because the fibre food sources during afternoon tea and breakfast is limited. Besides, we find that there are leftover especially vegetables during lunch and dinner. Hence, we will come out with few recipe incorporating hidden fibre in the meal.Hence, comparison between current diet and modify diet (high fibre diet) on costing and fibre content will be presented. | Residents of XY | As for residents of XY, we actually put our main priority on their fluid intake.A water bottle (600ml) was provided to residents on 3rd floor. As it will be easier for us to track their water intake in a day. Besides that, they are more accessible to fluid without burden the nurses. Also, we re-modify on the current water schedule as there is always leftovers when following the amount of the water given. And we re-emphasize on the importance of the water schedule. We also take into consideration of the taste of fluid and losing taste bud of the elderly. So, we plan to have a small experiment among the residents in XY by providing different taste of fluid each day and see which tastes of fluid they like the most.So, we will run out trial on Chinese tea and ginger tea in our experiments, and then we observe if by changing the flavour will affect the fluid intake. Then we
6.1 Identify target group
We have identify in order to reduce the risk of constipation and have better outcomes, it requires co-operation from different parties.
Hence, we plan to have several activities with 3 different parties including
1. Management of XY 2. Residents of XY no-time bound activity will be given.
3. Nurses and ward aids (We choose to target this group as our SGE participants, details are in our proposal)
Summary of activities for 3 different parties Party | Interventions | Management of XY | Modify diet (high fibre diet) will be provided.Basically we target only on breakfast and afternoon tea.This is because the fibre food sources during afternoon tea and breakfast is limited. Besides, we find that there are leftover especially vegetables during lunch and dinner. Hence, we will come out with few recipe incorporating hidden fibre in the meal.Hence, comparison between current diet and modify diet (high fibre diet) on costing and fibre content will be presented. | Residents of XY | As for residents of XY, we actually put our main priority on their fluid intake.A water bottle (600ml) was provided to residents on 3rd floor. As it will be easier for us to track their water intake in a day. Besides that, they are more accessible to fluid without burden the nurses. Also, we re-modify on the current water schedule as there is always leftovers when following the amount of the water given. And we re-emphasize on the importance of the water schedule. We also take into consideration of the taste of fluid and losing taste bud of the elderly. So, we plan to have a small experiment among the residents in XY by providing different taste of fluid each day and see which tastes of fluid they like the most.So, we will run out trial on Chinese tea and ginger tea in our experiments, and then we observe if by changing the flavour will affect the fluid intake. Then we