1) Good Assessment. Good assessment of older adult is important to collect accurate data and to make correct
diagnosis. Because health conditions starts changing with aging, the signs and symptoms of the illnesses can
be different that younger adult. Ex: Urinary Tract Infection.
2) Helping older adult remain independent. Activity of daily living is important for independent functioning. As a
nurse encouraging the independence in older adult is important to maintain quality of life.
3) Using appropriate tests to make right diagnosis. Ex: Geriatric Depression scale, Morse fall scale. Geriatric
depression scale is important to diagnose mental illness. Untreated mental illness can decrease the quality of
life and increase the number of illnesses and hospitalization.
Hello writer, I picked 3 things that I learned in my work place. I tried to give you some ideas of what you should
write about. Please expand them. Make a chart about good assessment. Find peer reviewed journal about
good assessment and make a chart that compare with old days and now. Explain how good assessment
changed from that time to now and how improve the quality of life of an older adult.
Please explain the tests that I wrote above and their importance in older adult care. Why they are important
and how they can improve the quality of life.
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