Caregiver stress

Question 1:
The stress of caring for a frail elder is the major contributor to elder abuse. Discuss

Question 2:
Explain in a paragraph why older people and hospitals do not get along after watching the video – TEDx talk How to relieve the stress of caring for an aging parent | Amy O’Rourke

Question 3:
A woman’s marriage breaks up under the stress of caring for her affected child. She finds solace with a sympathetic cousin and now she is pregnant. What is the risk their child will be affected?

Question 4:
Documentation Exercise Scenario: Question 89 refers to this scenario.

On January 17, 2022. you are caring for a 42-year-old female valsartan (Diovan) 160 mg once daily and hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg once daily. While in the hospital, it was discovered that her cholesterol level is mildly elevated at 217 mg/dL. She is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighs 181 lbs. She works from home doing data entry so she can be home for her three children, ages 3, 6, and 12 years. She is to go home on a healthy heart diet and with orders to walk for 30 minutes a day, 5 days per week… Her mother also lives with the family, but she is on hospice mre related to end-stage breast cancer. Mrs. Sanchez is anxious to get home to care for her mother and children. Mr. Sanchez works the night shift. You meet with Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez at 10:15 am, and perform discharge teaching. When you return at 10:50 a.m., Mrs. Sanchez states that her 12-year-old daughter is having trouble dealing with the impending death of her grandmother. Mrs. Sanchez is also upset knowing that her mother has only a few more months to live. She says she thinks her blood pressure was up as a result of the stress of caring for her mother and from her diet and lack of exercise. She begins to cry, stating that she feels overwhelmed with her mother’s care. You discuss the hospice services she is receiving and bring up the possibility of additional help. Mr. Sanchez says that he would be willing to pay for help but does not know how to hire trained, reliable nursing assistants. You offer to arrange a consultation with their current hospice agency regarding more assistance for them. You make the call after leaving the room, at 11:15 a.m. Document this situation on the nurse’s note form.

Question 5:

RNRS 118 Spring Family
Module 26 and 26. A
Group 3

Mrs. Ann Bell, an 82-year-old widow, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease several years ago. She lives with her daughter and son-in-law and their two children, ages 16 and 10 years. Mrs. Bell has begun wandering, especially at night, and she has started small fires when she attempts to cook and forgets about the pot on the stove. Mrs. Bell’s daughter, Laura, accompanies her mother to her physician’s appointment today and relates that the stress of caring for her mother, in addition to her other obligations to her husband and children, is becoming increasingly difficult.

1. Question 1: How can the nurse help the family members to cope with the loss they feel related to Mrs. Bell’s cognitive degeneration?
2. Question 2: What strategies might help Mrs. Bell’s grandchildren identify their feelings of grief and loss and work as a family to deal with these feelings?
3. Question 3: What strategies can you suggest to help this family deal with the stress of Mrs. Bell’s cognitive degeneration?
4. Question 4: What referrals can you make to reduce Mrs. Bell’s daughter’s caregiver role strain?