Question

You are to prepare an information brochure on maintaining a healthy body for older person.Your brochure must include the following sections:

• Diet:

• Common dietary problems in older people or people with disabilities
• Common health problems caused by poor diet and how these health problems impact the healthy functioning of the major body systems
• Support that can be provided to encourage a healthy diet.

• Exercise:

• Common barriers to exercise in older people or people with a disability
• Common health problems caused by lack of exercise and how these impact the healthy functioning of the major body systems
• Support that can be provided to encourage healthy exercise – including use of both active and passive exercise.

• Emotional wellbeing:

• Common causes of wellbeing issues in older people or people with a disability
• Effect of emotional and psychological problems on the healthy functioning of the major body systems
• Support that can be provided to improve emotional wellbeing.

PART A: OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS OF CLIENTS (CLIENt 1)
Date Part A was undertaken:
	Comments	Supervisor initials
Describe the information that you learned about your client’s physical health status by reviewing their medical record/care plan.
Describe the information you gathered from your client. How are they feeling today – do they have any issues?
Discuss with the person supervising this task - what actual or potential health problems does your client have?
What body systems are involved with your client’s issues? How might these problems affect the overall functioning of your client’s body? What are the relationships between the major components of these body systems and other structures of your clients body?

PART B: PHYSICAL HEALTH CHECKS (CLIENt 1)
Date Part B was undertaken:
		Recordings	Supervisor initials
Record the client’s physical health indicators. If any of these are not applicable, mark as N/A.	Temperature
	Pulse
	Respiration
	Blood pressure
	Bowels opened
	Client-specific observations

PART C: IDENTIFY VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL HEALTH (CLIENt 1)
Interpret the information you obtained in Part A and Part B and answer the following questions.
	Recordings		Supervisor initials
Does your client have any indicators that there is a variation from normal health? Explain your answer and discuss the body systems involved that a contributing to a variation in healthy functioning.
How will this information be shared?
I confirm that the information provided by the student is a true and accurate account of the work they completed and the interaction with the client.
Supervisor name:
Supervisor signature:		Date:

Assessment Task 4: WORKPLACE PROJECT – JOURNAL (CLIENt 2)

Complete this journal for the client you have chosen to work with. Make sure you get your supervisor to sign off each entry. Note: to preserve confidentiality, you must not include any information that could identify your client. Use ‘the client’ rather than the client’s name.

PART A: OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS OF CLIENTS (CLIENt 2)
Date Part A was undertaken:
	Comments	Supervisor initials
Describe the information that you learned about your client’s physical health status by reviewing their medical record/care plan.
Describe the information you gathered from your client. How are they feeling today – do they have any issues?
Discuss with the person supervising this task - what actual or potential health problems does your client have?
What body systems are involved with your client’s issues? How might these problems affect the overall functioning of your client’s body?

PART B: PHYSICAL HEALTH CHECKS (CLIENt 2)

Answer 1

DIET

Common dietery problems in elderly:

Poor appetite

Poor digetion

Chewing difficulties

Reduced taste

Loss of smell

Common health problems caused by poor diet and how these health problems impact:

Cancer of colon prostate, pancrease are associated with dietery fat intake. Increased blood pressure, glucose intolerance are the risk factors from fat dietery fat and which can result in coronary heart disease.Dementia, cardiovascular disease also can occur from high intake of fat.

Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia,type 2 diabetes are caused by impaired glucose intolerance in elderly.

Edema and anemia are the result ofless intake of protien.

Older people are more prone to osteoporosis and fracture due to less intake of calcium.

Reduced food intake can lead to micronutrient deficiency, it is more common among the older population.and it can leads to low immunity and results in morbidity and mortality.

Support that can be provided to encourage a healthy diet:

Identify the specific dietery problem of each person.

Prepare proper menue

Encourage for adequate fluid intake

Provide small and frequent diet

Restrict the intake of high fat and fried food

Encourage for calcium and fiber rich diet.

EXERCISE

Common barriers to exercise in older people :

Lack of intrest

Joint pain

Lack of enery

Fear of injury

Common health problems caused by lack of exercise :

Reduced bone strength, muscle mass.

Reduced mobility.

Reduced acrdiovascular and respiratory function.

Reduced balance and cordination.

Lack of exercise in older people can increase the risk for obesity, high blood pressure, high cholestrol level,diabetes.

Support that can be provided to encourage healthy exercise :

Educate them about common health problems associated with lack of exercise.

Encourage them to be part of groups or community which promotes exercise.

Regularly check with the patient for frequency , time and intensity of their exercise.

EMOTIONAL WELLBEING

Common causes of wellbeing issues in older people or people with a disability:

Social isolation

Dependance on others

Financial problems

Grief

Depression

dementia

Effect of emotional and psychological problems on the healthy functioning of the major body systems

Poor mental health can leads to poor physical health. Emotional or psychological problem can affect badly on immune system.This affect on the major body system like cardivascular and respiratory system and increases the death among older people.

Support that can be provided to improve emotional wellbeing.

Sharing emotions/ feeling with others

Regular exercise

Geting enough sleep

Encourage to participate in games

Involvement of friends and family

Encourage to involve in hobbies