Question

Anais is 84 and has very bad arthritis in her hands and sores on her legs. She cannot get around so much by herself. Once a day she is visited by home nurse who treats her sores and gives her a weekly vitamin injection.

Anais has recently had an operation on her hands, which required her to spend a week in hospital. The occupational therapist gave Anais a long-handled hairbrush, tooth brush and knife and fork to help her with her normal daily routine while she recovers.

Once a week Anais sees the physiotherapist who gives her hand exercises to keep the joints mobile. Anais visits the hospital once a month to see her doctor to check her progress.

From this case study you can see that Anais receives a variety of services.

1) What services is Anais receiving?

2) How are the services helping her?

3) Does she need any other services?

Answer 1

Answer :

1.The services Anais recieving :

• Nursing care.
• Hospital care.
• Occupational therapy.
• Physical therapy.
• Doctor care.

2.The way services helping her :

• Nursing care : Monitoring general health of patient daily by setting up a plan of care. She is treating her sores and giving vitamin injections weekly.
• Hospital care : She underwent surgery on hands where she recieved hospital services for surgery and post operative care for 1 week and recovered well.
• Occupational therapy : It helped her to perform her daily routine activities like brushing her teeth , combing her hair , eating food etc.
• Physical therapy : With the help of physiotherapist who gives her exercises ,she could keep her joints mobile and improve her muscle strength.
• Doctor care : Once in every month she visits her doctor to check her progress which helps her to maintain good health.

3.Other services which she need :

• Care from home health aides : Home health aids help patient with their basic personal needs such as getting out of bed ,walking ,bathing and dressing.
• Companionship : As she is alone at home she requires a companion to provide comfort and supervision.
• Home maker or basic assistance care : Since the patient age is 83 and having arthritis and not able to get around by herself she needs a home maker who helps with the tasks and can maintain the household with meal preparation , laundry and other house keeping items.
• Volunteer care : Volunteers from community organisations provide basic comfort to the patient through companion ship, providing transportation(for her hospital checkups), emotional support and providing peesonal care.
• Pharmaceutical services : These services deliver medicines and medical equipments to home.
• Nutritional services : Dieticians come to patients home to provide dietary plan.