Question

178 Chapter 35 2 What measures might be used to deal with the wandering? Tsing unit was diagnosed CASE STUDY A resident on the secured nursing unit was diagnos with AD 3 years ago. Before coming to the nursing center, she lived with her daughter. The person was admitted to the nursing center after her daughter found her wandering three blocks from home at 9 o'clock at night. The person's daughter lives a few blocks from the nursing center. She visits at least three times a week. She often brings her 3-year-old son along. She has left a picture album with family pictures for her mother. The person frequently gets up at night and wanders about the unit. She tells you that she is looking for her baby. She repeats the question "Where is my baby?" over and over. Sometimes she wanders into other resident rooms looking for her baby. 3. What can you do to protect the person's right to confidentiality and privacy? Answer the following questions: 1. What measures might be part of the person's care plan to: A. Promote safety? 4. What feelings might the person's daughter have about her mother's illness? B. Promote dignity? 5. How might the person's daughter be involved in her mother's care? DDITIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Answer 1

Q. No. 1. Answer :

A. Answer :

Promote safety : promoting safety by through providing side riles, and keeping security guard to the clients or keeping one attender along with client to prevent any injuries while wondering at any time.

And provide some anesthetic medications if the client is not getting sleep, to prevent injuries and to promote safety.

B. Answer :

Promote dignity : by providing counseling and education to the client towards good behavior we can improve the dignity of client.

And by giving respect to the client we can improve the dignity of the client.

Good clothing and ID band should be provide to improve and promot dignity.

Q. No. 2. Answer :

Measures to be taken to feel with wandering :

* security should be provided by keeping person along with client and keeping lock to the room.

* always we should need to keep persons ID card with the clients.

* color code dress should be put to the client to identify incrowd.

* fence should be there out side the room.

* use some of radio tracking devices to easy tracking during missing time.

* increase physical activities of the client.

* maintain adequate sleep hygiene to reduce agitation.

These are the measures should be take to deal with wandering.

Q. No. 3. Answer :

To protect the persons right to confidentiality and privacy, we should not tell the information of the client to the others and neibours patients.

The only right person who are there near to client to that person only we need to share all the information related to the client.

With the authorization only we need to inform to others regarding client information.

Maintain the secure and password system for the client information.

So by maintaining all these we can protect the persons right to confidentiality and dignity.

Q. No. 4. Answer :

The persons daughter have feelings regarding her mother illness like :

* she will feel like psychologically depressed, because why like this happens to my mother only.

* it is curse of God like that she will feel.

* my mother should be get cured early like that she may be thinks.