Question

could you please answer this question from this case study? thank you.

Addie Johnson is a 52-year-old morbidly obese female with diabetes mellitus. She has had a stroke and has right-sided paralysis (hemiplegia). She tends to slow, cautious behavior and needs frequent instruction and feedback to complete tasks. She has retinopathy (affects her eyesight) and peripheral neuropathy (affects sensation in legs) from her diabetes mellitus. Her Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living indicates that she is very dependent in the areas of bathing, dressing, transferring, and toileting.

Answer 1

Ans

1. In case of bathing there should be the availability of shawer to help her instid of mug and bucket

2- in case of dressing she may use a complete goun that help her not to put different cloth on body and easy to dress and undress

3- in case of transferring and toileting ....family may use western toilet that help her to avoid the complete shitting that occur in normal toilets

For diabetes

1- regular monitoring of the sugar level of the patient

2- take dawn HbA1c below 6.5 aur 7