Question

CASE STUDY 2. How can the rights of each resident be promoted? Ms. Angela Lopez and Ms. Lois Green share a room at Pine View Nursing Center. Ms. Lopez has the bed by the window. She likes to sleep with the window open. She likes the privacy curtain between her bed and Ms. Green's bed to be open so that she can see out the door. Family and friends visit Ms. Lopez often. They often bring her ethnic foods. She sometimes hides food in her drawers and closet. Ms. Green is a very private person. She chills easily She likes to go to bed early. Listening to opera music helps her fall asleep. Ms. Green has many figurines which she likes to display in a cabinet she brought from home. She worries about them getting broken. She also brought her own reclining chair from home. 3. How can the interdisciplinary health team promote each person's comfort and quality of life? Answer the following questions: 1. What challenges does the interdisciplinary health team have in meeting the needs of each resident?

Answer 1

1. Both the patient's have two types of personality and likes . This is a challenge for the health care team to meet the needs of both at the same time without having any fight in-between them . Some of the challenges are :-

- meeting two opposite needs at the same time

- maintaining privacy and confidentiality

2. The rights or needs of both the residents can be promoted in the following ways :-

- making care plan with different timings of opposite needs so that it does not club with each other

- making them understand about the importance of adjustments and living with cooperation

- giving equal importance to both the resident's needs

3. The interdisciplinary approach - An interdisciplinary approach relies on health professionals from different disciplines, along with the patient, working collaboratively as a team. The most effective teams share responsibilities and promote role interdependence while respecting individual members' experience and autonomy. In this way they are able to promote each persons comfort and quality of life.