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    Strategies AND Management of Care For Elderly: Katherine A. Pailan

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    The document discusses strategies and management of care for the elderly. It describes how the elderly have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease. Physical changes that occur with age include wrinkles, hair loss, diminished senses, and reduced thinking abilities. Elderly care aims to maintain independence and quality of life through fulfilling special needs. Caregivers like family and professionals help meet long-term care needs. Strategies discussed include home automation, emergency response systems, medication dispensing, and home robotics to help with daily tasks. Management of care involves assessments, care plans, facilitating programs, and ensuring all needs are adequately met for common health issues faced in old age.

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    The document discusses strategies and management of care for the elderly. It describes how the elderly have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease. Physical changes that occur with age include wrinkles, hair loss, diminished senses, and reduced thinking abilities. Elderly care aims to maintain independence and quality of life through fulfilling special needs. Caregivers like family and professionals help meet long-term care needs. Strategies discussed include home automation, emergency response systems, medication dispensing, and home robotics to help with daily tasks. Management of care involves assessments, care plans, facilitating programs, and ensuring all needs are adequately met for common health issues faced in old age.

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    The document discusses strategies and management of care for the elderly. It describes how the elderly have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease. Physical changes that occur with age include wrinkles, hair loss, diminished senses, and reduced thinking abilities. Elderly care aims to maintain independence and quality of life through fulfilling special needs. Caregivers like family and professionals help meet long-term care needs. Strategies discussed include home automation, emergency response systems, medication dispensing, and home robotics to help with daily tasks. Management of care involves assessments, care plans, facilitating programs, and ensuring all needs are adequately met for common health issues faced in old age.

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    Strategies AND Management of Care For Elderly: Katherine A. Pailan

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    The document discusses strategies and management of care for the elderly. It describes how the elderly have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease. Physical changes that occur with age include wrinkles, hair loss, diminished senses, and reduced thinking abilities. Elderly care aims to maintain independence and quality of life through fulfilling special needs. Caregivers like family and professionals help meet long-term care needs. Strategies discussed include home automation, emergency response systems, medication dispensing, and home robotics to help with daily tasks. Management of care involves assessments, care plans, facilitating programs, and ensuring all needs are adequately met for common health issues faced in old age.

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    STRATEGIES

    AND
    MANAGEMENT
    OF CARE FOR
    ELDERLY
    Katherine A. Pailan
    ELDERLY
    Consists of ages nearing or surpassing
    the average life span of human beings,
    and the end of the human life cycle.

    Have limited regenerative abilities and


    are more prone to disease, syndromes,
    and sickness

    People can be considered old because of


    certain changes in their activities or
    social roles.
    PHYSICAL CHANGE
    wrinkles and liver spots
    change of hair color
    hair loss
    lessened hearing
    diminished eyesight
    slower reaction times and agility
    reduced ability to think clearly
    difficulty recalling memories
    lessening or cessation of sex
    greater susceptibility to bone diseases.
    PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECT

    Erik Erikson’s
    "Eight Stages of Life" theory

    "Integrity vs. Despair"


    during which a person focuses
    on reflecting back on their life.
    ELDERLY CARE
    the fulfillment of the special needs and
    requirements that are unique to senior citizens.
    to improve their quality of life and to maintain
    their independence for as long as possible.
    can be emotionally tiring for both the cared and
    the caregiver.
    Understanding their mental makeup and
    learning to identify signals, which spell their
    requirements, are very important aspects.
    CAREGIVER
    The FAMILY is one of the most
    important providers for the
    elderly.
    Professional Geriatric Care
    Managers are degreed, licensed
    and certified specialists who
    assist seniors and/or disabled
    individuals and their families in
    meeting their long term care
    needs.
    STRATEGIES OF CARE
     Home automation for the elderly (assistive domotics)
    focuses on making it possible for the elderly and disabled to
    remain at home, safe and comfortable. home automation for
    security, entertainment, and energy conservation

     two basic forms of home automation systems for the


    elderly:
    Embedded health systems integrate sensors and microprocessors
    in appliances, furniture, and clothing which collect data that is
    analyzed and can be used to diagnose diseases and recognize risk
    patterns.

    Private health networks implement wireless technology to


    connect portable devices and store data in a household database.
    STRATEGIES OF CARE
    Emergency assistance systems and tools
     First generation
    These simple systems and tools include personal alarm systems
    and emergency response telephones that do not have to be
    integrated into a smart home system

     Second generation
    These systems and tools generate alarms and alerts automatically
    if significant changes are observed in the user's vital signs.

     Third generation
    These types of systems would help the elderly and disabled deal
    with loneliness and depression by connecting them with other
    elderly or disabled individuals through the Internet, reducing their
    sense of isolation.
    STRATEGIES OF CARE
    Medication dispensing
    Smart homes can implement. Dedicated romedication
    dispensing devices in order to ensure that necessary
    medications are taken at appropriate times.

    Home robotics
    Domestic robots, connected to the domotic network, are
    included to perform or help in household choresbots
    included robots helping to administer medications and
    alerting a remote caregiver if the patient is about to miss his
    or her medicine dose (oral or no-oral medications).
    MANAGEMENT OF CARE
    1. Making personal assessments.
    2. Proposing an elderly care plan.
    3. Facilitating programs.
    4. Ensuring needs are met.
    MANAGEMENT OF CARE
     Immobility
     Pressure injuries If you are caring with a
     Cardiovascular terminal illness
    disease Call in Hospice.
     Respiratory issues
    Another important aspect
     Genitourinary
    of care-giving is to take a
    issues few days, when possible
     Diabetes melitus
    Rely on God for strength.
     Thyroid
    Pray
     Delirium
    Concentrate on the
     Dizziness
    eternal
     Stroke
     Alzheimer's Disease

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