Homework
Identify an older adult age 65 +, use a 1st and last initial. Execute a therapeutic assessment interview with them for at least two interview sessions assessing their self-identified:
1) Demographics, life time education and career/employment
2) Two most significant (positive) times in their lives
3) What past hardship or loss has the client successfully negotiated in the past?
4) Two personal strengths
5) Engage them in identifying what is healthy versus non-healthy coping skills
6) Inquire of 2 healthy coping skills they have used in the past and/or now
7) Three pieces of advice they would give to their younger self if they could?
8) Support the client in taking the Geriatric Depression Scale.pdf
9) Support the client in taking the Fulmer SPICES Assessment.
10) Perform a Mini Mental State Exam.pdf and Patient_Stress_Questionnaire.
11) Perform a Hall, Hall, and Chapman Article.
12) Report the findings from the Geriatric Depression Scale, Fulmer Spices, Patient stress questionnaire and the mini mental status exam
13) Discuss your older adult's level of ego integrity vs. despair as described by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson. If you had to rate them on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 representing a full state of despair and 10 representing full ego integrity, what rating would you give your older adult?
14) Describe at least two nursing diagnoses for this client.
15) Create a plan of care for the client to include at least three nursing goals with two nursing interventions each.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.