Unit 7 P2

"I just told them they could do a topsy. Nothing else, Them doctors never said nuthin about keeping her alive in no tubes or growin no cells. All they told

Bessie is an 87-year-old client who has recently been discharged from an acute care hospital after experiencing a cerebrovascular accident. Due to her compliling health issues she has been refered to home health to get assistance she needs to continue to live independently as long as possible. Bessie has a friend next door that is willing to help, but does not have any family nearby and does not have any discretionary income, because of these limitations she will need her home health nurse, Laura, to advocate for her to come up with a plan of action. The role of adcvocate is increasingly important because of clients changing needs and demands. Elderly clients need more help than ever with finding resoursed and applying for them with our increasingly

On July 10, 2015, Mr. Earnest McKinnon met worker at DHR, for the purpose of discussing his mother 's current situation. Mr. McKinnon stated his mother had lived with his wife, Arlinda McKinnon, and himself for 3 years. When she first moved in, she was terrible sick with fluid oozing out of her skin. According to Mr. McKinnon, Ms. Connell required 24/7 care which his wife provided. Mr. McKinnon stated, "Mother is in the shape she is in because of abusing her body."

Resident E.V. has demonstrated the ability to cope by displaying effective coping patterns. She has the desire to become both healthier and live a healthier life style. Her goal is to gain recovery so she can walk on her own again and eventually move back into her house to help take care of her husband, whom has dementia. She is willing to modify her lifestyle accordingly if she is unable to gain complete recovery. However, she would like to be as independent as possible.

According to Rebecca Skloot, an award winning writer most famous for her novel on Henrietta Lacks “the immortal life of Henrietta lacks”, Henrietta received “top of the line’ treatment. Although given standard treatment by no means was it enjoyable, Henrietta went through many days of terrible pain, due to the severity and nature of the procedure they performed on her, her cervix were filled with in order to try and shrink the size of the tumor. Evidently this procedure

I had the privilege to talk to Lia Lee. Lee is a 67 years olds Hmong woman. She is a mother to 5 children, 31 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. Lee and husband Va Toua Xiong with her 4 children were sponsored by a church in St. Paul. They arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota in November 1980.

Nothing else. Them doctors never said nuthin about keepin her alive in no tubes or growin no cells. All they told me was they wanted to do a topsy see if they could help my children. And I've always just knowed this much: they is the doctor, and you got to go by what they say. I don't know as much as they do.

Which under the current design addresses long- term care for a limited amount of time, such as for rehabilitation purposes. These services cannot be received outside of a Medicare-approved facility, which means the person cannot reside in their home and receive the long-term care assistance under the current system. Therefore, we propose to amend this portion of the program to extend the funding for long-term care to include home care. Which consist of the relatives receiving monetary compensation for their care. Under the current policy, 41% of the Medicare budget of $50,000,000,000 is being advocated this particular area.

A young woman was referred to him, 8 months pregnant and diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. This was the first time he found himself struggling with treatment and end of life options. Her and her physicians tired every method possible to beat an incurable

Sexual offences are sexual assaults that are covered in the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Sexual assault also known as sexual violence or abuse is any type of involuntary sexual activity that the victim does not give consent to (does not agree to) and it is never the victim’s fault. Sexual assault can include any type of sexual contact with someone who cannot consent, such as someone who is underage, has an intellectual disability, or is passed out. It also includes rape, attempted rape, sexual coercion, sexual contact with a child, incest (sexual contact between family members), Fondling or unwanted touching above or under clothes. Sexual assault can also be verbal or visual and it is anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact

Eva Thompson, a 57 year-old Camden, Maine resident with stage 4 colon cancer, who is in favor of physician assisted

A week later, Christine got a life changing call from the gynecologist. The tissue that had been removed has been cancerous. Christine was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has been getting the best care at CTCA (Cancer Treatment Center of America). Now, 6 years later.

The parents say the goal was “ to improve our daughters quality of life and not to convenience her caregivers.” The treatments didn’t stop there, they removed her uterus to decrease any pain she may have eventually had, and also removed her breast tissue. The risk of this treatment is blood clots or thrombosis. There are few cases, but the risk are

The first stage consists of three stages: the first stage which is called stage 1a occurs when the cancer starts to grow in one of the two ovaries, the second stage which is called stage 1b occurs when the cancer is inside both of the ovaries, and the third stage which is called stage 1c occurs when the cancer is inside both of the ovaries and starts to grow on the surface of the ovary or in the fluid that located in the abdomen. The second stage consists of three stages: the first stage which is called 2a occurs when the cancer start to grow in the Fallopian tubes or in the womb, the second stage which is called is called 2b occurs when the cancer starts to grow in the tissues of the pelvis, e.g., the bladder or rectum, and the third stage which is called 2c occurs when the cancer starts to grow in the tissues of the pelvis and in the fluid inside the abdomen. The third stage consists of three stages: the first stage, which is called 3a occurs when the cancer begins to grow in the tissue of the abdomen's lining, the second stage which is called 3b occurs when the cancerous tumor starts to grow and reaches 2 cm on the abdomen's lining, and the third stage which is called 3c occurs when there is a tumor larger than 2cm in the abdomen's lining. The fourth stage occurs when the cancer spreads to other organs, and it does not have any

Everyone is entitled to choose their own lifestyle, whether they want to have a child or not. Some females who seek to have children find it easy, although some are unfortunate. There are numerous of reasonings, such as being too old to be pregnant, damage to the Fallopian tube or uterus and cancer radiation or chemotherapy. As our generation goes on, many discoveries revolving biology is produced and one of it is the In Vitro Fertilization or “IVF”. It is the procedure of fertilization where they save sperm sample, take an egg from the women and physically combining it in a laboratory dish where the egg and the sperm is now called an embryo.