COMMON PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LOSSES & UNMET NEEDS in the ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT
CONSULTING AND EDUCATION UNLIMITED
MARGARET RAY, RN, NHA.
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MAY EXPERIENCE ALTERATIONS IN:
· ACHIEVEMENT ORIENTATION (APATHY, DISENGAGEMENT, LETHARGY)
· THE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (SELF-CARE DEFICITS)
· AFFILIATION (DISENGAGEMENT, ISOLATION, WITHDRAWAL)
· COMMUNICATION & EXPRESSION (DECREASED EXPRESSION)
· LIFE ADJUSTMENT (UNRESOLVED CONFLICTS, UNRESOLVED FEARS)
· RECOGNITION & EXPRESSION OF PERSONAL NEEDS (SAFETY NEEDS)
· SENSORY/PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES (DISTORTION, OVERLOAD, ILLUSIONS)
· SEXUALITY (DISENGAGEMENT, LONELINESS)
· SOCIALIZATION (DISENGAGEMENT, ISOLATION, LONELINESS, WITHDRAWAL)
· SPIRITUALITY (APATHY, DOUBT, DISENGAGEMENT)
· THOUGHT PROCESSES (DELUSIONS, FORGETFULNESS, HALLUCINATION, DECREASED ATTENTION SPAN)
MAY EXPERIENCE ...
- INAPPROPRIATE AGGRESSION ANGER
- ANXIETY
- INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIORS DENIAL
- DEPENDENCY
- DRUG MISUSE EMBARRASSMENT
- FEAR
- FRUSTRATION
- GRIEF AND MOURNING
- GUILT
- HOPELESSNESS POWERLESSNESS PROBLEM DRINKING REGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ROLE CHANGE
- THREAT TO SELF-ESTEEM SHAME
- SLEEP PATTERN DISTURBANCE SUSPICIOUSNESS
... RELATED TO ACTUAL, POTENTIAL, OR IMAGINED LOSSES.
EXPERIENCES ALL OF THE PROBLEMS, NEEDS, &/OR CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGING PROCESS.
· MEDICAL PROBLEMS
· FINANCIAL PROBLEM
· LEGAL CONCERNS |
