Final exam Ebersole and Hess Healthy Aging Questions And Answers
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Ebersole and Hess Healthy Aging
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Ebersole And Hess Healthy Aging
Near: woo it's gonna happen, I can finally tell my coworkers they suck!
Honeymoon: damn this is awesome, sleep and Netflix
Disenchantment: bleh I'm bored
Reorientation: here are the things I am going to do w my new life, such as finally
cleaning out my house after 30 years and trying to give m...
disenfranchised - loss can't be openly mourned - eg capital punishment or
relationship not socially accepted (used to be v common in era when LGBT+ not
accepted)
,what is palliative care
✓~ focus is on providing comfort and increasing QOL
prevent/minimize suffering
can be offered concurrently with life-prolonging/stabilizing care, or can be
purely comfort-related with no curative measures taken
(hospice care provides palliative care)
hospice guidelines
✓~ - palliative
- 6 mo or less prognosis (can be on hospice longer than 6 months with
documented decline)
- lots of misconceptions
- people can seek tx, just not for s/s related to their hospice diagnosis
,- hospice meds tend to include a med for secretions (eg scopolamine), a benzo,
and morphine
- people may need education that morphine in hospice is not just for pain
- lots of services available on hospice eg music, massage, chaplain, aide
grief models
✓~ Kubler-Ross
Disequilibrium
what is a living will
✓~ a type of advance directive
specifically for EOL care in terminal illness for when pt becomes unable to voice
their wishes
includes designation of a proxy
, what is spiritual care
✓~ assisting pts in...
finding meaning, reconciliation
transcendent reality
strengthen their spiritual life
identify and address pts in spiritual distress
what is wellness
✓~ - multidimensional
- adaptation to internal/external conditions
- individualized
- is a continuum, not a condition
aspects of wellness...
✓~ biological
environmental
functional
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