Ellen is a 64-year-old Chinese American, who has recently been diagnosed with de
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Ellen is a 64-year-old Chinese American, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. She has been working steadily as a secretary but recently due to the disease has found it harder to perform her duties. She has worked for 34 years. She has recently become widowed and has two adult kids who live in the same area as her. But they rarely agree on how to provide care for her. Ellen has asked her children to help her navigate her decision to retire.
Based on the above scenario, create a document that describe the issues that Ellen and her children need to address regarding:
Ellen's retirement
Ellen's future health care plans
Ellen's housing
Ellen's financial situation
Ellen's ability to perform her job effectively
The disease progression and its effect on her activities of daily living (ADL)
Advanced directives
Funeral plans
Social supports available to Ellen
Role her culture may play on her family's decision
Please include refrences
Explanation / Answer
Dementia is a chronic progressive disease of memory loss people tend to forget all the basic needs at one stage.
Ellen's retirement: The usual age of retirement is 65 years.She could be able to manage this with medication in initial stage which lasts for 2_4 years. Retirement plans provided by the employer ( savings or investment) could be made.
Future health care plan
She could be enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid program as per her children decisions
Ellen's housing
This environment should be hazardous free, patient friendly, because there are chances they may injure themselves or other
Financial situations
Savings can be done
ADL
she will forget initially names, relationship,dates,events, cooking, bathing,eating,anger, forget to pee and poop, hallucinations at last stage coma,death
Advanced directives
A care taker us needed to support her in daily activities
Funeral plans like where and how she has to be cemented decisions can be made.
There are many social support available for her
Psychosocial importance is given to them
Treated with respect
Affectionately treated to reduce burden
Apart from this culture difference is to be considered
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