Understand the impact of age-related changes on the physical status, psychological functioning, social relationships and family dynamics of older persons.
Develop skills in conducting home / environment assessments in older adults to advocate for community-based services, health/safety promotion, and disease prevention.Provide a clear and concise introduction of the purpose of the paper. All assignment topics are outlined in the introduction.
Using the fall risk factors that you previously identified and the nursing literature, discuss in detail three environmental safety factors that contribute to falls in the older adult client.
Provide three reasons how functional and mobility changes contribute to falls in the older adult.
Provide three reasons how sensory changes contribute to falls in the older adult.
Provide three reasons how chronic pain contributes to falls in the older adult.
Using the safety factors discussed earlier, describe three nursing interventions that address the safety factor and the contributing changes in functional status, sensory changes, and pain to prevent falls in the older adult. Support your nursing interventions with supportive literature.
Provide a concise summary of the sections of discussion in the paper. No new information is introduced in the conclusion.
Use your assigned class readings and a minimum of three additional peer-reviewed nursing articles (published within the last 5 years).
