Holistic Assessment of the Older Adult

Holistic Assessment of the Older Adult

Holistic Assessment of the Older Adult Assignment

Part 1: Assessment: Choose an adult (65 years or older) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly discuss your discovered holistic health assessment data. Your assessment should include the following parts for the holistic assessment:

Part 2: Interpretation (Abnormality and Coping)

  • Choose one abnormality from the data gained in the assessments and discuss possible reasons/causes for the abnormality.
  • How does this abnormality impact the other areas of the patient’s life?
  • Discuss the client’s stress and coping mechanisms.
    • Are they healthy?
    • What recommendations and improvements could be made that are individualized for this person?

Part 3: Teaching Plan: Create a teaching plan that addresses the client holistically by applying the assessment data you have analyzed.

  • Describe at least one client goal for each of the six categories (each category should have a goal) (physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual).
  • Discuss one strategy per goal you would use to teach your client about each individual goal
  • Explain how you will evaluate if your teaching was effective
    • Title Slide (1 slide)
    • Objective Slide (1 slide)
    • Assessment
      • General Health History (1slide)
      • Physical (1 slide)
      • Psychological (1 slide)
      • Social (1 slide)
      • Cultural (1 slide)
      • Developmental (1 slide)
      • Spiritual (1 slide)
    • Interpretation (Abnormality and Coping)
      • Abnormality, Reasons/Causes, Impact on Life (1 slide)
      • Stress, Coping, Recommendations (1 slide)
    • Teaching Plan
      • Physical Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
      • Psychological Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
      • Social Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
      • Cultural Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
      • Developmental Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
      • Spiritual Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
      • Evaluation Plan (1 slide)
    • References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: PPT of 19-21 slides; Recording 13-15 min

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, and reference slide in APA format. Recording is of PPT slides, with voice only.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-slide citations and references for all resources. A minimum of four (4) scholarly sources are required.