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:

• General Health History
• Physiological Assessment
• Psychological Assessment
• Social Assessment
• Cultural Assessment
• Developmental Assessment
• Spiritual 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.