Disability & Chronic Illness Flashcards

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Chronic Disease

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Is a condition that lasts for more than 1 year, is multifactorial, has no definite cure, requires continuous and persistent healthcare monitoring, and limits or prevents a person from performing activities of daily living.

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Chronic Illness

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The human experience of living with a chronic disease or condition; experienced by the individual and the family; individual’s perception and responses to the chronic disease or condition

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What are the keys to managing chronic conditions

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  • Prevention
  • Lifestyle changes
  • Managing symptoms to avoid complications
  • Quality of life
  • Health promotion behaviors
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What are the implications of Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC)

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  • Increases the complexity of care
  • Increase in cost of care
  • Risk for conflicting medical advice, adverse effects of medications, unnecessary and duplicative tests, preventable hospitalizations
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Disability

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  • Physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
  • Record of, or regarded as, having such an impairment
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What is the goal of rehabilitation?

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Goal of rehabilitation nursing is to assist the patient to attain and maintain optimum health as defined by the patient

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What should we assess in rehabilitation?

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  • ADL’s
  • IADL’s
  • Language use assistance
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What is our priority problem/concern with rehabilitation?

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The Self-Care Deficit

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