Geri Final: End of life care & Common dx Flashcards

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End of life

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-describes the total circumstances of a person with a life threatening illness

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Supportive care

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-care that is intended to assist in the coping process for both the individual and their family

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Palliative care

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  • the total care of a person who has NOT responded to curative tx
  • can still be receiving curative services (i.e. chemo)
  • can be initiated at any time during the tx process
  • more of a specialty area
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Hospice care

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  • a comprehensive and interdisciplinary care system for individuals and their families
  • can NO longer be getting curative tx
  • 6 months or less to live
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Physical dimensions

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  • sx control (pain and fatigue)
  • compensatory/remedial
  • skills to be accomplished with help if the pt wants it
  • functional decline (mobility, endurance, body mechanics, loss of routines, ADLs, self-care, home-management, leisure
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Psychological dimensions

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  • fear
  • worry
  • anxiety
  • increased risk of depression
  • loss of identity and self-worth
  • maintaining self-identity
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Social dimensions

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  • loss of prior social roles and networks, communication, interactions with family and caregivers, and living situation
  • communicate their legacy
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Existential dimensions

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  • life crisis
  • define meaning of life
  • awareness of end of life
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Similarities between Palliative and Hospice care

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  • sx control
  • focus on tx is on emotional, social, spiritual, and functional needs of both pt and family
  • help to make sure pt is comfortable
  • promotes quality of life
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4 major outcomes

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  1. help pts live as normally as possible
  2. helping pts achieve a sense of control
  3. helping pts and caregivers manage the care needed so they feel safe and supported
  4. facilitating sense of closure by engaging in desired activities for a final time and making farewells to people, places, and things
    * Ultimate outcome is quality of life*
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ALS: Stage 1 Full Ambulatory Mild Weakness

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  • NO ADL problems
  • mild weakness in one hand, feet
  • foot drop
  • can have weakness in face
  • (I) in ADLs
  • mod level exercise to increase strength in both involved and uninvolved muscles
  • participate in activities
  • AROM
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ALS: Stage 2 Ambulatory Mod Weakness

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  • mod weakness in certain muscles
  • still some muscle groups not involved
  • start looking at environmental modifications
  • modest exercise
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ALS: Stage 3 Severe Weakness

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  • severe weakness in certain muscles
  • joint pain protection and management
  • assess and intro assistive equipment
  • AROM, AAROM, PROM
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ALS: Stage 4 w/c confined, almost dependent

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  • increase levels of care and assistance with ADLs
  • severe weakness in LE
  • PROM exercises
  • NOT independent
  • exercises in uninvolved muscles
  • assistive equip
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ALS: Stage 5 w/c confined, pronounced weakness in legs, severe weakness in arms

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  • more weakness in WHOLE body
  • pain management
  • PROM
  • positioning (reduce skin breakdown, blood clots, etc.)
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ALS: Stage 6 Bedridden

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  • can no longer perform ADLs independently

- max/total assist is required

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AIDS: OT interventions

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  • normalize quality of life
  • restoring functional abilities
  • readjust life roles
  • reduce risk taking behaviors
  • adaptations (when permanently altered)
  • preserve (routines, habits, behaviors important)
  • restoration (work simplification with flare ups, rebuilding endurance after flare up, negotiate and adjust life roles)
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Cancer: OT interventions

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  • fatigue management (progressive relaxation, energy conservation, aerobic exercise)
  • education (support groups, relaxation, w/c assessments/provisions, transfer training, assistive equip, joint protection, self-care)
  • sensory re-ed for desensitization
  • w/c seating and positioning
  • scar management
  • conditioning
  • fall prevention
  • lymphadema management
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Parkinson’s disease: OT interventions

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  • motor learning
  • exercise and balance training
  • functional mobility training
  • home modifications
  • cognitive strategies