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CASE PRESENTATION. BAUTISTA, BERNARDINO, PALARCA, RAMOS, ZABALLA. General Information. V.O. 73 year old female November 4, 1941 Widowed Filipino Roman Catholic Gawad Kalinga, Payatas. Chief Complaint: Weakness. Review of Systems. Review of Systems. Review of Systems.
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CASE PRESENTATION BAUTISTA, BERNARDINO, PALARCA, RAMOS, ZABALLA
General Information • V.O. • 73 year old female • November 4, 1941 • Widowed • Filipino • Roman Catholic • Gawad Kalinga, Payatas
Physical Examination Musculoskeletal Exam and Reflexes: good muscle tone (5/5 on all extremities) Neurologic Examination: Cranial Nerves I, II: not assessed III: intact extraocular muscle IV, V, VI: not assessed VII: no facial asymmetry VIII: intact gross hearing IX, X, XI: not assessed XII: tongue midline Motor: 5/5 on all extremities Sensory: no sensory deficits
Initial Impression Hypotension probably secondary to Anti-Hypertensive Medication Overdose Congestive Heart Failure NYHA II Hypertension Stage II, controlled
ORDINARIO FAMILY February 21, 2014 73 5 44 42 22 23 12 10 7
Family with Adolescents • Young children are getting older and turning into more independent individuals
Issues • Shifting of parent-child relationships to permit adolescent to move in and out of the system • Identity, autonomy and sexuality issues • Refocus on midlife, marital, and career issues • Beginning shift towards concern for the older generation
In phase or out of phase? • Out of phase hence the family has higher risk for physical and emotional symptoms • Ate Corra and her husband Danilo who both are head of their household have very little time to focus on themselves • Instead are focused on taking care of the other members of their household • Note: Burden of taking care of the kids and the grandparents.
Developmental Challenges • Shifting of parent-child relationships • Be able to balance giving independence to adolescents at the same time acknowledge responsibility roles • Changes in the caregiver role of the family • The primary caregiver burden will be upon the parents
How it relates to the patient • Important to acknowledge caregiver fatigue • Note that prognosis of the patient’s disease and the degree of care needed by the patient • Expenditures in terms for her health care vs. the adolescents eventual need to go into college.
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Family Intervention Tools Home Visits, Family Meetings and Episodic Consults
Pre Home Visit • Date of Visits: February 18,20,24 • Purpose of Visit: • Information gathering • Caregiving check and evaluation • Information gathering • More extensive evaluation • Why the patient needs a home visit? • Poor health seeking behaviour and health practices