Select Someone You Know Well Who Is Currently in His

question 54

Essay

Select someone you know well who is currently in his or her fifties or sixties.Based on this person's life circumstances-finances,available family members to help,overall health,personality,and so forth-devise a care plan for when impairments due to ADL (activities of daily life)develop.How do you think this person might feel about moving to an elder-care setting discussed in the text or being cared for by family members at home? How would this person react to living in a nursing home? (Be specific,making clear reference to the alternatives to institutionalization and nursing-home issues discussed in the book. )

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