Kinship
This is the term for expressions of love and respect, endorsing one's behavior and perceptions, and receiving aid or physical assistance like accompanying a person to an appointment
What is social support?
This type of communication, when used effectively by nurses, builds trust and connection with lonely older adults.
What is therapeutic communication?
This is associated with sacred doctrine and collective rituals
What is religion?
This type of home treatment, often passed down through generations, may include the use of herbs, teas, or rituals and is commonly used in many cultures as a complementary approach to health and healing
What are folk remedies?
This type of media is short and concise, and uses everyday language to provide clinical guidelines for older adults
What is print media?
This is one of the main reasons why an older adult is deprived of informal social support aside from geographic separation from family members, age-related segregation, and the loss of leisure pursuits due to illness, loss of income, or functional decline
What is the loss of a spouse or partner due to illness, death, and dying?
This is an example of a nursing action that promotes communication among older adults living in a nursing home during mealtime
This nursing assessment helps identify a patient’s beliefs, practices, and sources of holistic strength.
What is a spiritual assessment?
This term describes the older adult's active process of making choices that promote health, purpose, and satisfaction in later life
What is wellness?
This type of space around print should be maximized to allow for the ease of reading the document for older adults
What is white space?
This is the term for an objective lack of social contact with others
What is social isolation?
Older adults experiencing social isolation are at increased risk for this progressive cognitive condition
What is dementia?
This term refers to a sense of meaning, purpose, and connection that may or may not be linked to religion.
What is spirituality?
This national program delivers nutritious meals to homebound older adults to help them maintain independence and prevent malnutrition
What is Meals on Wheels?
This type of care focuses on relieving symptoms, pain, and stress of serious illness at any stage and can be provided alongside curative treatments
What is palliative care?
This is the term for the subjective feeling of being isolated
What is loneliness?
A new nursing home resident is withdrawn and says, “I don’t know anyone here.” This is what the nurse should promote to help improve the resident’s emotional well-being
What is social interaction?
This is a way a nurse can support the religious needs of a Muslim client in the hospital
What is providing a quiet space for prayer or meditation?
This type of assessment evaluates an older adult's physical function, cognition, emotional health, social support, and environment to identify their strengths and limitations
What is a geriatric assessment?
This type of care is provided when curative treatment is no longer pursued, and the focus shifts entirely to comfort and quality of life, typically in the last six months of life
What is hospice care?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is what the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identified as a significant association with lack of social connections
What is premature mortality?
DAILY DOUBLE
Nurses can reduce loneliness and improve self-management in community-dwelling older adults with chronic illness by encouraging participation in these group-based interventions
What is support groups?
These are the two methods the nurse uses to understand and acknowledge the importance of faith and its influence in an older adult's healthcare decision-making
What is using open-ended questions and active listening?
This type of community-based service provides supervision, social activities, and limited health care during the day for older adults, often allowing caregivers respite
What is adult day care?
These conversions help align medical treatments with a patient's values, preferences, and desired quality of life, especially in serious or life-limiting illness
What are goals of care discussions?