Urinary Incontinence
This is a safety concern with a high risk of injury that is related to urinary incontinence.
What is falling?
These are the activities that family caregivers help older adults with dementia with the most.
What are IADLs (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living)?
These are painful, acute, accidental wounds and the top causes are equipment injury, patient transfers, treatment and dressing removal, and ADLS.
What are skin tears.
This is a common cause of injury and it occurs more frequently in long term care settings than in community settings and accounts for 40% of all hospital occurrences.
What are falls.
These factors include delirium, infection, atrophic vaginitis or urethritis, pharmacology, psychological (depression), endocrine (diabetes, polyuria), restricted mobility, urinary retention, and fecal constipation.
What are common reversible causes of incontinence?
This is the trend in the number of male family caregivers.
What is increasing?
These changes such as thinning and diminishing of the number of melanocytes increase the risk for skin cancer.
What are age related skin changes.
These are the leading cause of death from injury in older adults.
What are falls.
This occurs in more than 40% of older adults admitted to the hospital and is a common cause of post-void urinary retention.
What is fecal impaction?
This is a poor mental health outcome that family caregivers are at increased risk for.
What is depression?
Partial thinkness skin loss with exposed dermis . The wound bed is pink or red and may appear with what is an intact or ruptured blister.
What is Stage 2 Pressure Injury
Age related decline, medications, previous fall, history of chronic illness and sensory impairments are all considered this_ and increase fall risk.
What are intrinsic factors
15-35% is the prevalence of what condition among community dwelling older adults?
What is the prevalence of incontinence among community dwelling older adults?
This is a role that the nurse can play to support family caregivers.
What is assessing for and addressing daily challenges?
Intact or nonintact skin with localized area of persistent nonblanchable deep red, maroon, or purple discoloration or speration with a dark wound bed or blood filled blister.
What is a Deep Tissue Pressure Injury.
Narrowed gait base, increased sway with ambulation, decreased step height, and increased are with gait are classified as this.
What are age associated gate changes.
This is an involuntary release of less than 50ml of urine with activities that increase intraabdominal pressure (lifting, sneezing).
What is stress incontinence?
This is the second most common condition that caregivers identify as a reason for a family member requiring care.
What is Alzheimer's/Confusion?
Color changes in this pressure injury do not include purple or maroon discoloration. Presence of blanchable erythema or changes in sensation , temperature, or firmness may precede visual changes.
Shopping, meal prep, housework, taking medications, and use of transportation are all considered this and are assessed to identify independence and ability to interact with one's environment.
What are Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL).