Case Study 2
Heart failure (HF) is a common, disabling, and expensive disease with depressing prognosis and poor quality of life. In addition to optimum medical therapy, counseling and education involving dietary modifications, activity recommendations, medication management, self-monitoring, prognosis, coping skills, social support, caregiver stress, and spiritual needs are critical components in the management of heart failure patients through initial diagnosis to end of life. In this paper, the writer elaborates on different approaches that would benefit Mr.P in managing his symptoms, recommended treatment plans, the appropriate teaching method and teaching plans in order to improve his quality of life. Approach to Care
Elderly HF patients exhibit distinctive pathophysiological features, complex co-morbidities, and unique issues of medication tolerance compared to younger patients and therefore the approach to care should be more vigilant. As a health care worker, it would be appropriate to approach Mr.P’s situation in a gentle method as evidenced that considerate therapeutic involvement would not only have a major physical influence on the patient, but it may be emotionally effective because Mr. P. is already depressed. Mr. P would also be benefit from a multimodal care approach that is based on his financial, physical, spiritual and emotional perspective due to the fact that he and his wife are unable to manage the situation by them, overwhelmed by the burdens imposed by the disease, hopelessness, and helplessness, and lack of adequate support system. A consistent and productive approach is needed to teach Mr. P and his wife about the significance of life style change in order to lessen medical interventions, improve overall health, and value of life. An integrated, person-centered, as well as family-centered approach is needed to identify subjective