NURS103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Long-Term Care, Adipose Tissue, Relaxation Technique
16 Dec 2017
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Caregiver stress & burden depression is high. Most caregivers get ill themselves within 30 months of caring (cvd). Emphasize self care eating right, exercise, being able to get out. Consider assisted living difficult b/c ppl don"t want to leave home. (what does home mean) Long term care 1248812488, psychological effect b/c they"re losing home, control, etc. , social loss: reactions to institutionalization: anger, depression, regression, denial, rationalize, behaviour issues (sun-downing). Give them something meaningful to do: protection of persons care act: abuse in long term care setting. Schools healthy public policy: 5 pathological features. Metabolic syndrome (3/5 to be diagnosed) usually have no symptoms until it"s well advanced: increased bp, increased abdominal fat, low hdl (good cholesterol, increased triglycerides (>1. 7, pre-diabetes. Diabetes: want a balance of glucose and insulin (blood glucose = 4 8, fasting blood glucose 7
