Clinical Scenario
Clinical Scenario
Case Study about facing of advancing age of the patient (Age related
Changes)
Mrs. Lee 75 years-old, looks tiny, shows wrinkles, dry skin, weight 72
kilos, slow in walking and movement, with difficulty talking to her daughter due
to some problem in hearing. They live together with her daughter in a
small apartment at the center town, Ms. Lee, an engineer. Mrs. Lee
speaks no English. Ms. Lee maintains her professional dress and is used to
giving directions and working with Americans. She works six days a week
and is seldom home before 10 p.m. She attends church, but her mother
does not join her. Mrs. Lee continues to wear her native dress and cook her
native foods and continually chastises her daughter for not doing the same.
While Ms. Lee works her mother cleans the apartment, cooks the meals
and does all the laundry. There are no visitors to the apartment, and the two
women do not take part in any local activities together. When Mrs. Lee must
visit the doctor, her daughter takes time off from work. They also consult
a native herbalist who prescribes teas, which Mrs. Lee prefers to her Western
medications.
Activity I.
1. List the common problems facing the aged.
Physical and Mental Health
Financial Security
Bereavement, Social Isolation and Loneliness
Chronic Health Conditions
Cognitive Health
Malnutrition
Sensory Impairments
Oral health
Bladder control and constipation
2. Discuss your feelings about aging
It is not only understanding what growing older means and how it plays out in
your family and personal life but it is also indicative of what you think about old
age. When we understand how we feel and think about aging, it will impact
what we do, our relationships, and even our health. As the time goes by, our
body functions will gradually decline. We will feel the weakness, stiffness and
numbness of legs, having cognitive, physical and mental health conditions as
the effect of aging which we can’t able to stop. It’s the part of our lives and we
have to accept it.
II. PHYSICAL CHANGES of AGING
Body System Organ “Normal aging Change”
III. List down many social changes that affect the elderly.
There are no visitors to the apartment and Mrs. Lee do not take part in
any local activities together.
Mrs. Lee does not attend church.
Mrs. Lee speaks no English.
Mrs. Lee continues to wear her native dress and cook her native foods
and continually chastises her daughter for not doing the same.