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2 12.30-14.15 Personal health notes/pain and other symptoms/medication: Mary is suffering from early stages of Alzheimer’s. Her memory is falling quite rapidly in recent World She is needing more help with mobility. Doctor notes 17/10/xx blood tests show urinary system is not regulating electrolyte balance. Insufficient water. Drink more water to maintain the balance. Blood tests show PH is 6.8 (addic), ideally needs to be over 7 for a good PH balance. Increase diet to Include more alkaline foods. Nutritionist recommends that Mary reduces her intakes of alcohol, diary coffee, and bread and eats more green vegetables, beans and seeds to restore the PH balance in her body Shift Observations and Notes: Date Team Member Support and care provided Follow up action/Comments . 19/10/xx Betty assisted Mary with showering, washed her hair Mary is concerned that she is losing the use of her legs and doesn’t understand why her legs are affected as well as her brain Betty explained that . body systems are inter-related and rely on each other for the body to be healthy Alzheimer’s starts with memory loss brain) . brain controls other parts of the body such as walking coordination and swallowing results in other degeneration of brain tissue and nerve cells Mary was quite distressed and not all to understand the explanation Another Team Member to explain next week During the the discussion you must satisfactorily demonstrate you can 1. Use the information in the Care Plan to explain to Mary why Alzheimer’s may be affecting other parts of her body in understand terms 2. Explain to Mary the structure, location and function of her urinary system in dd terms interpret the doctor’s notes and explain to Mary how her urinary system may be affecting the electrolyte and fluid mhaline 4 Explain to Mary what she needs to do to maintain halthy electrolyte and fluid balne 5. Explain to Mary what he needs to change in the set to maintain healthy PHA Participate in cans with Josephine in that shows respect for her inti
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