Mary Glass, a 65-year-old Nepalese married woman who has Diabetes Mellitus as well as other comorbidities- GERD, osteoar
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 10:49 pm
Mary Glass, a 65-year-old Nepalese married woman who has
Diabetes Mellitus as well as other comorbidities- GERD,
osteoarthritis, high blood pressure,obese and suffers from
partial immobility related to the complication of the disease.
She was first diagnosed in 2006. She found out that she had type-II
diabetes during a random BGL test, her sugar level was a little
higher than 19 mmol. She had developed peripheral
neuropathy, due to its complication. Mary came Australia 3 years
ago to look after her grand children. Mary lives in a
one storey house with her daughter, son in-law and 2
grandchildren aged 3 and 9 years in Melbourne. In terms of the
independence to dependence continuum related to her mobilisation,
when she came to Australia she was walking independently with
our any aid or help, where now she is standing stick for
walkind as assessed and reviewed by the physiotherapist. Due
to her little lack of balance caused by insensitivity on the lower
leg, she has been experiencing a gradual decline in mobility.Mary
is doing all her ADL;s by herself so far. she had been needing
and taking time for doing her ADL's. Mary stated she was anxious
about her decline in mobility as she gets very hard to get up from
one place to another.
Question.
Provide an overview of the health behaviour theory-
Transtheoretical model to base your essay.
Diabetes Mellitus as well as other comorbidities- GERD,
osteoarthritis, high blood pressure,obese and suffers from
partial immobility related to the complication of the disease.
She was first diagnosed in 2006. She found out that she had type-II
diabetes during a random BGL test, her sugar level was a little
higher than 19 mmol. She had developed peripheral
neuropathy, due to its complication. Mary came Australia 3 years
ago to look after her grand children. Mary lives in a
one storey house with her daughter, son in-law and 2
grandchildren aged 3 and 9 years in Melbourne. In terms of the
independence to dependence continuum related to her mobilisation,
when she came to Australia she was walking independently with
our any aid or help, where now she is standing stick for
walkind as assessed and reviewed by the physiotherapist. Due
to her little lack of balance caused by insensitivity on the lower
leg, she has been experiencing a gradual decline in mobility.Mary
is doing all her ADL;s by herself so far. she had been needing
and taking time for doing her ADL's. Mary stated she was anxious
about her decline in mobility as she gets very hard to get up from
one place to another.
Question.
Provide an overview of the health behaviour theory-
Transtheoretical model to base your essay.