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Activities Required Prior to Simulation: Use textbook and other resources to answer questions: 1. Describe which assessment tools would be beneficial to conduct on Ms. Williams upon admission with her increased confusion and why? 2. Discuss the cues during Ms. Williams's assessment that would differentiate between dementia and Alzheimer's. 3. In preparing Ms. Williams's for discharge home with her caregiver, describe the resources that would be most appropriate to support Ms. Williams independence level, along with her and her caregivers emotional needs.
Williams is 74 years old, retired, and living with her husband Henry. Henry and Ertha had one son Co was killed in the war 10 years ago. They have a daughter-in-law, Betty, who is a nurse, and one grandson, Ty. Ertha and Henry have experienced a lot of change in the past year. Henry was hospitalized with COPD and became more and more concerned about Ertha because she was experiencing frequent memory lapses. They were recently able to get an apartment in an assisted living facility. Neither of them can drive. The staff at the assisted living facility has noticed that Henry covers for Ertha a lot. Henry admits to the staff that his concerns about Ertha are increasing. He says that recently he has had trouble convincing Ertha to bathe and change her clothes and he doesn't sleep well because he hears Ertha up at night wandering in the apartment. He has put chairs in front of the door and uses the chain lock so Ertha doesn't get out. Ertha's physician prescribed a sleeping pill, Ambien, but it hasn't helped. Henry has been giving her Benadryl during the day when she is "anxious." STUDENT ROLES DURING SIMULATION: