Nursing Management of Disturbed Behaviour in Aged Care Facilities

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Appendix A DATE TIME BEHAVIOUR B - Behaviour WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE A - Anticedent WHAT HAPPENED NEXT C - Consequence LOCATION PERSONS PRESENT SIGN. Date of Birth: ........................................... Sex: ............................... (Affix patient label here) Given Names: .................................................................................... (Anticedent. Behaviour. Consequence.) Surname: .......................................... MRN: ...................................... BEHAVIOUR CHART
GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE Appendix B (Short Form) Name: .................................................................. D.O.B. .......................... Age: .......... Sex: ............ Date: ................................. (Circle the applicable answer) 1 Are you basically satisfied with your life? Yes / No 2 Have you dropped many of your activities or interests? Yes / No 3 Do you feel that your life is empty? Yes / No 4 Do you often get bored? Yes / No 5 Are you in good spirits most of the time? Yes / No 6 Are you afraid that something bad is going to happen to you? Yes / No 7 Do you feel happy most of the time? Yes / No 8 Do you feel helpless? Yes / No 9 Do you prefer to stay at home, rather than do out and do things? Yes / No 10 Do you feel that you have more problems with your memory than most? Yes / No 11 Do you think it is wonderful to be alive now? Yes / No 12 Do you feel pretty worthless the way you are now? Yes / No 13 Do you feel full of energy? Yes / No 14 Do you feel that your situation is hopeless? Yes / No 15 Do you think that most people are better off than you? Yes / No Scoring Each time a question is answered in the following way a point is scored. 1 No 6 Yes 11 No 2 Yes 7 No 12 Yes 3 Yes 8 Yes 13 No 4 Yes 9 Yes 14 Yes 5 No 10 Yes 15 Yes Each answer counts for one point Scores greater than 5 indicate probable depression. Where a score of more than 5 is indicated, a more thorough clinical investigation should be undertaken. Signature of Assessor: ............................................................................................. Yesavage, J. A. (1988) Geriatric Depression Scale. Psychopharmacology Bulletin. 24(4):709-711.
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Page 3 and 4: Page Poole’s Algorithm Aged Care
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Page 7 and 8: Nursing Management Aged Care 1. GIV
Page 9 and 10: Table 1: Potential causes (predispo
Page 11 and 12: 1. The NURSING ASSESSMENT needs to
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Page 17 and 18: RESISTANCE TO CARE • Review when,
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Page 25 and 26: DEPRESSION/ Mental Disorder ASSESS
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