Health and Social Care- Osteoarthiritis
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- Created on: 05-03-17 16:36
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- Osteoarthiritis
- Effect on the family
- Physical
- Tired and worn out over doing things for them all the time
- Intellectual
- Better knowledge of condition
- Emotional
- Worried and anxious about them not working, not being able to do things
- May get close with family, form bonds.
- Social
- Spend less time with friends
- Financial
- May struggle if only one person works. Cant afford things
- Physical
- The problems
- Cant do demanding jobs
- Pain, stiffness, limited movement
- May need walking stick
- Have to arrange and plan day
- Daily jobs majorly affected
- Grinding in joints
- Cartilage wears away
- Practitioners
- GP
- Give general advice on lifestyle
- Refer to other specialists
- Prescribe and check over medication
- Caring skills used:
- Observation
- Social perception
- Setting challenges
- Creating trust
- Physical contact
- Encoruaging adaptive behvaiour
- Physiotherapist
- Help with exercises and teach different movements
- Caring skills used:
- Physical contact
- Creating trsut
- Social perception
- Working alongside
- Modelling
- Showing approval
- Setting challenges
- Chiropractor
- Help to relieve stiffness in joints to stop pain
- Caring skills used
- Physical contact
- Social perception
- Creating trust
- Disengagment
- Communication
- Rheumatologist
- Caring skills used
- Creating trust
- Social perception
- Reducing negative feelings and behaviour
- Has advanced training in arthiritis
- Give advice and help to cope with problem
- Caring skills used
- GP
- Barriers they may face
- Economic
- Barrier because it may mean they cant hold jobs leading to financial problems
- Education
- Not a huge barrier as they are older and likely to be working
- Environment
- A barrier because it means certain environments aren't accessible
- Places with lots of stairs
- Places with lots of hills
- A barrier because it means certain environments aren't accessible
- Employment
- A barrier because their inflexibility and condition
- May have developed poor career history
- Some days with OA are better and some worse meaning that they may need days odd without notice
- A barrier because their inflexibility and condition
- Societal
- May occur if children caring for them or in wheelchair. Or if not working
- Economic
- Risks
- Self Harm
- If depressed or lonely. If cant deal with change in lifestyle
- Isolation
- May happen if they become housebound
- Neglected as can only do certain things
- Bullying
- Very unlikely because of their OA
- Stress
- If struggling with every day tasks
- If always having to rely on people
- Abuse
- Most are elderly so at high risk of abuse
- Financial fraud
- In care home
- Highly vulnerable
- Most are elderly so at high risk of abuse
- Self Harm
- FPIES
- Physical
- Small movements encouraged
- tired
- Mobility issues
- Pain in joints and swelling
- Walking with aids
- Swelling of hands
- Intellectual
- Time off work
- Less stimulation
- Knowledge gained about health and lifestyle
- Time off work
- Emotional
- Frustration in planning everything
- Regret over doing things
- anxiety over progression, pain and control of condition
- Social
- Seeing friends is hard. May become isolated
- Driving is hard
- Support groups can be gone too
- May have friends if in care home
- Financial
- Medication can be expensive if over 18
- If on low income and have dependents can get NHS support
- If over 65 can get financial help
- Unless using private
- May lose job putting them in hard situation
- Physical
- Legislation
- The Equality Act (2010)
- Ensures they aren't discriminated against within work
- Applies to them if they are in a wheelchair and because they may struggle with equality in work due to condition.
- The Care Standards Act
- Used to ensure that they get proper care in care home
- Relevant as most with OA are elderly
- The Equality Act (2010)
- Can be caused by a genetic predisposition and age/environmental factors.
- Life Quality Factors (The ones it directly affects)
- Social Contact
- May not get as much social contact as unable to ravel to far away places. However might get it from support groups and family.
- Exercise
- Means that they may not be able to participate in exercises anymore. However may also do certain ones suggested by physiotherapist.
- Physcial comfort
- Constant stiffness and pain can make their physical comfort go down. They may feel constantly irritated.
- Freedom from pain
- May be affected by constantly feeling pain in joints.
- Occupation
- Affected by not being able to go and travel places
- Physical safety
- May be affected by their grip. Constantly dropping things. Also not being able to go up stairs and move properly.
- Psychological security
- Make them increasingly distressed as condition progresses.
- Social Contact
- Treatments
- joint replacemnet surgery
- simple exercises
- Drugs for pain relief
- Cream for joints
- injections to reduce pain
- Effect on the family
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