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Related Issues:
Social support, finances, mobility, deconditioning
Why Independence is Important:
Normal Age-Related Changes:
Older adults are at risk if they have any of the following:
Conditions
Medication-Related Risk Factors
Behavioral Risk Factors
Chemotherapy-Related Risk Factors
Surgery-Related Risk Factors
Radiation Risk Factors
Cancer Diagnoses
Assessment:
1. Screening Questions
2. Observations
3. Screening Tests and Measurements
4. Physical Assessment: Standard examination with focus on
Nursing Intervention:
Bond, S.M., Davis, M.E. & McEvoy, L.K. (2012). Physiology of aging and its impact on the older adult. In Cope, D. & McEvoy, L. (Eds.) Caring for the older adult with cancer in the ambulatory setting (9-36). Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Society.
Cherulyot, J., Reinhard, J. Laoingco, C. (2013). Knowledge of staff nurses on management of deconditioning in older adults: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Natural Science, 3(6), 82-91.
Gillis, A., McDonald, B. (2008). Nurses' knowledge, attitudes and confidence regarding preventing and treating deconditioning in older adults. Journal of Continuing Education Nursing, 39(12), 547-554.
Gosney, M. (2009). General Care of the Older Cancer Patient. Clinical Oncology, 21(2), 86-91.
Hempen, C., Weiss, E., & Hess, C. (2002). Dexamethasone treatment in patients with brain metastases and primary brain tumors: Do the benefits outweigh the side-effects? Support Care Cancer Supportive Care in Cancer, 10(4), 322-328.
Lankveld, W., Goossens, J., & Franssen, M. (2011). The Gerontorheumatology Outpatient Service: Toward an International Classification of Function-Based Health Care Provision for the Elderly with Musculoskeletal Conditions. In Y. Nakasato (Ed.), Geriatric Rheumatology: A comprehensive approach (pp. 85-91). New York: Springer.
McEvoy, L.K. (2016). Deconditioning in older adults with cancer: a cascade to dependency. The ASCO Post, 7(1), 66-67.
Stark, M., Chase, C., & Deyoung, A. (2010). Barriers to Health Promotion in Community Dwelling Elders. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 175-186.
Palacios-Cena, D., Alvarez-Lopez, C., Cachon-Perez, M. (2009). Early detection of functional and cognitive decline after hospital discharge: the role of community nursing and multidisciplinary teams. Journal of Gerontology Nursing, 35(9), 13-17.
Stuck, A., Walthert, J., Nikolaus, T., Büla, C., Hohmann, C., & Beck, J. (1999). Risk factors for functional status decline in community-living elderly people: A systematic literature review. Social Science & Medicine 48(4), 445-469.