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Question

Mrs. Jeffery is 81 years of age and lives in her own two-story home. Which she has lived for 45years. Her medical history includes type2 diabetes, hypertension, and osteoarthritis. She was recently admitted to the hospital following a stroke. that result in moderate left arm and leg weakness. This admission was her third hospital admission in the past three months. Her other admission has been for a urinary tract infection and fall in the context of hypoglycemia or delirium. which prolonged her length of stay in the hospital? She has been discharged and you are now seeing her as an enrolled nurse together with a home care registered nurse. Another registered nurse has performed a cognitive assessment and documented that cognitive decline has occurred following the stroke. she has global cognitive deficits primally affecting memory attention and executive functioning, so this includes planning, problem-solving, mental flexibility, and abstract reasoning. at discharge from the recent admission, it was recommended that it was in her best interest to be discharged to a residential care setting due to other needs for an assistant with the care tasks associated with daily living. Mr. Jeffery was adamant that she wanted to return home to live. Mrs. Jeffrey's very private and her closet family, her daughters live close by Mrs. Jeffry took much persuasion to accept any home services. but now has cleaning and shopping assistance once a week. She lacks insight into her care needs and believes that she will feel better. Less confused and stronger, once she is more settled back into her own home.

Mrs. Jeffery is agreeable to you talking with her daughters about her care. Outline what you would say to her daughters when describing the physical, psychological, and social impacts of her health problems on her daily activities.