Patient Case Study: Long-Term Care

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Patient is a 66-88-years old South American female resident at Roland Park Place. She is 120.8 pounds and 62 inches and was originally born and raised in Colombia. She has been married to her husband for 25 years. She moved to the long-term care facility at Roland Park Place about 10 years ago, while her husband resides at the skilled facility care at Roland Park Place. Her husband sits with her for every meal. Although her husband sits with for her meals, he is impatient, verbally abusive, and is always discouraging the patient. They have no children together. Patient was admitted because of altered mobility of gait, ataxic gait, history of gait, and Parkinson's disease.
Patient was moved to the long-term care facility because of her frequent