Joe and Maria Russo IF Age-Related Health Care
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
Mr. Guiseppe (Joe) Russo is an 81-year-old man who returns to see you, his new Family Physician, regarding cognitive concerns. He is accompanied by his wife of 60 years, Maria Russo. Mr. Russo is a retired Crane Operator, who was born in Southern Italy, and who worked in the steel industry after immigrating with Maria to Canada at the age of 20. As a child, he completed 6 years of formal education; later he became fluent in English while working in Canada. He and Maria have three adult children, two sons and one daughter, and live in a bungalow in the city of your practice. He is otherwise physically well, with well-controlled hypertension, dyslipidemia, and DMII, as well as osteoarthritis of the knees. His medications are provided to you in a list. He is a lifelong non-smoker who consumes one glass of wine with dinner each night. Mr. Russo was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease (versus Mixed Dementia) by his prior physician, Dr. Retired, approximately 2 years ago. At that time, Mr. Russo presented with approximately 2 years of gradually progressive decline in short-term memory and executive function, that was impacting his ability to pay bills on time. His SMME score at that time was 21/30, with 0/3 on delayed recall and difficulty with orientation (year incorrect). He was unable to draw a clock correctly (CDT), but Dr. Retired suspected that language and education impacted Mr. Russo’s performance on both the SMMSE and the CDT.
Curriculum Block
Integration Foundation / Maternal Health Risks/Aging-Related Care / Part 5 / Week 3
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Identify the common physiologic changes which accompany the aging process, and how these changes may be associated with geriatric syndromes (such as cognitive impairment, gait/balance disturbance, falls/fracture, urinary incontinence, mood disturbance, and polypharmacy).
- Describe the significance and frequency of caregiver fatigue, and strategies employed to address it.
- Explain the legal obligations of physicians to report concerns regarding driving safety, with a focus on the importance of cognition.
- Explain how the concept of frailty impacts decision-making, goals of care, and care recommendations in older adults.
- Describe protective factors and coping strategies which enable older adults to thrive despite complexity and multi-morbidity.
Global Objectives
Assessments
End-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
Tags
Curriculum Block
Integration Foundation
Maternal Health Risks/Aging-Related Care
Part 5
Week 3
Curriculum Week
IF
Week 11
Discipline
Family medicine
Geriatrics
Psychiatry
MCC Blueprint
Chronic
Psychosocial Aspects
MCC Presentations
Legal system
Major/Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia)
McMaster Program Competencies
2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of what knowledge is, the strengths and limitations of different ways of knowing, and how knowledge is created in historical, cultural and social contexts.
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care.
4.3 Demonstrate sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in difficult conversations, including those about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics
MeSH
Aged, 80 and over [M01.060.116.100.080]
Aging [G07.345.124]
Alzheimer Disease [C10.228.140.380.100]
Automobile Driving [I03.125]
Caregivers [M01.085]
Community Health Services [N02.421.143]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Psychosocial Support Systems [I01.880.853.500.600.500]