Comprehensive Evaluation Guidelines

Your scholarly paper is a comprehensive evaluation of an elderly client. You can select a client in any setting. This will be your scholarly paper for this class. It should be submitted in APA format. Your references should not be greater than 5 years old. You must use scholarly references. Throughout your paper you should consider age-related changes (physiological). Please do not write this paper as a health history as in health assessment classes this should be written as a narrative format. It is worth 15% of your grade

Information to be included:
1. Give a brief history of the client, include the medical history, social history
2. Explain the individual’s acute or chronic medical issues. If the individual 

 has an acute medical problem, explain how it is exacerbated by the aging 

 process (physiologic age-related changes). If your client does not have any 

 medical concerns discuss how they are maintaining their health. Use rearch 

 to support your findings.
3.  Review the medications that the individual is taking, including any over the 

  counter drugs. Are any of these drugs a problem? Many medications are 

 problems in the older adult. Explain the issues.
  4. Explain the functional status? (ADL and IADL) What is their mobility and 

 ability to perform everyday activity? If there are any issues or concerns, 

 explain.
  5. Look at the mental health and cognitive ability. Is there any impairment? Is 

 there a concern and if so is it being addresses? Also consider their daily 

  activities including social.
6. Evaluate the living situation. Is it a problem or potential problem? (living 

 alone, with family or a facility) Is it a problem or a good fit? Are there safety 

 issues or concerns? Explain. If you r client is from the hospital you should 

  be considering their home situation. How will it be impacted due to the 

illness.
7. What  are your recommendations to improve the quality of life for this 

 individual. 

References 

Please use a minimum of 5 resources (textbooks may be used but are not considered as the 5 resources., no more than 5 years old. Make use of journals, that is where your most up-to-date information will be. 

Health Information Confidentiality

The  HIPAA is designed to protect the privacy of individuals’ health  information. The Health Information and Technology for Economic and  Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed as part of the American Recovery  and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, in part, to strengthen the HIPAA  rule and notification requirements in the case of a breach.

But  information collected by various health departments, like the Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health  Organization (WHO) is typically “confidential,” not “anonymous.”

“Confidential” denotes identifiable information linking you to the subject matter, but which will not be disclosed.

“Anonymous” refers to the existing subject matter that cannot be linked back to you.

Using  the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about  HIPAA and the HITECH Act to find out how they protect health information  of individuals. Based on your research and understanding, provide  answers to the following questions:

• What are some safeguards that you think could be put into place to  reduce fear among individuals and groups who oppose identifiable health  data collection?
• Do the benefits of confidential health data collection outweigh the risks? Why or why not?
• What, according to you, is the purpose of HITECH?
• What are the new notification requirements? Do you feel these are sufficient? Why or why not?
• What possible HIPAA violations could occur with portable PHI?
• What strategies should be put into place to make sure these violations do not occur?
• What are the requirements that a covered organization must take in order to be in compliance with HIPAA?