Mrs. Janet Riley is a 79-year-old Caucasian female with
progressive cognitive and memory deficits, emotional
lability and behavioral changes for about 3 to 4 years now,
especially the last few months those symptoms have been
worst. Mrs. Riley has been noted that she is unable to
complete her activities of daily living, and lack of interest in
previous activities and friends. She also mixes up words,
forget names of familiar people, and gets angry when help is
offered. For her memory loss and confusion, medication
such as cholinesterase inhibitors can be prescribed.
However, safety issue is the most concern for Mrs. Riley,
and prevention is the key (National Institute of Aging, 2017).
The National Instute of Aging (2017) suggested that smoke
and carbon monoxide detectors should be installed in or
near the kitchen and all bedroom, also all phone numbers,
include 911, poison control, hospital, PCP, and more, should
be displayed next to phones or anywhere easy to see around
, the house. They also suggested that safety knobs and an
automatic shut-off switch should be installed on the stove
(National Institute of Aging, 2017). Moreover, all
medications, prescribed or OTC, need to be locked up.
Alcohol, cleaning or household products are other dangerous
item that need to be removed from the home (National
Institute of Aging, 2017). There should be no weapons, guns,
machinery or gas online cans around the house of patient
with Alzheimer’s disease (National Institute of Aging, 2017).
Last but not least, it’s important to make sure simplify the
house to reduce clusters to prevent falling. Even though it
might not be ideal to hire a caregiver for Mrs. Riley, it
doesn’t hurt to try since it’s no longer safe for Mrs. Riley to
live by herself anymore. Family can continue to check in
with her or even move in with her though this is not going to
be easy. Nevertheless, these options can be suggested to
family. A deeper evaluation should be done with patient’s
PCP or even a Neurologist to formally give patient a
progressive cognitive and memory deficits, emotional
lability and behavioral changes for about 3 to 4 years now,
especially the last few months those symptoms have been
worst. Mrs. Riley has been noted that she is unable to
complete her activities of daily living, and lack of interest in
previous activities and friends. She also mixes up words,
forget names of familiar people, and gets angry when help is
offered. For her memory loss and confusion, medication
such as cholinesterase inhibitors can be prescribed.
However, safety issue is the most concern for Mrs. Riley,
and prevention is the key (National Institute of Aging, 2017).
The National Instute of Aging (2017) suggested that smoke
and carbon monoxide detectors should be installed in or
near the kitchen and all bedroom, also all phone numbers,
include 911, poison control, hospital, PCP, and more, should
be displayed next to phones or anywhere easy to see around
, the house. They also suggested that safety knobs and an
automatic shut-off switch should be installed on the stove
(National Institute of Aging, 2017). Moreover, all
medications, prescribed or OTC, need to be locked up.
Alcohol, cleaning or household products are other dangerous
item that need to be removed from the home (National
Institute of Aging, 2017). There should be no weapons, guns,
machinery or gas online cans around the house of patient
with Alzheimer’s disease (National Institute of Aging, 2017).
Last but not least, it’s important to make sure simplify the
house to reduce clusters to prevent falling. Even though it
might not be ideal to hire a caregiver for Mrs. Riley, it
doesn’t hurt to try since it’s no longer safe for Mrs. Riley to
live by herself anymore. Family can continue to check in
with her or even move in with her though this is not going to
be easy. Nevertheless, these options can be suggested to
family. A deeper evaluation should be done with patient’s
PCP or even a Neurologist to formally give patient a
