Nursing Abuse Case Study

Case study

Mr. Herserg a 73 year old male, has mild dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and he needs oxygen on a regular basis. He recently moved into the nursing home 6 months ago after he could no longer care for himself. He has an oxygen tank that supplies him with oxygen. His daughter Rachael, a 45 years old comes by to visit him on a regular basis. He used to work as a civil engineer until he retired at 65 years old. He has recently been diagnosed with Delirium. In his nursing home, the workers are under a lot of pressure to get everything done for everyone on the floor. Mr. Herserg says the staffs are very mean to him and when he tells the staff that he would like to go for a walk, he is given medication to calm him down so that the workers can tend to everyone else. The staff yells at him and talks to him like a child, whenever he asks for help to go to the washroom. Mr.

According to Daly, Schmeidel Klein, & Jogerst, (2012), when dealing with abuse issues, nurses need to be aware of reasons why an older person may not want to report abuse and take this into consideration when soliciting information. Then, nurses can provide adequate information and resources to the older adult that may help them deal with the abuse. In addition, since elder abuse is perpetrated by family members, caregivers, and other individuals, the most effective method to eliminate elder abuse is to promote elder abuse awareness in private homes and nurse care setting to education individuals about elder abuse, signs of elder abuse and hence improve their relationship with the older individuals. Patients should also be educated on elder abuse, their civil rights and how to seek help when they experience abuse. Nurses play a huge role in detecting elder-abuse especially during patient assessment. Furthermore, in support of nursing education, Muehlbauer & Crane argues