Title: Identify community resources and services available to the geriatric client.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Examining the Nursing Process for the Geriatric Client

Identification should include

- clinical judgment model components
- government policies
- community resources and services
- care and rehabilitation resources
- local, state and national groups
- rights, legal, and ethical considerations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How do government policies, such as the Social Security Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) affect older adults?
- How do local community resources and services, such as older citizen groups, Alzheimer's support groups, local mental health centers, long-term care facilities, and lifetime senior citizen centers, serve the geriatric client?
- What rehabilitation resources and interventions are specific to the aging client?
- What are the rights of geriatric clients, such as advanced directives, grievance, and regulations?
- What do national groups, such as the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), the Federal Administration on Aging, and the Gray Panthers, offer the geriatric client?
- What are the legal and ethical considerations regarding the older adult, such as negligence, euthanasia, and elder abuse?