How Love My Nurse helps with ‘Failure to Thrive’
Love My Nurse helps prevent Failure to Thrive by encouraging mental stimulation from the time of initial assessment.
- Failure to Thrive is not just one medical condition. It is a general state of decline that can include physical and mental components.
- We assess and each patient’s emotional well-being every visit to promote optimal mental health.
- We build one-on-one relationships with our patients by striving to provide the same health professionals at every visit.
- Our Social Workers, Nurses and Therapists coordinate and provide services to keep you safe in your home.
- Meal Services
- Mobile Physician Services
- Companionship Resources
| The realities of isolation among older populations |
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| Isolation has a negative impact on a person’s health and well-being, whether it is because of their homebound status or an effort to prevent exposure to illness. |
| The older population is most at risk for feeling isolated. In fact, 58% of people over the age of 65 believe feeling depressed is normal. |
| Receiving services from Love My Nurse can help by providing regular social interactions as well as necessary medical interventions. |
What is ‘Failure to Thrive?’
Failure to thrive in older persons describes a multifactorial state of decline and may be caused by chronic concurrent diseases and functional impairments.
Manifestations of this condition include:
- Weight loss
- Decreased appetite
- Poor nutrition
- Inactivity
Four syndromes are prevalent and predictive of adverse outcomes in patients with failure to thrive:
- Impaired physical function
- Malnutrition
- Depression
- Cognitive impairment
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