CONTENT:
Nursing Care Plan for Chronic Illnesses and the Family Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Case: Evelyn Marshal is a 76-year-old female with a health history that includes cerebral vascular accident (CVA), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and osteoarthritis. She lives in an adult retirement community with her husband, George, who is 74-years-old; George is her primary caregiver. Her physical ability has declined and her symptom management is becoming more difficult to control. Previous treatments are no longer effective. It is suspect that Mrs. Marshal is now in the downward phase of the Trajectory Model of Chronic Illness. George verbalizes he is ...