Angelina Coleman ( RN ) spoke on NZ Care Group Health Advisor – working with people with intellectual disabilities in the community .
( explain everything as you are doing it ). ( Editors note : I believe we should be doing this for every person we see in general ).
Gabrielle Allen ( RN ) Wellington Department of Corrections spoke on supporting vulnerable population in Corrections facilities . She advised that women present as very broken due to life experiences and therefore has tried a “ treat it like a spa ” approach to getting women to have mammograms and cervical smears .
Deb Gillon ( RN ) Canterbury Clinical Network spoke on supporting older people in the community . She discussed the issue of polypharmacy and reiterated that “ People have the condition of frailty ”, they are not frail themselves . She reminded us all that dementia is everybody ’ s business and we need to be aware of cognitive changes in our patients so we can act early to provide support as no cure . Hearing loss is another issue for the older person , this leads to isolation and can have a cognitive effect .
Overall , if you are working within this system you need to be able to understand where these women are coming from and speak their language
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