[Answered]: Mrs

Mrs. Ploy is 75 years of age. She lives on her own. She had a fall and broke her hip. She required surgery but is now back at home. The hospital has made referrals on her behalf for a short term period only. Her home will need an assessment for adaptive equipment and general safety measures. The dressing on her incision needs to be changed, so she will need someone to come in to change the dressing and monitor the healing process. She has to regain the strength in her leg and make sure she regains all of her flexibility. She does not want to have any long term problems. She needs help bathing and changing her bed once a week. Her family is all working and not able to help her. In one week’s time she is supposed to go back and see her physician. She has to increase her intake of calcium but is not sure how to do that. Calcium pills make her constipated. She needs a referral to help her with her diet. Her family is worried about her ever since she fell. They want her to move into a retirement home where her meals will be prepared. She is feeling a lot of pressure, but she does not want to fight with her kids. She wonders who she can talk to about these family problems. Questions: Name 5 Health Professionals that would need to be involved in Mrs. Ploy’s care, and why? (in other words, what would each one do?