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Introduction to Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
The persistence issues rating to post-traumatic stress disorder has been a health concern in the united states, as argued by the CDC (Gelernter et al., 2019). The health issue is most common, especially among individuals with advanced age. Older people have become more vulnerable to health issues due to the social alienation associated with them. According to the National Center for PTSD (2020), Post-traumatic stress disorder is a health condition occasioned by constant through of past traumatic situations, limiting the critical ability expected to form an individual. However, the situation, post-traumatic stress disorder is quite manageable in collaboration with the individuals involved.
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Various symptoms associated with Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Isolation
- Fearful flashbacks
- Restlessness, especially at night
- Constant thoughts
- Depression
- Low self-esteem
- Inconsistence critical thinking process
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Post-traumatic stress disorder tends to limit the formative functioning of an individual based on past traumatic experiences. Psychiatric disorder occurs to people who are inefficient in handling the past traumatic situation. PTSD is a situation’s characterized by guilt, fear, and ill-feeling depending on the situation that happened. According to Gelernter et al. (2019), the various health issues’ various symptoms may include isolation and restlessness. People experiencing these health issues tend to isolate themselves much. PSTD is also triggered by the constant thought of past traumatic experiences. Hence, such individual tends to dwell more on their past, limiting their critical thinking process as expected.
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Importance of addressing PTSD among the old
- To minimize the fatalities associated with the health issue
- To create a more cognitive social environment for them
- To enhance their critical capability.
- To coincide with the healthy people 2020 goals
- To engage them more positively on the necessities needed to mitigate the health issues
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PSTD is quite common among older people, especially those above 50 years. The vulnerability is based on the life experiences undergone by many (Flanders, 2018). At an old age, the social integration process tends to be limited, making them more susceptible to health conditions. According to Abrampah et al. (2018), older adults tend to require a more procedural social process with critical care to overcome past traumatic experiences. The social process may be achieved through family gatherings and visits as well as constant communication. Social interaction makes it easy for most of them to forget past experiences improving their critical ability as expected. The importance of addressing PTSD among the old is based on their vulnerability. At this age, most require critical care, which, if not availed, leads to other health complications like depression (World Health Organization, n.d.).
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Why (PTSD) is prevalent among the old
- Financial strains
- Social alienation
- Life experiences
- Improper medical support
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The prevalence of the health issue is common among the old due to the social alienation experienced by some of them. According to the National Center for PTSD (2020), proper social support limits the extensiveness of the health issues; however, when that is limited, most of them result in PSTD. Financial strains limit their health care access, especially those with no immediate family members. Life experiences also make the health condition more common among the selected age group, as argued by (Gelernter et al., 2019).
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How Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be managed
- Proper social support to the old
- Proposing self-management strategies to limit constant through
- Cognitive behavior therapy
- Social integration therapy
- Proper nutrition
- Financial, social and moral support
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According to the National Center for PTSD (2020), proper social support fr0m immediate family members or the community at large works best in mitigating the post-traumatic stress disorder issues. The health condition can be managed through proper social support to the old. Proposing a self-management strategy is more critical in addressing health issues. Self-management strategies may involve the strategies needed in engaging the mind, like playing games and visiting friends. According to Abrampah et al. (2018), engaging in physical activity helps mitigate the heath issues. Financial support and availing community resources like social halls may also impact mitigating PSTD among the old as argued by (World Health Organization, n.d.).
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The (PTSD)address plan in collaboration with the selected group
- Identification and evaluating of the (PTSD)symptoms exhibited by the group involved
- Proper recording and identification of location and point of residence of each member
- Prioritization of critical patients
- Identifying the challenges undergone by the individual
- Evacuating the financial support needed to mitigate
- Soliciting support from various stakeholders
- Identifying the community resources available
- Structuring of self-procedural measures to mitigate the health issues
- Setting up a call center to manage every individual
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The plan is more procedural in identifying the causes of (PTSD) among the selected community. The plan will be initialized through proper identification of various factors that make health issues more substantive in the community. According to Gelernter et al. (2019), such a health initiative program requires proper resources; hence, the plan will solicit resources form different stakeholders to mitigate health issues. The plan will also consider the community resources available, which may help limit the health issue.
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Priorities and goals of the learning session
- To minimize (PTSD) among the identified group
- To enhance the general community at large on how to intervene the health issues
- To reflect on the self-procedural measures that can minimize (PTSD)
- To reflect on the community resources that may help in mitigating the identified health issues
- To create a healthy nation as projected by healthy people 2020 goals
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The initial of the plan is to address post-traumatic stress disorder among the old. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (PTSD) is a common health issue among the old, necessitating the need to develop critical measures to restore the health status projected. The major goals of the session are to provide critical evidence on how to address the health issues among the selected group. The goal is to instill a critical thinking process to the selected group and develop a more critical approach to addressing past traumatic stress disorder.
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Sessions evaluation
The major goal of the session was achieved as it highlighted some of the critical measures needed in addressing (PTSD) among the chosen group. This was evident through the following
- Collaboration experienced
- Level of commitment experienced
- Openness level observed form the individual
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The session was quite relevant and integrative in addressing PTSD. In collaboration with the medical practitioner’s present, the session highlighted some of the critical measures needed in addressing (PTSD). The session was able to highlight some of the community resources available for mitigating health issues.
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Evaluation in relation to Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives
- The session was aimed at reducing health risks among the chosen population.
- The session educated those on board on how to mitigate (PTSD) related issues.
- The session identified resources available towards mitigating the health issues
- The session was objected to eliminating disparities.
- The session was aimed at creating a comprehensive social environment to curb down (PTSD)
Healthy people 2020 goals are more considerate on how to minimize heath disparity among the nations’ citizens. Healthy people 2020 goals are more inclined to mitigate preventable diseases with the country (Healthy People.gov, 2020). Based on the session conducted, the healthy people 2020 goals and objectives were achieved in collaboration with the patients. The session’s aim was to reflect on how to limit (PTSD) within the selected community; hence it is in line with the healthy people 2020 goals.
Conclusion
In conclusion, healthy proportional PLAN plays an integrative role in minimizing the health disparity in a chosen community. However, such initiatives require proper resources allocation and total collaboration from the involved members. The health promotional plan is quite considerate on the healthy people 2020 goals and objectives as it highlights on the necessities that reflect on improving the health conditions of the group affected by (PTRD).
References
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Healthy People 2020. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/
World Health Organization. (n.d.). Health education. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/topics/health_education/en/
Flanders, S. A. (2018). Effective patient education: Evidence and common sense. Medsurg Nursing, 27(1), 55–58.
Healthy People.gov (2020). Older Adults. Retrieved From: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/older-adults
National Center for PTSD (2020). Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms among Older Adults: A Review. U.S Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved from: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/specific/symptoms_older_adults.asp
Abrampah, N. M., Syed, S. B., Hirschhorn, L. R., Nambiar, B., Iqbal, U., Garcia-Elorrio, E. Chattu, V. K. . . . Kelley, E. (2018). Quality improvement and emerging global health priorities. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 30(Suppl 1), 5–9. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/30/suppl_1/5/4980402
Gelernter, J., Sun, N., Polimanti, R., Pietrzak, R., Levey, D. F., Bryois, J., … & Aslan, M. (2019). Genome-wide association study of post-traumatic stress disorder reexperiencing symptoms in> 165,000 US veterans. Nature neuroscience, 22(9), 1394-1401.