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    The patient, Mrs. Ramos, is a 75-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for dizziness and vomiting. She was found to have a malignant tumor in her left breast. In the hospital, she displayed signs of agitation, confusion, distraction, and inability to remember recent events or who visited her. She also reported hearing noises. These symptoms indicate the patient is experiencing depression rather than delirium or dementia, likely due to her breast cancer diagnosis. Preventing depression involves getting sufficient sleep, a healthy diet, social support, stress management like exercise and meditation. For older adults coping with depression, important strategies are maintaining social connections, positive thinking, regular exercise, and joining a support group.

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    The patient, Mrs. Ramos, is a 75-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for dizziness and vomiting. She was found to have a malignant tumor in her left breast. In the hospital, she displayed signs of agitation, confusion, distraction, and inability to remember recent events or who visited her. She also reported hearing noises. These symptoms indicate the patient is experiencing depression rather than delirium or dementia, likely due to her breast cancer diagnosis. Preventing depression involves getting sufficient sleep, a healthy diet, social support, stress management like exercise and meditation. For older adults coping with depression, important strategies are maintaining social connections, positive thinking, regular exercise, and joining a support group.

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    The patient, Mrs. Ramos, is a 75-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for dizziness and vomiting. She was found to have a malignant tumor in her left breast. In the hospital, she displayed signs of agitation, confusion, distraction, and inability to remember recent events or who visited her. She also reported hearing noises. These symptoms indicate the patient is experiencing depression rather than delirium or dementia, likely due to her breast cancer diagnosis. Preventing depression involves getting sufficient sleep, a healthy diet, social support, stress management like exercise and meditation. For older adults coping with depression, important strategies are maintaining social connections, positive thinking, regular exercise, and joining a support group.

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    Sheryl Ann B. Pedines Bsn-Iv

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    The patient, Mrs. Ramos, is a 75-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for dizziness and vomiting. She was found to have a malignant tumor in her left breast. In the hospital, she displayed signs of agitation, confusion, distraction, and inability to remember recent events or who visited her. She also reported hearing noises. These symptoms indicate the patient is experiencing depression rather than delirium or dementia, likely due to her breast cancer diagnosis. Preventing depression involves getting sufficient sleep, a healthy diet, social support, stress management like exercise and meditation. For older adults coping with depression, important strategies are maintaining social connections, positive thinking, regular exercise, and joining a support group.

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    SHERYL ANN B.

    PEDINES BSN-IV

    Activity

    Mrs. Ramos is a 75-year-old grandmother. she was


    admitted to the hospital due to extreme dizziness and intermittent
    vomiting. She was found to have malignant tumor on her left
    breast.
    In the hospital, she manifested agitation and seemed to
    be distracted and confused. Not only did she not know where
    she was or what time it was, she was unable to remember recent
    events like who just visited her. She complains of hearing
    chattering over time.

    TASKS:
    1. Does the client have dementia, delirium, or depression? Support
    your answer.
    The patient has depression due to the manifestations of sign and
    symptoms about depression. Depression is a serious condition that negatively
    affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. In contrast to normal sadness,
    clinical depression is persistent, often interferes with a person’s ability to
    experience or anticipate pleasure, and significantly interferes with functioning
    in daily life. Likewise, depression is one of the most common in breast cancer
    patient. They may feel experience a number of emotions such as anger, fear,
    shock and disbelief. For instance, from the case of Mrs. Ramos she manifested
    agitated, confused, seemed distracted, doesn’t know the place and time, she
    was unable to remember recent events like who just visited her, and she hear
    some chattering over time. It's normal to feel sadness and grief. This
    manifestation occurs because of their dreams, plans, and the future may seem
    uncertain.

    2. How can you prevent depression from occurring?

    Depression can be severe and life-altering, affecting the quality of life


    and the happiness of those who live with it. So, prevention is very essential to
    the health of an individual because it lessen the disease burden before they
    develop or worsen. There are many lifestyle changes and stress management
    techniques can use to prevent depression from occurring. These includes
    getting enough sleep is necessary for both mental and physical health, eating a
    healthy diet such as eat balanced meals with lean protein, and lots of fruits and
    vegetables and eliminate processed foods as much as possible, stay away from
    toxic people, build strong relationship with friends and family even when lives
    are busy and practicing regular self-care activities such as exercise, meditation
    and yoga.

    3. What are the most important strategies for coping with depression
    among older adults?
    Depression is a common problem among older adults, but it is not a
    normal part of aging. In fact, most older adults feel satisfied with their lives,
    despite having more illnesses or physical problems. However, important life
    changes that happen as we get older may cause feelings of uneasiness, stress,
    and sadness. But with case of Mrs. Ramos is one of the common causes of
    depression. She manifested symptoms because of her illness. Therefore, the
    most important strategies for coping with depression among older adults are
    encourage them to keep in touch always with their friends or family, talk to
    them with positive thoughts and listen to them, encourage them to do the
    exercise regularly, and lastly encourage them to join a support group for
    depression.

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