Nursing implications. Functional status of older persons with schizophrenia.
1. Older persons with schizophrenia underreport medical symptoms and overrate physical well-being. 2. Changes in mental functioning and ability to perform activities of daily living are often the first signs of physical illness. 3. Completing a drug inventory for tardive dyskinesia and extrapyramidal side effects should be ongoing. 4. Social assessment and intervention should focus on the well part of the person.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004409:Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing*; D012919:Social Behavior