| Interlocutor Role Play Card Patient Setting: Home Visit |
| You are an 80-year-old client, who has lived fairly independently for a number of years in a granny flat beside your son’s house on a rural property. Your son’s family is going to live overseas for one year and you are going into a retirement home while they are away. You are having an assessment by a community nurse. Your favorite pastime is playing video games. TASK State that you are happy to go into care so your family can have a pleasant and productive time away. Tell the nurse you are a little worried about lack of privacy there and having to socialize with people who may not share his/her favorite pastime, and mention what this is. Describe your daily routine: sleep in, late breakfast, shower without assistance, then pursue your favorite pastime, followed by lunch, afternoon nap, watch a game show then the evening news, then bed by 8.30pm, Your son and his family take you out quite often for meals and movies. State that you only take blood pressure tablets (Atacand) and a medication to control acid reflux (Pariet) plus occasional analgesic medication when needed. |
| Candidate Role Play Card Nurse Setting: Home Visit |
| You are a community nurse visiting an 80-year-old client, who has lived alone fairly independently for a number of years in a granny flat beside his/her son’s house on a rural property. The client’s son’s family is going to live overseas for one year and to avoid being isolated while they are away the client is going into a retirement home. You are conducting an aged care assessment for admission. TASK Ask the client how he/she feels about moving into a retirement home. Compliment the client on his/her positive attitude and ask if there are any concerns at all about the move. Reassure the client of the retirement home’s house rules i.e. making clients feel at home and respecting their wishes, and mention the fact there may well be residents there who will share his/her interests, Ask about his/her daily routine (e.g. sleep habits, meals, etc.), Emphasise the fact that you are noting his/her usual daily routine in your care plan to give to the retirement home. Then ask him/her about regular medications taken. Summarise by assuring the client that you will pass on his/her requests about the arrangements to the retirement home as well as to the son. |