Nursing care for the bedridden elders with pneumonia in the situation of COVID-19

Abstract

An elderly Thai woman, 93 years old, was admitted to the hospital on October 4, 2021 with a high fever and breathlessness for 4 hours before going to hospital. The patient had a history of congenital disease ischemic stroke. The patient was admitted to the hospital for 6 days and then patient was discharged and referred to the primary care unit for follow-up home visits.  After discharging, the patient had pressure ulcers, and was NG feeding and foley^, s catheter. In addition, it found that patient had never been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The follow-up home visits of patient are planned into three phases: pre-visit phase, visit phase and end-visit phase. The patient received visits and follow-up visits for five time and coordinating vaccination. Caregivers can take care of patients with no recurrence.

From the study, it was found that continuous follow-up assessment of problems and needs throughout the care resulted to available of planning the care and assistance of patients and caregivers in accordance with their needs completely.