Amika Sin, an 85-year-old patient, is at the clinic receiving her annual physical checkup. She is wearing a sweater, but complains that the room is cold. The thermostat reads 75°F. Her son told the physician She is getting slow having hard time and walking front like a hatchback person. Mrs. Amika Sin tries to get her MX3 pills in her bag to ask the physician for approval, obviously, she has problems locating and feeling the pack of medicines. She also states that she is all thumbs. “The food is not delicious as I used to be because of nowadays a lot of chemical they are putting in the vegetables that makes un yummy the food I used to pick up the vegetables in my backyard and it was a delicious when you eat them.” Her daughter states that they are concerned because she does not seem to have enough peripheral vision to drive. The nurse performs a neurologic examination. Explain the changes in the patient’s neurologic function that are related to aging and what risks the patient has related to age-related changes. Because age-related changes have an impact on the neurologic assessment, for what additional areas should the nurse assess the patient, and what findings reflect normal aging? What neurologic assessment findings do not change with aging? What assessment finding might be anticipated by the nurse? What are measures to be done by the family? What topics should the nurse include in health education?

Amika Sin, an 85-year-old patient, is at the clinic receiving her annual physical checkup. She is wearing a sweater, but complains that the room is cold. The thermostat reads 75°F. Her son told the physician She is getting slow having hard time and walking front like a hatchback person. Mrs. Amika Sin tries to get her MX3 pills in her bag to ask the physician for approval, obviously, she has problems locating and feeling the pack of medicines. She also states that she is all thumbs. “The food is not delicious as I used to be because of nowadays a lot of chemical they are putting in the vegetables that makes un yummy the food I used to pick up the vegetables in my backyard and it was a delicious when you eat them.” Her daughter states that they are concerned because she does not seem to have enough peripheral vision to drive. The nurse performs a neurologic examination. Explain the changes in the patient’s neurologic function that are related to aging and what risks the patient has related to age-related changes. Because age-related changes have an impact on the neurologic assessment, for what additional areas should the nurse assess the patient, and what findings reflect normal aging? What neurologic assessment findings do not change with aging? What assessment finding might be anticipated by the nurse? What are measures to be done by the family? What topics should the nurse include in health education?