Chronic Illness and Rehabilitation

Develop a realistic case and Identify a chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation. Could be from a previous experience on your career.

1. Identify chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation. Choose from one of the following:
   • COPD
   • CHF
   • Stroke
   • Hip fracture
2. Create interventions that support an older adult’s adaptation to the chronic illness or disability.
3. Describe the nurse’s role in assisting older adults in managing chronic conditions.
4. From your readings and knowledge which opportunities do you think can be change in the health care system to improve care for older adults with chronic illness and disability.

• students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• 5 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to APA style.