Comfort is a 74-year-old lady who has been recently widowed. She has had mobility problems for several years and now notes she finds it hard to cope alone. She is keen to manage by herself and is unhappy to allow carers in her home but appears to be confused when on the phone to her daughters in the last 5 days. Comfort has recently told her care coordinator “it hurts” when she urinates. .Explain your understanding of the renal system. Explain how Comfort’s physical health presentation may be interrelated and affect her mental health. What interventions would you suggest (please provide a rationale)?

UTI (Urinary tract infection) is an infection which occurs in any part in the urinary system such as…

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Comfort is a 74-year-old lady who has been recently widowed. She has had mobility problems for several years and now notes she finds it hard to cope alone. She is keen to manage by herself and is unhappy to allow carers in her home but appears to be confused when on the phone to her daughters in the last 5 days. Comfort has recently told her care coordinator “it hurts” when she urinates.

.Explain your understanding of the renal system.

Explain how Comfort’s physical health presentation may be interrelated and affect her mental health.

What interventions would you suggest (please provide a rationale)?

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