Interventions by Disease 🏥
Stroke Patients 🧠
- Physical therapy 💪
- Occupational therapy (daily tasks) 🏠
- Speech therapy 🗣️
Heart Disease Patients 💔
- ECG monitoring 📺💓
- Stress management 🧘
- Ornish Program: Diet + Exercise + Stress Management! 🥗🏃🧘
AIDS Patients 🦠
- Stress management 🧘
- Exercise programs 🏃
- Cognitive therapy 🧠
Cancer Patients 🎗️
- Relaxation training 😌
- Systematic desensitization for chemo nausea 🤢➡️😊
Terminal Illness Stress 😰
Three Types of Stress:
- Physical effects of disease 🤒
- Lifestyle restrictions 🚫🏃
- Awareness of death 💀
Coping with Terminal Illness 💪
- Denial: Main coping mechanism! 🙈
- Denial protects from overwhelming fear! 🛡️😰
What Helps Adaptation? ✅
- Little pain 😌
- Strong social support 👥❤️
- Satisfied with life 😊
- Good coping history 💪
Key Terms 📚
- Systematic Desensitization: Relax while imagining scary things! 😰➡️🧘➡️😊
- Ornish Program: Complete lifestyle change for heart health! 🥗🏃🧘
Key Takeaways 🔑
- Different diseases need different help! 🏥📊
- Denial is normal for terminal illness! 🙈
- Social support is crucial! 👥❤️
- Relaxation helps with treatment side effects! 🧘✅