Assignment: Chronic Illness
TASK
Consider the following factors that affect chronic illness when responding to your selected topic - pain, stigma, social isolation, altered mobility, or fatigue.
Topic A
a. Based on the research, which of the factors above have the greatest impact on a patient? Why?
b. Contrast at least two ways the factors would affect a twelve-year-old with the way they would affect a seventy-five-year-old.
Topic B
Consider the twelve-year-old and the seventy-five-year-old have a chronic illness.
a. Describe the chronic illness trajectory.
b. How does the chronically ill patient's illness trajectory influence the plan of care?
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.