| A household of an older person |
(1) Understanding the lives of each subject in their homes.
(2) Identifying living conditions that will affect the subject’s health conditions.
(3) Considering concrete questions to identify or understand each subject’s health and life. |
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An 82-year-old female. Past health history: acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart failure, hypertension, obesity, and a history of falls at her home. Hospitalization: no history of heart failure within five years due. Her daughter informed us that she had recently forgotten to take her medication. She recently fell and sustained an abrasion on her forehead while walking from the kitchen to the Japanese-style room.
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| A household of the older couple |
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An 80-year-old male. His past health history: (1) hypertension (since age 55), (2) Parkinson’s disease (since age 69): the third grade of Hoehn and Yahr. Medication: (1) L-dopa due to having on-off phenomenon, muscle stiffness, and slowness of movement; (2) antihypertensive medication. His wife is 79 years old. Her past health history: (1) type 2 diabetes, (2) a history of falling at home, fracturing her right femoral neck, and undergoing artificial head replacement surgery. After the surgery and rehabilitation, she was discharged from the hospital with a cane.
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| A household of parents with an infant |
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A 41-year-old male and 39-year-old female, and an infant. Father’s work: a firefighter with repeating day and night shifts. Mother’s status: taking on the first maternity leave. Her past health condition: none. Her health condition: lack of sleep. She is almost solely responsible for caring for her infant and doing her best to provide good care for her baby.
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