HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ESSAY 3097

In nursing, there are techniques used to perform a physical examination of the various body systems of clients across the lifespan. The goal is to examine the social, cultural, political, and economic factors which have effects on the assessment of health across the lifespan. Assessment is the systematic or the unsystematic gathering of relevant information, making analysis and judgment based on the available information (World Health Organization, 2020 p.90). For purposes of this project, three different clients will be chosen across the lifespan. Consequently, an infant, a young adult, and an elderly client will be assessed.

2. Assessment of An Infant

An infant belongs to an age group in the population that has greater health care needs. However, does not imply that a community with a large population of infants will necessarily allocate resources to take care of this group (Wise, 2020, p. 127). The community may opt to invest the available resources to maintain the health of adults who could work and take care of the dependent group. The following are factors that have impacts on the assessment of the health of an infant.

Social factors have an impact on the assessment of the health of an infant. Social factors include social networks. An infant is brought up in a family which is the basic unit of society. There are elements that can be considered when describing social cohesion which affects the way an infant develops in terms of health (Phelps, 2003, p. 234). The family has friendship networks that provide emotional support which is fundamental to the wellbeing of the infant. The family and the comm