How do you connect aging client assessments? For example, if you find through your functional assessment that the client’s clothes are dirty and they are not bathing, start with self care deficit in your care plan then list that manifestation of the problem. If you find your caregiver assessment that the family caregiver is depressed and angry and is on the edge of placing the older person even if they are at the level of care- start with caregiver burnout and then list the manifestation of that burnout. You have then connected two different assessments.