Donnette is having a difficult time transitioning into retirement from teaching. She had taught for 27 years and the feeling of not doing that anymore for the past five years, has been difficult for to deal with. She’s suffering because she’s feeling a sense of loneliness and not knowing what to do with her life anymore. For example, her husband is always busy and spends a lot of time working in the basement and not spending much time with Donnette. Donnette isn’t able to go out on her own as she surrendered her driver’s license. Not being able to drive around anymore, may be giving her a sense of a loss of independence. Donnette is suffering with her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. It’s difficult for her to cope with the it and has been worrying …show more content…
First, I would include her basic needs. The first thing that I would do is to check how well she’s been sleeping, eating, and staying active. Donnette had indicated that she’s been having a poor appetite and a lack of motivation/interest in doing things. This is the first priority because her poor appetite can affect the way she eats and can cause a lack of nutrition in her body. Being able to eat is a basic need of the body. Not being motivated or lacking interests in doing things can affect her basic health. It’s important for her to be physically and mentally active. Safety would come next. Due to having symptoms of Alzheimer’s such as forgetfulness and short term memory loss can affect her safety. She could hurt herself and it would be important to monitor her safety at home. Next priority would be the relationship she has with her husband. Their relationship is important as Donnette counts on Jim to be her support system. Having this support system is important for her. Evaluating their relationship is important to help determine how well Donnette’s needs are being taken care of and what improvement can be done to help her …show more content…
Why do you think Donnette has been prescribed citalopram? Donnette has been prescribed citalopram because it can help her with symptoms of depression. Citalopram is an antidepressant medication. By being prescribed this medication, it would help her relieve the feeling of hopelessness, sadness, and the sense of not being able to do things. It will help her have change in mood that will help increase her motivation and interest in doing more thing than before. 4. What other approaches/strategies might be beneficial for Donnette? For him? I believe that it would be beneficial to set up short-term goals for Donnette that she can accomplish either for each day or each week. Short-term goals would help Donnette feel more independent and have a positive attitude of each goal she accomplished. Setting up goals for Donnette and Jim would be beneficial as it would help them interact with another and work together to achieve a goal. Usually Jim is on his own, but setting up a goal for both of them, will allow Jim to spend time with Donnette and understand the importance of being there to support her well-being. 3. Knowing that Donnette’s improvement is merely temporary until her dementia progresses further, how do you anticipate that her care will
She needs to learn how to mostly survive on her own, get by on little to nothing. Everywhere she went she learns how to feed herself when there was no food around, keep warm, and help her family as much as she could. In doing this she's becoming very responsible and also she becomes very self sufficient. She's doing very well in school and even gets a job to pay for food for her family, when her parents wouldn't. She makes a budget to plan her spending and get the most out of her money.
The first area is making meaning of adversity. Lisa admitted to feeling alone at times, but for the most part there was a strong sense of coherence and trust. One coping mechanism was Millie used was counseling with her children about their father’s care. A powerful example of this came late one evening when Jose insisted on being taken to the emergency room. He felt something was wrong and wanted to go immediately.
Goal 2: Kayla will comply with the treatment recommendations of her medical and
Last year, Debby decided to quit her bus driving career but keep her para job. Her family could tell she missed the kids on her bus route but it was just too much. This year, at the age of sixty-seven, Debby retired and so did her husband, Rick. Debby misses her job and her little friend a lot but she enjoys her free time and being able to spend more time with her grandchildren. She likes to look back at the memories and pictures she got from her school
Risa had become close with her piano teacher during her stay in the state home and feels like he is the closest thing she has to a parent. “Mr. Durkin does not come. This hurts Risa most of all. (25) When she learns she is getting unwound, the person she is the closest with is not there to even say goodbye to her. This makes her feel like she really does not have anyone.
Personal, Biopsychosocial, and Family Areas of Concern After a major car accident, I am thinking about how this can affect my life. A personal concern is having the ability to do basic activities of daily living as bathing, standing, personal care, lifting, walking. Another concern is relying on other people to help me move around. My last personal concern is not being able to drive and have fears of being behind the wheel.
The Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF) is a social model day program for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and other related memory disorders to help improve their quality of life. LIAF is located in Port Washington, NY and offers services to treat individuals with early, moderate and late stage Alzheimer’s. The agency population is comprised of male and female participates with ages ranging from mid-fifties to late-nineties who all suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. LIAF biopsychosocial are done during a client’s initial intake and reviews are conducted quarterly by a Social Worker.
She can walk with two sticks on a good day and on a bad day she uses a wheelchair because she can barely walk. She used to work full time in a school but now because of her illness, she
The following goals were selected as objectives for Roman’s program based on clinical observations, assessment results, and parent interview. Goals are outlined in Roman’s Individualized Family Service Plan dated 6/30/2015. Ultimate Goal 1: To increase Roman 's communication and cognitive skills. Instrumental Goals: Language/Communication 1.
For Jack and Susan to continue to have success in their business and having family time, they are going to need to create S.M.A.R.T goals to create an agenda to place into action. Their goals have to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-specific (Stolzfus, 2005). These goals will help to get rid of the overwhelmed feeling. The coach is there to guide both of them to make sure that are S.M.A.R.T. and keep the accountable with the agenda.
Goal 1: Phillip will improve his behavior at home and in the community. • Phillip was in a good mood when the QP met with him for a session. • Phillip reported, “I argue with others, yell, have fits of anger, refuse to do things adults ask, skip school, lie, and break rules often or most of the time.” • Phillip stated, “Y’all cool I am going to like it”; however, the QP asked Phillip to pick an answer from the sheet and he chose extremely satisfied.
People often confuse activities with goals. Motivation to take action comes when you desperately want something. After setting your big-picture goals you must choose the correct activities to help you meet them. She also advises us to set big-picture goals for every category in our lives, ask ourselves “what’s it all about?”, and keep them simple and heartfelt. In a well-known study at Yale
CHANGING CARE NEEDS THROUGH LIFE STAGES The aim of this assignment is to discuss in general the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of a person in late adulthood. This will be completed by going through each heading and describing the different elements of each stage. Following that, I will compare *the norm* with a lady called Margaret.
Thankfully she does not smoke, which would give her an additional risk factor and almost certainly would contribute to a further decline in her conditions. I would also venture a guess that she does not have good health insurance and even if she does, she probably finds it difficult to get time to see a doctor or to take care of
Other than that, various types of sickness will come easily when someone gets older. The percentage of elder abuse rise higher when the caregiver is in charge of the elderly who is mental or physical illness (American Psychological Association, no date). It is because when the elderly cannot get to manage themselves on their own, they might create a lot of problem such as simply pee on the floor, simply shout in the public and etc. Just because of the elders cannot manage to control their behaviour well, the caregiver might get annoyed and mad. In this case, the younger generations will become angry and get irritated by the behaviours of the elders and start to release their tension in the elderly with the abusive