I fear that because of her lack of a healthy social lifestyle, that if she should lose someone from her family system, that it may be traumatic for her and very difficult for her to recover, maybe impossible. There isn’t enough information in the case to determine the cause of Andrea mental health illnesses, but from the information given by Andrea mother and son, Andrea seems to be this loving, caring young women. Andrea medications alone may also be an issue. Andrea should have therapy along with the medications, not just the medications alone is enough for her mental health issues. By using Freud’s and Adler theory of psychodynamics, systems theory and attachment theory, I was able to assess and analyze Andrea social environment, which seems to be a huge factor and hindrance to Andrea growth and
It is hard for a partner to cope with personality changes after a stroke especially if the other person has become aggressive and unpredictable. Even when someone knows they have changed, it isn’t easy to control outbursts in future. This is what is upsetting for any member of the family who calls us, needing reassurance and support. Sometimes a partner needs to know they don’t have to put up with behaviour they find threatening and sometimes a call from a teenager suggests their mum should put up with the aggression because it “isn’t their dad” it’s the stroke causing him to behave differently.
Whitfield does have her family nearby but their communication is in constantly strained with period of not talking to each other. Mrs. Whitfield has asked her family for help with paying some of the bills, but they will not offer any assistance in helping pay her bills as they believe she needs to care for herself and her children. Mrs. Whitfield feels that the Department of Human Service and possibly her church will be able to assist her at this time. It all depends on that she does not make too much money to receive help from them. Communication Style There are basically three types of communication styles “aggressive, passive, and assertive” (Sherman, pg.
The values of a culture will affect what people of that culture may see as acceptable and what is considered abusive (Iwaniec, 2006). Although cultural influences can greatly influence parenting, I did not see any glaring cultural contributors to the manner in which this mother neglected her children. The neglect in this family appeared more consistent with disorganized neglect. It appeared as though the mother lived from crisis to crisis, lacking the ability to rationalize. She was inconsistent with her children and focused on that which was most dramatic as opposed to what was most important to ensure the well-being and proper nurturing of her
Giorgio: Being newly married and then losing your spouse is hard, they were still newlyweds I feel that she needs the comfort of losing the love of life and finding the help and guidance of a social worker is what she needs Chang Yang: Being and immigrant looking for calming and relief, moral support if she really did anything wrong and if why and how long she will be in jail. Exercise 3.5 Knowing the diagnosis of a client before you meet can be both helpful and problematic because you want to learn what the issues are so you know what to look for when treating your client but they can be problematic because you don’t want the client to start to think that can get the best of you by getting what the y want also because they know the most of the problem and will start to let the problem become the problem. Exercise 3.6 I would handle a client who said he had a preference for working with a certain someone by asking one simple question, Can I ask why? Everyone has the right to get who they prefer however that does not always happen. But is in their clients rights we as social workers cannot make anyone get service from anyone or anywhere they don’t want it.
They now receive different types of care packages from the social services, although people of our community would see this as a positive thing happening for the family, they might not look at it in this way as they are used to caring for their own family on their own without any help from anyone else. The pressure they may feel to live by the book, this pressure could be seen as coercion as the family really didn’t have a choice but to change their way of lifestyle due to ill health of some family members they simply couldn’t travel and carryon the traveller lifestyle. Also the Social Services are making the children go to school which is the norm of our community, in a traveller community education is a choice. All these different things from care packages to education have
Single mothers and fathers have a hard time raising one child let alone two or three but yet they keep on having child after child. Society’s views on a few things need to change to be able to get the foster care system under control because if families could take care of the kids they had then there would be no problems. I understand there are special circumstances but the number of children in the system is outrageous. I feel like what has led my client to be put into the foster care system is his or her own parents neglect. This could be neglect of just the child or neglect of substances or responsibilities whatever it is they didn’t step up to the plate like they should have when they had they kid and therefore the government did and
Part A The role and challenges of a paid care worker As discussed in TMA01 there are many difficulties and rewards of being a carer for a family member. However, many family carers eventually find it too demanding to carry on with the daily routine of caring, some families are just not capable of providing the adequate and necessary support for their family member to achieve their daily routine and many service users do not have anyone and would be unable to maximise their potential without support and supervision. This is where the role of the paid care worker comes in. Care workers provide care, supervision and support for children, disabled and aged people in residential establishments, hospitals, nursing homes and home care. Home care has developed from what used to be the home help services.
The lifestyle or livelihood of the surviving spouse is turned upside down as their spouse was such an important part of their lives and the loss can be very overwhelming as well as frightening. Having a support system will be very important as the surviving spouse will need to help with the feelings of abandonment or loneliness. How do you think that grief in the 21st century might differ from that in the 20th century? Grief in the 21st century may differ a little as it has been more studies conducted on grief in various aspects which helps train others how to become better providers for someone experiencing grief. Grief or the grieving process will not change however the approach to helping others going through it may.
It is important that such treatment options are discussed in order for service users to be able to make informed choices (NICE, 2004). Sally explained that she was slightly apprehensive about treatment, as still finds it hard to admit she has a problem as it has been a way of life for so long. The NICE guidelines state that many people with anorexia nervosa find it hard to acknowledge they have a problem and are ambivalent about change. Onyett (1992) quoted “very few people seek help for mental health problems with enthusiasm” therefore it is important for professionals working alongside such clients to build an empathetic and supportive relationship, with the patient and if necessary family members (NICE, 2004), in Sally’s case she felt it would be beneficial to have couples therapy with her boyfriend, to overcome some difficulties they are currently