Values, health perception The family does not visit the primary care office for visits other than what is absolute necessary. The family has not had health insurance for over 10 years. The youngest child is covered under the mothers insurance. The youngest child visits the doctor’s office as needed and for annual physicals. The older son is underweight and has difficulty gaining weight, he does not visit the doctor and treats his allergy and sinus problems with over the counter products.
Further damage to his trust happened when a member of his family died in hospital, they contracted MRSA while being treated for a broken leg in 2004. Self-diagnose and self-prescribe with the help of the internet is now the only form of medical attention he receives. It has been 15 years since Mr D has seen a doctor and his attitude towards his health now is “what will be will be”. There is a wide variety of
Anwar Malik, a 54 year old grocer, lives with his wife Hansa and youngest son Iqbal. He migrated from Pakistan as a young Muslim who uses Punjabi and Urdu as his first language, but speaks English to his wife in their shop. Usually an active and hardworking man, Anwar had been feeling increasingly tired and lethargic, and was always thirsty. Hansa noticed him being less active around the house and going to the toilet a lot. Anwar’s daily visits to his allotment dwindled to once a week and when he was there found less work was being done.
My brother and I stayed at my Grandpa’s house most of the time she was up there mostly only going home to sleep and get ready for school the next day, it was weird and confusing but my grandpa was good at getting our minds off of things and keeping our spirits up when he needed to. While my grandmother was in the hospital, my brother and I didn’t get to go see her, we were either too young to go in or my parents didn’t think we should see her that way, I can’t remember. When she finally came home, they said the disease was gone but she was still very sick. She looked completely different and she was very weak. They had started her on chemotherapy, and from what I understand
Neuropathy prevented Ian seeing where his body was which is a petrifying feeling; literally Ian was “The Man who Lost His Body”. It took a year for Ian to stand up safely and six months to put on his sock, this sensory process was long and tedious. This documentary taught me how we are fortunate to have sensory abilities; most people take it for granted because it’s natural. It was unbelievable how Ian recovered from this illness. The doctors told him that he will be in the wheel chair for the rest of his life but he was determined to regain his strength and movement.
Both of his sons currently live at home, one living in an apartment within the home with his long time girlfriend. AM states that, “I am disgusted” with what his doctor has told him about his enlarged prostate. This news has actually made him draw back from everyone around him. AM does not have any significant medical history and because of his enlarged prostate, was put on Proscar for what will be six months, to try to shrink the prostate before doing any further testing. AM is unsure if he is making the right decision.
In addition, he lived in an old house where the heat never works this meant that Gregory was always getting sick. However, compering Roger Wilkin’s Family, was very different Wilkins had a father figure in his life. Therefore, this meant that he did not have to work, Wilkin’s stepfather worked as a doctor so he had a stay at home mother, who took care of household duties and was able to give him the proper care he needed .Wilkins also lived in a new house with no horrible heat and water problem. That means that Wilkins was not getting sick as a great deal. Another difference between Gregory and Wilkins was their teachers.
At the age of fourteen, Mubilajeh's father passed away, which left his mother alone to raise six children. Mubilajeh was the oldest of the six children. After his father's death, Mubilajeh felt obligated as "man of the house" to financially support his family. These difficult times forced him to quit school, and he found a full-time job at a neighborhood library. Mubilajeh had always been an excellent student in school; he especially missed writing his creative stories.
Tom is an 85 year old man with arthritis and early stage dementia. He is living with his unmarried son; his family is becoming increasingly concerned for his safety. He is very forgetful and his mobility is poor. His family visit daily and help him but he also requires the assistance of a palliative care worker. As the palliative care worker who is caring for Tom it is my duty to help him live out the rest of his days as comfortable as possible in his own home for as long as is possible.
Discussing about John Q., his Medicaid and the factors that are hindering him. He recently moved to a rural community and had a full time job and has Medicaid due to his low income and needs to see a doctor since he had high blood pressure and also recently his father had a heart attack. He has local physicians in his area but none of them accepts his type of insurance but the closest one that will is a 40 minutes’ drive away and he has to have made the appointment two weeks in advance and the primary care physician does not provide health care in the evenings or on the weekends. He also does not have a vehicle of his own and he catches rides to work and relies on public transportation. The factors in this situation that may affect John’s health care utilization are his form of insurance, the area he lives in, facilities that accepts his insurance, his health conditions, his level of income, and transportation.