It turns out that Evelyn has actually developed menopause and she just didn’t know it until Ninny let her know. She keeps coming back to the nursing home after finding out that it feels good to talk about the way she’s feeling to someone else. Ninny Threadgoode is an eighty-six-year-old woman who is a patient in the Rose Terrace Nursing Home along with Ed’s mother. She is also very religious, like most of the people in this time period. She is a lonely woman that turns out to be quite the talker when she meets Evelyn.
Granny’s hard knock life In Katherine Anne Porter’s short story, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” there is a vivid picture of an elderly woman’s last moments and storm of mentality on her death bed. The story is shown as a stream of consciousness in which granny remembers the grievances she had throughout her life. This making it obvious to the reader that she has had not one, or two, but three jilting in her life that has affected her character through the last shreds of her life. Her past love George, the death of her husband John, and the absence of god on her death bed, all affected granny’s life and personality. The first pitiable jilting of Granny Weatherall was done at the altar by a man named George who she once was deeply in love with; this jilting affected her life in many ways.
Mental/Behavioral Case Study Shanille Banks HCS/245 November 24, 2014 Professor Cheryl Meaux Mental/Behavioral Case Study My client Jenny Stanson, a 20 year-old college student living with her grandmother came to me seeking help for her grandmother who has shown symptoms of having Alzheimer’s disease. She noticed that her grandmother seems to be confused at times, forgetful of things that she has been told, and is often short-tempered. Ms. Stanson stated to me even though these symptoms mentioned do not happen often, this is clearly not her grandmother’s normal behavior. Ms. Stanson is very concerned about the well-being of her grandmother and something has to be done to get to the bottom of the problem. After reviewing this case, we cannot assume that Ms. Stanson’s grandmother actually has Alzheimer’s disease, even with the symptoms that may be present.
Psychological View of Granny Weatherall “Get along now. Take your schoolbooks and go. There’s nothing wrong with me” (Porter 764), said by a dying woman in her death bed. The short story of “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter, is about an eighty years old Granny Watherall, who is spending the last day of her life in a hospital bed. Throughout the story Granny Watherall expresses herself through verbal communications and also her inner self-talk.
He states “The walls have closed in upon my grandmother’s house. When I returned to it in mourning, I saw for the first time in my life how small it was”. This statement shows that the presence of his grandmother made everything seem so much bigger with her life and loving spirit. Also, that with the death of his grandmother died the knowledge of his people. She was the last of the Sun Dance Kiowa’s and his only source to understanding his background.
Despite all of the struggles that she faces, Precious is incredibly resilient and strong. Precious’ first child, Mongo, lives with her maternal great-grandmother, Shelia. Mongo has Down’s syndrome and has developmental delays because of it. Mary (Precious’ mother) does not work, nor does she want to. She receives food stamps and other forms of aid through manipulating the welfare system by saying that Mongo lives in the apartment with she and Precious, when in reality, Mongo lives with her great grandmother.
This is followed by collecting cues, processing information, identifying problems, establishing goals, taking action, evaluating outcomes and reflecting on process and new learning (Levitt-Jones, 2012). In this scenario an 86-year-old female patient has suffered a fall and is demonstrating early symptoms of dementia. Consider the patient/Patient Context: Mrs Checketts is a petite 86 year old woman who has been admitted to your facility for respite after treatment for a fractured wrist sustained during a fall at home. | Collect cues/information: You review this initial impression and current information and gather new information/cues you consider relevant:Mrs Checketts lives alone and manages her own activities of daily living. Her son lives interstate and her niece pops in to visit her a few times a week.
On my second interview with my grandmother I had the honor of reading her a poem Nurse and Peron (Touhy, Jett, 2010, p.350). While reading to my 97 year old grandmother I happened to look over at her. I felt and saw a sense of sadness. Even though my grandmother never personally experienced Alzheimer's disease, she had close friends that had succumb to the illness. Growing up I remember my grandfather passing away at the young age of 60, although he did not pass from Alzheimer's disease, he did battle with a chronic illness that left him debilitated.
The aunt in the poem seems to be very old and wise. You see this when the girl was looking into her net of wrinkles and her wise eyes. Her wrinkles symbolizes her old age which also symbolizes knowledge. Her “Wise black pools of her eyes”(Tallmountain 177-178) symbolizes her immeasurable depth of wisdom. She is old, and at this point the niece asks her how to say goodbye in Athabaskan.
In the article the “wise” women guide and give insight to the young on the traditions and pass on the cultural meanings. Generativity emerges the strength of care, and according to the article it is vastly important to be their in someone’s time of need. The basic strength of this stage is care and is generated by love, in which was mentioned in the article; the role of wise women reflect the African tradition be being the source of love. It is different due the fact that in the stagnation aspect boredom ensues the pathological symptoms. In the stage of integrity versus despair it is similar to the article because it says in