Children With Scis And Caregivers Living

Dorthea E. Orem’s self-care model emphasizes both a patient 's ability and responsibility to care for themselves. Self-care as defined by Orem as “the practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own behalf to maintain life, health, and well-being” (Catalano, 2015, p. 58). Since individuals function at varying levels, Orem has identified three levels of nursing care: wholly compensated care, partially compensated care, and supportive developmental care. This theories goal is to help each individual reach his or her maximum level of function and to take responsibility for his or her health (Catalano, 2015). Self-reliance is also core value in my own personal life. I believe that a person who is capable of performing any part of their own self-care should be encouraged to do so because it will help them become independent, improve their psychosocial status, and promote self worth at a time when they rely so heavily on other people for their care. Orem’s theory matches my own belief of the importance of independence and self-reliance because the main goal is to help patients become as self-reliant as possible in their healthcare. This theory emphasizes the important role of education in nursing in order to enable them to take control of their own health. Because of health deficits, some individuals may require more assistance from care providers. However, even these patients should be encouraged and allowed to do whatever they are able to do for

As of 2012, approximately half of all adults in the United States (U.S.) had at least one chronic health condition and one fourth had more than one chronic health condition (Ward, Schiller, & Goodman, 2014). Self-care is recognized to be an important component in the management of chronic illnesses (Ausili, Masotto, Dall'Ora, Salvini, & Di Mauro, 2014; Coleman & Newton, 2005; Kennedy, Rogers, & Bower, 2007). As knowledge in this area grows, there is a need for theories to guide research and practice. The middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness (MRTS-CCI) is a theory intended to clarify the concepts, assumptions, propositions, and factors affecting self-care in the context of chronic illness (Riegel, Jaarsma, & Strömberg, 2012).

Leventhal’s model of self-regulation is based on the idea that each person forms a cognitive representation of their illness, which allows them to make sense of their symptoms. This illness perception and the patient’s emotional response then guide behaviour towards managing the illness (Leventhal et al., 1984). An illness perception is made up of five major components. These are illness identity, potential cause, timeline, its consequences and how it may be controlled. Often patients with similar diseases can hold very different perceptions of their illness (Petrie and Weinman, 2012). Clinical severity of the condition does not necessarily predict how a patient will cope. This essay will outline strengths and weaknesses of whether the model can be used to explain health outcomes and coping strategies, implement successful interventions and predict or even improve adherence to treatment. Finally, the importance of constructs not included in the model, such as social support, will be discussed. The essay will evaluate the model using examples of illnesses such as stroke, cancer, diabetes and asthma.

In pursuit of excellence in servicing adults with intellectual disabilities, creating a positive environment, and maximizing their capabilities as members of the community, GenCare considers their employees among their greatest assets. Employees of GenCare bring a unique and rich combination of skills, intellect, and dedication that will help the organization continue a tradition of providing quality care to the individuals they serve. At the same time, employees of GenCare are joining an organization that seeks to stimulate and encourage personal growth and professional opportunities.

In addition, the traditional Medical Social Work model as defined by the National Association of Social Workers, outlines the comprehensive role of social workers with patients in hospitals and medical settings; this model also has value for the patients represented in the neurogenerative community (National Association of Social Worker , 2011). Even so, this definition does not include how to address many of the common service challenges that arise from assisting patient with prolonged complex neurodegenerative disorders, or the range of services needed outside an institutional medical setting.

The client population that we serve primarily has Medicaid, and the clinic does have a sliding scale for those who do not have insurance. Anyone from the ages of 5 – 99 years old can receive services through the organization. The majority of the population primarily speak Spanish and are of the Hispanic descent. Many of the patients that are seen at the clinic have a wide range of diagnosis’ such as: depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety, ADHD, and schizophrenia. The patients are in the lower income bracket, and are working between 1-2 jobs to support their family. Many times they live with many other family members in a small and/or temporary housing unit.

In this position, I provided case management for a diverse group of HIV+ clients who were experiencing homelessness and psychosocial challenges. Meeting with clients on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, together we would create an Individual Care Plan (ICP) to determine their needs, and set small, obtainable goals for them to achieve. I also collaborated with social workers, nurses, food suppliers, nutritionist, and other community services to assist in increasing each client’s ability to reach their goals. This position ended this past April due to anticipated cuts in HIV related grants. Thereafter, I accepted my present position as a Social Work Coordinator (SWC) and Direct Service Provider (DSP) at Enriching Lives. As a DSP, I work one-on-one with individuals with developmental disabilities and assist them in reaching their social, financial, personal, and educational goals. As a SWC, I work with family home providers, regional center coordinators, health providers, day program staff, consultants, and the California Department of Social Services as an advocate and liaison for individuals with developmental disabilities and psychosocial challenges.

While researching the program design, we discovered, no easily identifiable evidenced-based model of social work existed to address the specific needs patients with neurodegenerative

Spinal cord injuries not only have a physical effect on the affected person, but they have psychological effects, too. The World Health Organization states that “about 20 to 30% of people with spinal cord injury show clinical significant signs of depression, which in turn has a negative impact on improvements in functioning and overall health” (2015). Many people living with SCIs could be excluded from full participation in society as a

The community health outreach session utilizing automated blood pressure cuff should increase the individual 's health awareness and self-confident. As the behavioral changes, hope to target is to reduce CVD morbidity through health awareness. Since culture, culture sensitivity and communication barriers are alleviated through a native sign language user, this should increase CVD health awareness, and health literacy in hope to increase life expectancy of a DHOH person (WHO, 2015). The key benefit of the behavioral changes is to exploit the Social Cognitive Theory [SCT] by providing groups and/or individualized support health consultant. The goal of the community outreach is to recruit the DHOH clients to receive ongoing health consultants ' support via telehealth videophone (Wilson & Wells, 2009; University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, 2015; Sorensen ntouch, 2015) or in person consultation. To measure and correct behavioral changes, self-efficacy from the SCT model study design will carry out quantitative pre- post test questionnaires (Glanz, Rimer, & Viswanath, 2008; Resnick & Siegel, 2013; Creswell, 2010).

The independent variables are self-efficacy and the stage of cancer survivorship. Self-efficacy which is the central construct in the theoretical framework of the research and the stage of the cancer survivorship, which in this study, focused on women in the extended survival stage are independent variables because their effect or contribution to the outcome is not dependent on any variable. Symptoms experience is another independent variable. However, the outcome, which is the quality of life is a dependent variable because it depended on the self-efficacy and cancer survival phase of each participant.

According to Mok (2011, p12), several factors may affect successful treatment such as lack of knowledge, hectic lifestyle, lack of decision making in own dietary outcomes and dissatisfactory of dietary prescription.

Due to Kate’s disease, it is impossible for her to carry out the majority of her own self care, thus her carer, Bec becomes Kate’s form of self-care. Bec’s role is to be able to successfully do all the duties that Kate did for herself and her household before her diagnosis. Thus the goal is giving Bec to the tools to better assist Kate with her capacity to self-care within 3 months. These tools include essential skills such as basic household skills and household management. Using the SMART acronym the goal is broken down. The goal is specific as it refers to the specific essential skills that Bec needs to learn to help Kate with her capacity to self-care. It is measurable as it can be monitored as Bec learns new skills. The goal is attainable as Bec, is willing to learn as she cares for Kate deeply. For the same reason that it is attainable, it is also realistic. Giving Bec an appropriate time frame it will give her additional motivation to assist Kate with her day-to-day tasks. Interventions for this goal include, assessing Bec’s role in Kate’s life. She will help handle the cooking, cleaning, driving her to appointments, being someone to talk to and confide in, help handle her finances, and handle her end of life care. House with No Step can provide drop in respite care that can help Kate and Bec with essential skills such as: cooking, cleaning, and general household management. By completing these inventions, Bec will better be prepared for assisting Kate with her

An empowering patient education intervention which interests me is the “fully automated computer-tailored Web -based self-management intervention” which was developed by Kanker Nazorg Wijzer (KNW [Cancer Aftercare Guide]). Supporting early cancer survivors to sufficiently manage psychosocial criticisms and to encourage a healthy and vigorous lifestyle was the main aim for the development of the intervention.

Attitudes towards the persons with SCI have changed over the last years. SCI affects both an individuals and his family physically, psychologically, socially and economically. Proper rehabilitation