S. J. And Her Family: A Case Study

The Smith family is in the same situation as many other families that live in the United States. A young single mother is trying to raise two children by herself with no income. Lucky for them, there are several government funded programs that are there to help them to form a better life. However, there are certain requirements for several of the programs. The Smith family should meet most of those requirements. They have until the end of the month before all their resources are cut off.

This study will use cluster sampling to get a good base of individuals and not just those from one area of a city or country. We will use five regions, Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest and Southwest. We will contract with 30 parents in each region (150 total) who have children ages nine to nineteen, and are willing to actively participate in a longitudinal study. The purpose of the study will be explained to everyone in a question and answer meeting.

Per grandmother, the client’s pregnancy, and delivery were normal. The grandmother recalls that Keisha’s developmental milestones were reached appropriately, including basic motor skills such as crawling, walking and fine motor skills such as writing. According to the client, she experienced an accident when she was nine years old. The accident affected her brain causing her to experience a coma for more than a month. It took her several months of rehabilitation to be able to return back to school. Keisha reports fatigue and/or loss of energy very often. Even after sleeping for more than twelve hours per day she feels tired every morning. She has been feeling this way for more than three years. Furthermore, the client reports that she has poor appetite, eating one or two meals per day. Due to her decrease in appetite the client reports that she lost about ten pounds since last year. Keisha mentions that her appetite has decreased since she started high school. Per client, her father abused drugs when he was younger, which included heroin and crack. She is unaware if father continues abusing drugs. Per client, her mother did not abuse any drugs while she was alive. The client reports no allergies, traumas or chronic diseases affecting her

An interprofessional team consisting of Medical student, Pharmacist student, Nursing student and social work student met with Patient (A.O.) to perform a collaborative family assessment in a home visit. A.O. went to foster care for two months, but his father gained custody in July 2012. The father mentioned the foster care had an effect on A.O. A.O. lives with his father and his grandmother. The father works at a thrift store. A.O.’s Mother has Neurofibromatosis Type I too. The father mentioned that A.O. had a speech delay. A.J.’s father mentioned that they received assistance from the government. A.O.’s grandmother and father reported that he eats a good variety of food as he eats fruits and vegetables. A.O. reported liking pizza and McDonalds

V.S’s mother died in 2011, at the age of 73 from a myocardial infarction, and her father died at the age of 89, from complications from Alzheimer’s. Her husband passed in 2008; he lived through a ruptured aortic aneurysm, and then died from sepsis following a hernia surgery. She has 8 siblings, all living. She has three children (ages 30, 40, and 42) who are all healthy. She has five grandchildren, and one great grandchild. There is no known family history of hypertension, diabetes, or cancer. See genogram that follows…

Ethnicity may have an impact on a person’s health for reasons such as cultural differences and may be new to the country and

The patient is married and lives with his wife in a suburban area. They have two children who are in good health who lives with their families. Patient is well established with family and friends as powerful support system; he experienced little stress. He has a master degree in engineer, and making decent money. He has no financial issues, and has great health insurance coverage. He does see his primary health care physician regularly. Patient lacks of knowledge on his health issues despite his high education in engineer. Patient does comply with his medication regimen and does not know the current resources available to him.

Carlas family has had a lot of deaths in the family, but they have not lost hope and they continue to live life even through all the struggles. Carla continued to keep her head up for her grandson when her husband, son, and daughter in law had passed away. Although Carla was not Roland biological mother, she raised him as her own son. She was a single parent after the death of her husband and is a great strength. Carla and her sister also seem to have a strong relationship because they have kept in contact weekly over the phone. Another strength of the family is that they showed resilience despite all the deaths and situations that have occurred within the family. They have moved forward to be there for eachother.

Lisa is 5’4’’ tall and weighs 140 pounds. She has not been hospitalized recently and she does not have any chronic medical conditions. She explains that she does not have any health conditions that keep her from participating in activities that she does enjoy. She explains that she does not practice preventative health measures. Lisa does not have a regular physician. Lisa rated her health as a 7.2 because she believes she eats healthy. However, she is concerned because she has not been to the doctor since her twins were born eight years ago. Lisa’s health history is “excellent” because she has not had any issues since the last time she went to the doctor which was eight years ago. She states that she does not get sick easily. She explains that medical bills are very expensive and she does not believe it is necessarily important. Lisa explains that

Cynthia Johnson is a 26-year-old single woman from Birmingham, Alabama. Being young herself, she takes care of her 5 children from non-marriages with different fathers. She did not successfully complete high school or college, leaving her in a low socioeconomic status, making it hard to obtain a proper job to take care of her children. At an early age, she became all too familiar with the notion of grief. Because of this reoccurring history of grief, Cynthia suffers with severe depression, has a history of substance abuse, and an overall unhealthy lifestyle. Mrs. Johnson’s history includes a background in having children at a young age, fatherlessness, and occasional dating but never marrying.

5.Discuss the psychological and social issues that are present and will possibly be more pronounced at this stressful time. How has the fact that this illness has been ongoing (chronic) impacted the family?

Ms. Jeffries is a sixteen-year-old Africa American male who is being referred for intensive in home services by his biological mother. Ms. Jeffries mother reported within the last thirty days he has exhibited the following psychiatric problems: often loses temper (3-5x weekly); easily annoyed (Daily); often argues with authority figures and adults (daily); and refuses to comply with simple rules and request (3-5x weekly). The above-mentioned symptoms are present in the home and school setting and have impacted Mr. Jeffries’s level of functioning at as evidenced by not being able to receive the necessary allotted hour in the classroom setting and impacted his ability to recognize personal danger which has resulted in pending legal charges. When

Spirituality/religion. Religion plays a large role in J and K’s family’s life as they are self-identifying Christians. K explained that “what we believe dictates the way we live, the decisions we make and the way we parent our kids” (K, personal communication, June 1, 2018). J added, “it is the driving force behind how the family lives” (J, personal communication, June 1, 2018). Their religious beliefs are their sole source of hope and coping with illness.

Who did i think learned more in the relationship between Jim or Antonia? I think that Jim learned more in the relationship then Antonia did. In the last chapter of the book Jim realized how much he cared for Antonia and how much of a goddess he realized she was.Jim realizes that she has always been more than just a woman to him, but a kind of Goddess. He also realizes after so much time that his early years on the prairie have made him what he is today. Together Jim and Antonia watch a thunderstorm. Jim asks her why she's been so mean. She tells him, "life is hard." Jim spends the night. As he falls asleep he flashes on images of Antonia through the years, and realizes that something in Antonia's nature is timeless, like a goddess.Jim narrates throughout and his style is consistently romantic, which means what he describes is colored by his emotions and high ideals. His

Based on Sara’s family history, she grew up in a low socioeconomic status where her father was addicted to OxyContin after his two knee surgeries and had an older brother who was abusing heroin. In her father’s early 30s, he was diagnosed with depression. By living in a low income area, there is a higher risk of obtaining illegal drugs (Sutin, Evans, & Zonderman, 2013). On the other hand, her mother did not have any information about past drug or alcohol abuse, although, constantly fought with Sara’s father about his addiction. Throughout Sara’s adolescent years, she states how her father has been in and out of rehabilitation facilities and disliked the arguments between her parents. In addition to being in and out of rehab, Sara had a close