Family Transition Theory

their own strengths, thereby enhancing the clients’ confidence as well as worker client relationship. This highlights the need for a structured strengths assessment. In a 1995 paper titled, “A Strengths Perspective in Practice: Older People and Mental Health Challenges” (88), the authors describe a case study in which the strengths perspective was used. Mrs. K. was a 76-year-old lady who had lost her spouse recently after 35 years of being married.

The story “The Way To Rainy Mountain” talks about the story and the rituals of the Kiowas. However it gradually leads up to the personal relationship between the writer, N. Scott Momaday, and his grandmother. He begins to speak about his times in his grandmother’s house. How it plays a significant role in his life. The story makes the reader relate to the role of his grandmother’s home in his life.

By establishing a worker/client relationship, this will provide Laura with a secure base to operate from in the future. She will be able to confidently explore her historical, current, and future relationship with her mother knowing that she can receive comfort and reassurance from me, her social worker. Once she recognizes this secure base, I will assist her in discovering how she currently handles her relationship with her mother. During this relational discovery process with her mother, I will also allow her to explore her relationship with me, showing Laura how her previous ways of dealing with others could be positively changed through the change of her various internal behavioral models. Through this social worker and client relationship exploration, Laura will discover how her current perceptions of her mother are connected to expectations from their relationship when she was a child, providing her the opportunity to view the current relationship differently.

She talks about how her mother raised her and her three brothers after their father left them when she was very young and when the children were young, their mother would go to work, and their drunk, abusive uncle would care for them. The Self and Identity concept also related to In Search of Sangum because she is struggling to find herself and figure out who she was. Overall these two stories definitely had their difference and similarities and tie into one

The first question I asked in this case is why does Gail feel the need to keep up appearance while her and Gene are going through a divorce? Gail wants to keep things as normal as possible by continuing to go to weekly family dinner night out even

The nurses who practice family centred approach are focused on ensuring they look after the health and well-being of adolescents. Nurses recognise the emotional, social and developmental support are critical components of healthcare. The family centred approach facilitates the exploration of nurse's health experiences as an opportunity of building on the cultural values in support families of the adolescents who are experiencing depression. The patient and family-based model enhanced better health outcomes and the proper utilization resources by the nurses, through sharing of information and supporting families with depressed adolescents (Liu, & Miller, 2014). This approach leads to better health outcomes and proper allocation of resources in the role of nurses in caregiving and making

Journal 4 Summary End of life issues can impact the older adult in numerous different ways. Illuminating meaning is something than an older adult can spend a great deal of time doing. Often times an older adult near the end of their life spends a lot time pondering what the meaning of life is and whether or not they will be remembered when they pass on. Grandparents will reflect on what they taught their children or grandchildren and also whether they left their mark in the world in other ways.

When patients are ill, they need assistance with care. As nurses we are there to provide the care needed while allowing the patient to perform as many tasks as they can for themselves. By allowing patients to provide care for themselves, they develop a sense of confidence and can assist them in overcoming obstacles in care. Per Meleis (2012), “Orem’s theory is categorized as a theory whose primary focus provides a framework for assessing needs of clients and developing intervention in enhancing peoples’ abilities to manage daily care for themselves and their dependents, and conserve their energy, and

Introduction I am a 24-year-old Female who is working in the Pediatric Surgical Unit as a Registered Nurse at Hospital Authority. In the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM), I learned about genogram and ecomap, which capture the structures and connections between and around the family (Rempel, Neufeld & Kushner, 2007). Also, the stages of the family life cycle (Carter & McGoldrick, 1988) sketched out how family members emotionally react and interact with the transition to roles and responsibilities. In the Calgary Family Intervention Model (CFIM), I noted the power of using interventive questions to unfold problems and promote behavioral transformation.

Secondly, establishing a safe place for all family members, map out the boundaries, determine the hierarchy in the family structure, evaluate and assess the family role. Next, transform the structure by diminishing the signs/indicators identified in the assessment with intervention methods. The key concepts of structural family therapy are to include family Rules, sustain homeostasis, compose healthy relationships and principles, by examining the cover or overt rules that govern the family. Furthermore, instill the pattern/function within the family, to address challenges head-on without chaos and dysfunction, to join the family system and understand the symmetrical relationships, while recovery of an individual

Social workers in the geriatric or end-of-life care field are essential because they are crucial for elderly clients in helping them transition properly to the final stages of their lives. The training that each social worker receives and the resources that they provide are important in helping the clients and their families through the ending stages of life and provide diverse ranges of assistance. Role of The Social Worker in Helping Plan End-Of-Life Care The role of each social worker when helping clients plan for end-of-life care is to address the client and their family’s needs in areas of “counseling, religious and cultural resources, reassurance of patient care, and a plan of care” (McCormick, Curtis, Stowell-Weiss, Toms, & Engelberg,

Note how the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct might provide guidance. Evaluate the unique scholarly perspectives presented in your research to support your recommendations. Moir et. al (2015) express how nurses are skilled based on knowledge and education to communicate with patients and families about palliative care. They provide the information in a way that is understanding to the patient and family.