A practitioner explains how she tackled the case of a 95-year-old women in failing health, who lived in squalor by choice with her family who obstructed attempts to assess her needs.
A practitioner explains how she tackled the case of a 95-year-old women in failing health, who lived in squalor by choice with her family who obstructed attempts to assess her needs.
Subject terms:
nursing homes, older people, placement, risk assessment, case studies;
The author looks at the case of a double amputee. Medics were convinced that residential care was the only option, but a hospital social worker was able to convince them that sheltered housing was a better option.
The author looks at the case of a double amputee. Medics were convinced that residential care was the only option, but a hospital social worker was able to convince them that sheltered housing was a better option.
An elderly man upset his neighbours and was repeatedly admitted to hosptial because he was not managing his own care. Health staff wanted him placed in a home but social workers thought otherwise. This article discusses the risk assessment.
An elderly man upset his neighbours and was repeatedly admitted to hosptial because he was not managing his own care. Health staff wanted him placed in a home but social workers thought otherwise. This article discusses the risk assessment.
Subject terms:
home care, older people, risk assessment, anti-social behaviour, case studies, dementia;
Discusses the risk assessment process for one social work practitioner who had to decide whether an older women with dementia and a serious skin condition could be cared for by her husband at home, or whether her needs would be best met by her being placed at a care home.
Discusses the risk assessment process for one social work practitioner who had to decide whether an older women with dementia and a serious skin condition could be cared for by her husband at home, or whether her needs would be best met by her being placed at a care home.
Subject terms:
home care, nursing homes, older people, risk, risk assessment, assessment, Alzheimers disease, carers, case studies, care homes, dementia;