Unit9 P1
Unit 9 Task 1: P1, M1, D1
In this task I will be writing a case study about two different individuals who have different needs to one another, in order to complete an application for my second year to train as a social worker.
Michael is a 79 year old man who lives in a residential care home because he cannot look after himself as he has dementia and forgets to do things like feed himself, wash himself. He cannot go out to the shop or even go for a walk about because he cannot stable himself to walk properly and finds it hard to walk around without being in pain because of his arthritis. When he was younger he used to work in the metal works making all sorts of metal which was used for buildings, doors anything that had metal in them Michael has made in the metal works. Michael even used run to keep him health and fit he would even do cross country running. Michael is an atheist who doesn’t believe in anything and he still gets on with his life even though his friends believe in different religions such as Christian, Muslim. Michael’s family live almost 2 hours away which means they cannot go and see him as much as they would like to see him and because of that he feels really lonely and that he has no one to talk to. Michael has one younger brother who lives abroad so he doesn’t have a chance to see him unless he comes back to the UK for like 4 weeks every year and if he comes to see Michael.
Nancy is a 83 year old woman who lives in a residential care home because she arthritis, she has also broken her wrist which enables her to be able to wash herself properly, she also has bipolar disorder. Bipolar is also known as manic depression this condition can affect your mood which can swing from one extreme to the other. Nancy goes through a stage of depression every day after losing her husband 2 years ago and she thinks that she is worthless and that she cannot do anything right. Nancy is a Christian who follows the religion very carefully and listens to
In this task I will be writing a case study about two different individuals who have different needs to one another, in order to complete an application for my second year to train as a social worker.
Michael is a 79 year old man who lives in a residential care home because he cannot look after himself as he has dementia and forgets to do things like feed himself, wash himself. He cannot go out to the shop or even go for a walk about because he cannot stable himself to walk properly and finds it hard to walk around without being in pain because of his arthritis. When he was younger he used to work in the metal works making all sorts of metal which was used for buildings, doors anything that had metal in them Michael has made in the metal works. Michael even used run to keep him health and fit he would even do cross country running. Michael is an atheist who doesn’t believe in anything and he still gets on with his life even though his friends believe in different religions such as Christian, Muslim. Michael’s family live almost 2 hours away which means they cannot go and see him as much as they would like to see him and because of that he feels really lonely and that he has no one to talk to. Michael has one younger brother who lives abroad so he doesn’t have a chance to see him unless he comes back to the UK for like 4 weeks every year and if he comes to see Michael.
Nancy is a 83 year old woman who lives in a residential care home because she arthritis, she has also broken her wrist which enables her to be able to wash herself properly, she also has bipolar disorder. Bipolar is also known as manic depression this condition can affect your mood which can swing from one extreme to the other. Nancy goes through a stage of depression every day after losing her husband 2 years ago and she thinks that she is worthless and that she cannot do anything right. Nancy is a Christian who follows the religion very carefully and listens to