A professional is asked to provide improvement on services at an agency dealing with issues, that they feel like certain clients with serious issues are “falling through the cracks”, when they are being referred to other community agencies that offer services that support the client’s needs. As a consultant, we will look at serving elderly individuals who are socially isolated and depressed and see how to improve services to help them get the right care, by helping the agency resolve the issue and possibly prevent an issue with the client.
Serving elderly individuals who are socially isolated and depressed As individuals get older, they experience health issues and stress. Some elderly people may have a difficult time transitioning to retirement …show more content…
They provide different services like for example, personal care, it is when someone comes to the house and provide services that allow an individual to remain in the comforts of their own home (COA, n.d.). Another example is meal services, it is when a volunteer delivers food to an individual like meals on wheels, or they can have lunch at one of the designated COA Neighborhood Dinning Sites (COA, n.d.). They offer many other services for the elderly so they can maintain their independence and overcome different obstacles. Coordinated care is when an individual or group organize a patient care activities as well as share information among all the professionals that will be dealing with the patient’s care to make it more effective (AHRQ, n.d.). There are many services offered to the elderly that is dealing with socially being isolated or depress. They are inpatient services, that if the person is going to harm themselves or others, they will need 24-hour care that includes care from a team of nurses, counselors, psychiatrist, and social workers (Erford, 2014). Residential treatment is a client living in a structured living, that is struggling with mental health issues and being dependent (Erford, 2014). And lastly, outpatient services is the client has biweekly or weekly one hour sessions with a counselor in an outpatient setting, if outpatient services did not work, a referral for intensive outpatient services are needed that handles more intensive treatment that regular outpatient could not handle (Erford,
Serving elderly individuals who are socially isolated and depressed As individuals get older, they experience health issues and stress. Some elderly people may have a difficult time transitioning to retirement …show more content…
They provide different services like for example, personal care, it is when someone comes to the house and provide services that allow an individual to remain in the comforts of their own home (COA, n.d.). Another example is meal services, it is when a volunteer delivers food to an individual like meals on wheels, or they can have lunch at one of the designated COA Neighborhood Dinning Sites (COA, n.d.). They offer many other services for the elderly so they can maintain their independence and overcome different obstacles. Coordinated care is when an individual or group organize a patient care activities as well as share information among all the professionals that will be dealing with the patient’s care to make it more effective (AHRQ, n.d.). There are many services offered to the elderly that is dealing with socially being isolated or depress. They are inpatient services, that if the person is going to harm themselves or others, they will need 24-hour care that includes care from a team of nurses, counselors, psychiatrist, and social workers (Erford, 2014). Residential treatment is a client living in a structured living, that is struggling with mental health issues and being dependent (Erford, 2014). And lastly, outpatient services is the client has biweekly or weekly one hour sessions with a counselor in an outpatient setting, if outpatient services did not work, a referral for intensive outpatient services are needed that handles more intensive treatment that regular outpatient could not handle (Erford,