Grandma Influenza Case Study

From the case study, it is indicated that the boy’s grandmother had travelled to Asia from 19th to 24th October of that year. In her trip, she was accompanied by five members of the Memphis’ Missionary Baptist Churches. The symptoms of Influenza was identified on the boy on boy in November compelling the grandmother to seek medical attention at a nearby urgent care clinic. Taking into consideration the fact that the boy’s grandmother and a couple of other church members travelled to Asia, the possible origin of the influenza outbreak experienced in Southeast Memphis could be Asia. It appears that the boy’s grandmother and her church members contracted influenza during their trip in Asia. Research has shown that influenza may be asymptomatic among some people (Bridges et al, 10); in this perspective, it appears that the boy’s grandmother and her church members, who are probably also living with their grandchildren or have contact with their grandchildren contracted influenza virus in Asia during their trip and …show more content…
Additionally, she is a full-time employee at a local medical center where she is acting as a medical coder. In this regard, the boy spends five days of the week at an after-school care center; this could basically mean that the grandmother does not have adequate time to attend to all needs of her grandchild, including determining whether he has been given all the necessary vaccinations. That is, during the week, she spends her entire time at work and during the weekend, she is busy at the church or attending to church duties. The trend of a high level of commitment to socio-economic activities among elderly people has been indicated as the major reasons why they may not provide appropriate care to the children they are supposed to offer parental guidance (Joslin, and Anne,