While reading Magda’s case I was able to assess her biopsychosocial needs and came across many presenting issues. According to Christ & Diwan’s (2008), there are seven domains that social workers should address in order to fully assess an older client’s needs. In relation to Magda’s case, this is what I assessed in correlation to the seven domains:
Physical Well-being and health:
Magda’s physical well-being and health were declining, as she fell and broke her hip alongside her age that could bring other health issues that were not identified, but one could speculate.
Psychological well-being and mental health:
Magda was recently diagnosed with Dementia. Although no other psychological and mental issues were presented in the case study, one …show more content…
Given her age and presenting information, one can assume that she may be having a difficult time processing information, which can affect many aspects of life, such as her driving and other ADLs.
Ability to perform various ADLs:
Magda’s ability to perform ADLs were decreasing, as she was unable to cook, drive, shop, clean the house and pick up her medications. This can be a combination of her old age and the fact that she broke her hip, which can correlate with the fact that her physical and mental well-being is in question.
Social functioning:
Given that Magda was unable to drive and her well-being was declining, she was unable to socialize as she once did. She is unable to attend church, as well as attending the family dinners at Helen’s house. “Satisfaction with one’s social support is more strongly related to psychological well-being than are objective indicators of social functioning, such as frequency of social contact.” (Krause, 1995). Based off what the case study presented, Magda did not have friends her age that she could socialize with other than those at church. Helen did visit her from time to time, and her grandson moved in with her, although she did not seem to stay home much, and left Magda home alone throughout the
Physical Well-being and health:
Magda’s physical well-being and health were declining, as she fell and broke her hip alongside her age that could bring other health issues that were not identified, but one could speculate.
Psychological well-being and mental health:
Magda was recently diagnosed with Dementia. Although no other psychological and mental issues were presented in the case study, one …show more content…
Given her age and presenting information, one can assume that she may be having a difficult time processing information, which can affect many aspects of life, such as her driving and other ADLs.
Ability to perform various ADLs:
Magda’s ability to perform ADLs were decreasing, as she was unable to cook, drive, shop, clean the house and pick up her medications. This can be a combination of her old age and the fact that she broke her hip, which can correlate with the fact that her physical and mental well-being is in question.
Social functioning:
Given that Magda was unable to drive and her well-being was declining, she was unable to socialize as she once did. She is unable to attend church, as well as attending the family dinners at Helen’s house. “Satisfaction with one’s social support is more strongly related to psychological well-being than are objective indicators of social functioning, such as frequency of social contact.” (Krause, 1995). Based off what the case study presented, Magda did not have friends her age that she could socialize with other than those at church. Helen did visit her from time to time, and her grandson moved in with her, although she did not seem to stay home much, and left Magda home alone throughout the