Mr. Lyles: A Summary

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ALLEGATION
R/s Alfred Lyles has high blood pressure, epilepsy, and prostate cancer. R/s Mr. Lyles can’t walk any more unless someone holds him up. R/s Mr. Lyles’s new wife, Teresa is giving him unprescribed medicine to slow him down. R/s about six months ago, Teresa pushed Mr. Lyles off of the piano and he cracked his hip. R/s Teresa moved her boyfriend into Mr. Lyles’s house. R/s Teresa and her boyfriend smoke crack and they are taking Mr. Lyles’s money to buy it and drinks. R/s the home is filthy and they have roaches. R/s the cats and dogs are urinating in the home. R/s Teresa gets Mr. Lyles drunk to make vulnerable to do things. R/s Mr. Lyles can’t bathe and dress himself. R/s Mr. Lyles wears diapers because he is incontinent. R/s within the last four months Mr. Lyles’s health had declined. R/s Teresa beats on Mr. Lyles and her boyfriend. …show more content…
Lyles. R/s he takes his father food and he bathes and dresses his father. R/s several times in the past he had to pick his father off the floor. R/s Teresa runs with her friend Elaine.

CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS
Alfred Lyles is a black male, born on 08/11/1942. He has high blood pressure, epilepsy, and prostate cancer. He can’t walk any more unless someone holds him up.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
The home address is 3650 Walnut Grove Road in Roebuck, SC 29376, telephone

CARETAKER CHARACTERISTICS
Wife-Teresa **Brown**Lyles is a black female, 40s 01/07
Teresa’s boyfriend-C-Wide

SOCIAL/ECONOMICAL FACTORS
Mr. Lyles receives social security.
Teresa and C-Wide smoke and drink Mr. Lyles’s money

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