Aging and Elderly Services

MHC 500 Week Four Assignment Template

Instructions: Complete this template and submit it for grading and feedback. You must address the areas identified in the Week Four Assignment that are listed below.

Week Four Resource List and Rationale: Use information from the case study in this week’s discussion to help inform your decisions. For each population listed below, you must briefly identify and describe the theory or model used to guide your decisions in this case, list the services/resources you have chosen, and provide a brief rationale for each. Your rationale should include the ethics and laws of your state. You must also identify your role as a counselor when providing these resources to your client(s) in the rationale.

Aging and Elderly Services/Resources for:

1. Inpatient

a. [Insert the theory and model used]

b. [Insert resource name and contact information here]

c. [Insert resource rationale]

2. Partial Hospitalization

a. [Insert the theory and model used]

b. [Insert resource name and contact information here]

c. [Insert resource rationale]

3. Outpatient

a. [Insert the theory and model used]

b. [Insert resource name and contact information here]

c. [Insert resource rationale]

Case Study

Sarah is a 71-year-old African American female. She is a retired registered nurse and identifies that she started working in the medical field when she was 15 years old as a nurse’s aide. She retired when she turned 68 and admits that it has been a struggle because she does not like “just sitting around the house.” For the past two years, she has worked part-time as a private sitter for a family who has an ailing family member. She describes it as “pretty easy work; I just go in and sit with them, make sure they get their lunch until their kids get home in the evening to take over. It’s only two or three times each week.” She says that taking on this position has helped with her depression because it gets her out of the house. Recently, Sarah was diagnosed with her own health issues. During her last physical, her doctor noticed a lump under one of her arms, and it was identified as cancer. Sarah states that she is going to start chemotherapy, and that she does not want to give up her part-time job. She is worried about her health and how going through chemotherapy might affect her depression. She is worried about the extent of the cancer and is not sure what her prognosis will be yet.