Assignment 6
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CASE MANAGEMENT 6
Case management
Linda Dotson
Walden University
Case Management
Cate is a 19-year-old girl, who lives with his mother, Taylor, and step-father, David in Detroit. Cate’s mother, Taylor works three jobs to be able to pay all the bills including her daughter’s school fees. Her husband, David is a jobless drunkard who is often violent and rude. He has been sexually assaulting Cate. Due to the absence of her mother, Cate could not get to her concerning the issue and thus she found comfort in drugs. As a result, Cate’s performance deteriorated and pushed her peers away by being a loner. Some of the challenges Cate suffers on a daily basis include parent (mother) absenteeism, lack of basic needs due to the limited resources, as well as psychological trauma (Penzenstadler, Machado, Thorens, Zullino, & Khazaal, 2017).
The case Management;
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Clients’ name: Cate Age: 19-years-old Gender: Female |
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Cate has two major problems. One is the fact that her stepfather is taking advantage of her sexually and the second problem is her constant use of illegal substances. |
To aid her to heal, some treatment strategies could be implemented. Such include basic education on the dangers of substance abuse. Counseling could also assist in this matter as well as sexual harassment by her stepfather. Encouraging cate to participate in extra-curricular activities could help keep her mind engaged thus no thoughts of using drugs. Attending seminars in relation to sexual harassment and joining support groups could also be of help (Joo, & Huber, 2015). |
-Establish a stronger relationship with her mother and opening up to her in relation to being sexually harassed by her stepfather. -Improve her academic performance. -Get to forgive her stepfather. -Engage in physical activities and interact more with peers. |
Upon the achievement of these goals, Cate will find peace with herself as well as persons around her. She will be able to interact with her peers and also improve her academic performance. |
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Clients’ name: Taylor Age: 39-years-old Gender: Female |
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Taylor is a busy woman who hardly has time to spend with her daughter. The key problem is her absenteeism in her daughter’s life. |
A strategy that could be implemented is the formulation of activities that Taylor could use to spend more time with Cate such as swimming. This way, Taylor will be able to get to know Cate a little bit more. |
-Improve her relationship with her daughter. -Creating time to interact with Cate -Being Cate’s confidant. |
Achieving these set goals, Taylor’s relationship with Cate will gradually improve. Also, she would be in a better position to notice any changes in relation to her daughter. Taylor would also help her daughter in the process of healing from the trauma. |
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Clients’ name: David Age: 38-years-old Gender: Male |
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David is a drunkard who sexually assaults his step-daughter. |
David requires rehabilitation for the over-use of alcohol. Legal action ought to be taken for sexually harassing Cate (Penzenstadler et al., 2017). David could also join forums that will educate him on matters relating to businesses and gaining self-employment. |
-Quit abusing alcohol. -Face the legal punishment allocated to him. -Seek forgiveness from both Cate and Taylor. -Find a job or start up a business. |
After achieving these goals, David would be able to find a job and repair his relationship with his stepdaughter. |
The case management plan, generally describes how the issue at hand should be handled to achieve the optimum best results. Joining support groups, such as Alcohol Anonymous for David, will aid in accomplishing the set goals for all the clients. Also, social relations and interaction will be of help to the clients, through which Cate will be able to interact with her peers as well as her mother, David will openly speak of his alcohol addiction and gain support from both friends and family. Maintaining a commitment towards the set goals will generally improve the quality of life of the clients (Joo, & Huber, 2015).
References
Joo, J. Y., & Huber, D. L. (2015). Community‐based case management effectiveness in populations that abuse substances. International nursing review, 62(4), 536-546.
Penzenstadler, L., Machado, A., Thorens, G., Zullino, D., & Khazaal, Y. (2017). Effect of case management interventions for patients with substance use disorders: a systematic review. Frontiers in psychiatry, 8, 51.
