Case Study: Peter is 74 and has Parkinson’s disease. He resides in his own home
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Question
Case Study:
Peter is 74 and has Parkinson’s disease. He resides in his own home in the community. When the support worker arrives, she finds that Peter has left all his washing in the basket in the laundry. When the worker asks Peter why he hasn’t hung out the washing, he tells her that he can’t lift the sheets and towels onto the clothes line because they are too heavy.
What are the possible reasons for why Peter is unable to lift the sheets and towels?
How could the worker promote and encourage Peter to hang out his washing? What approach to support would the worker use and how does this contribute to a healthy lifestyle?
How would supporting Peter to hang out his washing promote self-esteem and confidence?
Explanation / Answer
Parkinson's is a disease of central nervous system characterised by the tremor, rigidity and bradykinesia. It is overall about your muscle movement. Here Peter is a patient of this disease and due towhich he is unable to perform his task. He can't lift his towel and sheet because of rigidity of muscle. Here patient can't performed the two activity simultaneously.
Worker must promote Peter by providing support like chairs stools or some other support materials like sticks. She must encourage patient to do activity slowely irrespective of time but don't hurry burry in the activity that may result in emotional stress and tension.
Here healthy lifestyle means how patient respond to the overall treatment. Our moto here is that patient performed his daily activity without involvement of third person. Whatever support we provide him is acts as new light in his life but we recommend him not to depend on support , carry out activity on your own.
If we see his history , he is very old and alone person and in that he is suffered from major disease which give him lot of tension and stress to performed daily task.
Here we support him is nothing but the ethical also because we are raising confidence in such patient who loose hope for life and who want nothing more than that.
It is the self respect also because whenever we are giving such treatment out image become more firm and well compare to others.