Using the blank form in the Appendix C titled New Referral or Inquiry, develop a client intake
Question:
Using the blank form in the Appendix C titled “New Referral or Inquiry,” develop a client intake for an older person, a person over 80 years of age. In this case, a child or close friend or neighbor would be calling on behalf of the client. A doctor may have referred the caller to you, or the caller may have felt the client needed help and sought your services without a referral. Typical issues confronting frail, older adults are problems with self-care, independent living problems, untreated medical conditions, malnutrition, and depression and anxiety. In developing your client and your client’s problem, read the DSM 5 and look at books and articles on specific problems common to older people. Look at the chapter in the companion textbook, Fundamentals for Practice with High Risk Populations (Summers, 2002), for information on how your client and the concerned caller might be feeling and what issues or problems the caller might be facing when making the first call to your agency. Practice sending a verification letter to your hypothetical client.
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Fundamentals of Case Management Practice Skills for the Human Services
ISBN: 978-1305094765
5th edition
Authors: Nancy Summers