Order Description

Jack is 75 years of age and lives by himself in suburban Sydney. Jack has prided himself on being independent ever since his wife Marjorie passed away 4 years ago. Jack has two adult children, Jason 47 and Katie 45. Jason moved to Melbourne some 15 years ago and only sees Jack once or twice per year and Katie lives on the other side of the city, but calls in to see Jack with her family as often as she can, usually once a fortnight.
Two months ago Jack had a fall which left him with major problems with his left arm and knee and a loss of confidence. Katie, in one of her recent visits, became concerned that Jack had let the place go and was not attending to his personal needs as he normally did and was rarely leaving the house. Based on this Katie’s husband, Scott made contact with Jack’s local Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT).
Module 1 Questions
You, as a member of this ACAT have been asked to assess Jack’s case.
Please answer the following questions:
1. In your opinion, based on the facts, would Jack qualify for government assistance? If so under what scheme(s) would he qualify for services?
2. Under this particular scheme or schemes, which services would be most appropriate for Jack? Please justify your response
3. How much would Jack need to contribute financially to this scheme? Please justify your response
4. What additional information would be useful to determine Jack’s needs and potential contributions? Please justify your response

Module 2 Case Study
Kylie is a 34 year old woman who is married to John 37. Prior to her spinal cord injury 3 years ago (which left her with some good functioning and strength in both arms) from a motor vehicle accident was working in the retail industry. Kylie did not have an overly active social life prior to her injury but had a few close friends that she saw relatively regularly and spent a lot of time with John who is a very devoted husband. Kylie also liked to keep physically fit. She was also a keen tennis player and played regularly and some ‘cardio tennis’. Since her discharge from rehabilitation she spends most days home alone and occasionally ventures out to the local hotel where she will spend a few hours on the poker machines. She has no current plans of returning to work and believes given ‘she is not the person she was before’ that she will not be able to return to previous activities.

Module 2 Questions
Using material covered in this module (including core references and reports) please answer the following questions.
1. In answering these questions, what further information you might like to have about Kylie?

2. What psychosocial and environmental factors do you believe have contributed most to her poor outcomes? Please justify your answer

3. Assume that Kylie had been treated under a model of service delivery like the Queensland Spinal Cord Injury Services model of care. At which service delivery point(s) do you think these factors (and any other major contributors to her poor outcome) ought to have been addressed? In what ways would you recommend these issues be addressed and by whom?