Ethical Issues In Home Care
The problem that I will be focusing on is services for people who are suffering from a debilitating disease like house cleaning and meal prep for the patient and their family. Many clients are unable to tend to the daily chores like house work due to the treatments received for their disease. This issue causes the patient to be stressed and feeling depressed because they are unable to attend to the needs of the home. The children also feel that their environment has changed lack of normalcy. This has caused problem for the family’s well-being. This is a complex problem and one that exists within the community and the organization. The organization I work for does not have any available resource to assist my client’s needs. I received feedback from other colleges in the agency and all have struggle with this dilemma. The organization lacks the services, programs, and resources to help the community struggling with such a problem.
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In my assessment she disclosed that she was suffering from cancer and has been extremely weak after treatment. So weak that she is unable to keep up with the house work and meals for the kids. She expressed interest in having someone come and help her with cleaning and meals but is on a fixed income and at time barely pay for food. In researching with the agency there are no available services for this specific need. I also get feedback for coworkers and discover that there are a number of clients with the same issue and no services to help. I know that this is a complex problem and know that services are needed at a larger system level. The challenge here would be to get other organizations involved or even administration to route some funding toward program to help my
In my assessment she disclosed that she was suffering from cancer and has been extremely weak after treatment. So weak that she is unable to keep up with the house work and meals for the kids. She expressed interest in having someone come and help her with cleaning and meals but is on a fixed income and at time barely pay for food. In researching with the agency there are no available services for this specific need. I also get feedback for coworkers and discover that there are a number of clients with the same issue and no services to help. I know that this is a complex problem and know that services are needed at a larger system level. The challenge here would be to get other organizations involved or even administration to route some funding toward program to help my