Genogram Project
The author of this report has been charged with doing a family assessment project. The largest part of this report shall be the genogram and ecogram. The personal version of these two diagrams as authored and put together by the author of this report are shown in the appendix. There will be some additional supporting and complementary information as well. This will include the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) and the Calgary Family Intervention Model. Both of those models will be discussed and reviewed in this report. Also worthy of mention will be the stages of the family life cycle. The rest of the report will be important information about the family members identified in the genogram. This information will include three generations of information, each family member being identified, the family relationship involved, the current age of the person (or age at death), the martial/relationship status of the person, the sex/sexual orientation of the person, the occupation of the person, the health status of the person, the health history of the person and interactional patterns that exist between the family members. While there are some health and marital continuity issues with the family in question for this report, the family does quite well despite the adversity and challenges that exist, in all their forms.
Literature Review
Calgary Family Assessment Model
The Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) is rather famous and ubiquitous. As one might expect given the other information and things covered in this paper, the model is all about cataloging and making diagrams out of the family, its history and what it has going on from an social and medical standpoint. As explained by Wright and Leahy, the Calgary Family Intervention Model is an extension of the CFAM. Beyond that, there are many in the medical and similar fields that assert that the changing climate of healthcare practice and delivery has necessitated shorter hospital stays and more support from family members. Unfortunately, not all people have the luxury of having a good family or similar support network. Even so, that is the direction that the medical and broader community is clearly heading. Regardless, there are three dimensions to the framework being discussed, those being structural, with the family. If done effectively, this can be done in fifteen minutes or less. In a nutshell, the model is about getting the required information but doing so in as little time possible while still being effective and to the point (Wright & Leahy, 2012).
To drill down a little more, there are some important parts of the Calgary model that cannot be ignored. First off, the general makeup and structure of the family has to be as fully known as possible. This includes traits and attributes such as race, ethnicity, country of origin, culture of origin, and the overall makeup of both the short-range and long-range family network in place. In some cases, there is not much to work with as some people become isolated for one reason or another. However, most people have at least a short-term safety net that they rely on or they at least know who they are related to and what health or other struggles they encountered. Other things that can matter a little to a great deal include income, social class, the part of town the people involved lived in, their genetic history in terms of health conditions (e.g. diabetes) and so forth. As noted by the assignment parameters, there are two basic parts of the developmental dimensions of the family and that would be the stages of the family life cycle and the tasks that each family member is responsible for. Generally, one or both of the parents (usually the male in many…
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