Human Resource: Psychosocial Assessment
A psychosocial assessment analyzes a persons social and mental abilities that contribute to his well-being. It ascertains whether an individual has the required abilities to function well in society and whether he needs help to gain optimal health goals. This paper aims at providing psychosocial assessment results for an individual I know. Based on my field placement in human service, I would like to select one of my family members to conduct an interview and complete a psychosocial assessment. My grandfather is one of those people who have disabilities, which means his one leg does not work, and he is in a wheelchair most of the time.
The interviews overall experience and general impressions of my grandfather indicated satisfaction with his life. He considered one of his biggest contents that his family did not abandon him to a nursing home. He had his loved ones around him who took good care of him. Although he sometimes felt alone when his son and family went out to have family time, and due to grandfathers disability, he could not join them as a normal individual.
He found his disability a barrier that kept him from fully mingling with his family. It was also because he thought he would be a burden on them, even in their family time when they would have to help him and take care rather than entirely enjoying on their own. He preferred to stay at home rather than being a source of worry for them in their leisure time. This was only when he felt alone as the grandmother is also not present, the basic source of support and a life partner at the elderly.
Research has suggested that having a life partner or spouse increases the mental well-being of older adults, and they enjoy life better, contributing to a higher quality of life (Wright & Brown, 2017). It is even interesting to note in studies that women do not exhibit more depressive symptoms in such times of loneliness as they remain engaged in other home activities. At the same time, men are more affected by this...
…and the next Sunday, they invite a friend over to keep him company. Since technology has infiltrated our lives more than we had expected a few years back, grandfather could be involved in educational groups with the help of online meetings, such as library discussion groups, if he has an interest in political or historical books, for instance.My thoughts and ideas about the overall impression of the interview and assessment are that the interventions meant to alleviate social isolation for the elderly have a different impact for different individuals, based on whether they are individually targeted or for groups, and whether what type of social group or ethnicity they are aimed at.
Since we are an American family, the intervention for keeping the disabled, older adults engaged is not a problem. This is also because we belong to a financially well-off family and have access to a sound healthcare system as compared to African American families in our country who are said to have barriers to appropriate mental healthcare for the elderly and disabled individuals, also due…
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Fakoya, O.A., McCorry, N. K. & Donnelly, M. (2020). Loneliness and social isolation interventions for older adults: A scoping review of reviews. BMC Public Health, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8251-6
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Wright, M. R., & Brown, S. L. (2017). Psychological well-being among older adults: The role of partnership status. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 79(3), 833–849. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12375
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