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This 11 page paper presents a psychosocial assessment of an 88-year=-old stroke patient. The writer explains why this patient was selected for the study, the social history of the patient, diagnostic summary, intervention plan, the writer's role in the case and the writer's personal reactions to it. The writer is the social worker. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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over the age of 55 will nearly double from 60 million to 107.6 million and the number of persons over the age of 65 will more than double from 34.8
million to 70.3 million (Experience Corps, 2005). By 2030, the over 65 age group will account for 20 percent of the entire population. The over-75 age group increased from 13
million in 1990 to 17.5 million in 2003 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2005). The reason for presented these demographics regarding age is because they illustrate the need for an expansion
of services for the elderly in this country. Geriatrics, in other words, is becoming an ever-increasing segment in health care services. This particular patient and family were selected because the
patient is illustrative of the devastation of multiple strokes on the individual. The patient is Eleanor, currently age 88, who has always been a vital, very active person. She did
not enter the workforce full-time until her children were in high school. She had no training but was able to secure a job at a telephone company in the mid-1950s
and through a series of events retired from a major multinational corporation in the late 1970s. Eleanor suffered her first stroke, TIA, in the fall of 2001. It was
serious enough to keep her in the ICU unit for three days. Still, it did not take long for Eleanor to resume her activities at very nearly the same pace
as prior to the stroke. Over the next three years, Eleanor suffered 7 more TIAs. With each stroke, Eleanor became a bit slower and evidences of the strokes began to
appear. The last one, in March 2004, affected the left side of her face and throat and left permanent disabilities with her speech and balance. She sometimes has difficulties
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