Discussing a Treatment Plan
Discussing a Treatment Plan Sherry Ramos ResurreccionBSHS/405 September 21, 2015Lisa ObradovichDiscussing a Treatment Plan Once you meet your client, as a case manger you will be required to get to know the client and you will be able to learn what problems your client has and what assistance and needs they will need. As the case manger handling the case, your job will be to help and guide your client so that they will be able to achieve the goals that were set for the client. Case mangers purpose is to not only help the client with his or her needs but they will help the client determine their strengths and weaknesses. Once you have completed your assessment with your client you will plan a course of action for the individual care of service for your client. Jack is an 87-year-old widower who was diagnosed 7 years ago with dementia and early stages of Alzheimer’s. Jack’s case needs to be reevaluated because it will need to be determined if Jack is still able to care for himself, or if his family will need to hire a caregiver, or whether or not he should be moved to a residential living facility. Since Jack has dementia his mental ability is affecting his daily life because he is forgetting what medications he needs to take he get aggravated because he is unable to remember dates or remember where he put things.
The case manger will decide what services Jack will need to determine his mental ability, the case manger will need to give a provisional diagnosis at the initial meeting. After a provisional diagnosis, the case manger will require Jack to see a specialist that can help him determine where he is at with his disease. The first treatment plan is to have a Tentative Service plan, and then you would work with your Human service directory to determine what agencies will be able to help Jack with his dementia. As a case manger you will be able to place your client with a program that will be able to help Jack understand his disease and get information on what he can expect over time. Alzheimer’s does not have a cure, however learning the symptoms of dementia how seeking treatment can temporary slow the symptoms of dementia and can improve the quality of life for Jack and the people who are caring for Jack such as his family. The Goal Treatment is the last service the client will have, in this stage of the intake process is where the case manger will make the final decision on the services and referrals that the client/ individual will receive from the human service agency. When assessing the needs and wants of your client you will need to review the case and make a decision based on the material and information that was collected during the interview. The information that will help you with a determination on what the client needs is by asking such as what are the strengths and weakness of the person? What they expect or want from the interview? What services this person could use? What the major problems or presenting problems were (presenting problems are those that brought the person into the agency in the first place)? All of these questions will help the case manger develop a plan of action and treatment plan of services for there client.