Case Scenario 1: REFERRAL TO ALLIED HEALTH ASSISTANT
REFERRING THERAPIST: Alison Thiel (OT)
CLIENT NAME: Mrs Jones
D.O.B.: 01.01.1925
UR NUMBER: 123456
DIAGNOSIS: Rheumatoid arthritis
SOCIAL SITUATION: Lives alone. Supportive daughter lives nearby.
REASON FOR REFERRAL: Difficulty cutting food and using utensils.
1. Would you like any further information? If so, what do you want to know and how would you go about getting more information?
2. Provide a brief outline of the medical condition your client has?
3. How is this medical condition likely to affect the function of your client? Consider Mobility, transfers, PADL, DADL, CADL, social, roles.
4. Without knowing yet about other medical co-morbidities, what are the clients functional strengths likely to be?
5. What resources/equipment would you need to prepare prior to seeing your client? (min 4)
6. What other preparation would be required once you received the referral?
7. Where would you hold your session/s and why?
8. Upon meeting your client/career for the first time, what do you want to discuss prior to commencing your intervention?
9. What would your intervention involve? What are you going to do with your client to help them regain function in the area identified in the referral?
10. What strategies are you going to use to assist with supporting, motivating and encouraging clients and careers?
11. How would you evaluate the client's progress or ability to ensure that they were continuing to improve their function, or determine if they have deteriorated?
30 words for each answer, total of 350 words only.