Alice Thompson, an 80-year-old woman, lives with her daughter and son-in-law. Sh

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Alice Thompson, an 80-year-old woman, lives with her daughter and son-in-law. She is beginning her second week as a daycare client in an LTC facility. She has been very quiet and withdrawn since her arrival. Today she responds to your interaction by stating, 'My daughter is not human." She asks you to promise to tell her daughter that she wants her Social Security check back. What would be your first verbal response to this client? Outline a planned intervention for Alice and her family Describe the function of life review.

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1. First response would be - "what makes you think like that?"

2.INTERVENTION PLAN-

Day1:Introductory session

Write about all good moments in life

Appreciate family members for positive points

Day2: Family therapy with family

Learn about what family wants

Accept mistakes done in past

Day3 : Life review therapy

Assign daily tasks to be done at home with family

Group activities- art and craft sessions , candle making. ,envelope making

Day4: Write about things learned

Write review about the sessions and counselling

3. LIFE REVIEW THERAPY: It is a therapy in which patient is told to recall all his life events and moments he /she have had in their life. The main function of this therapy is that it can help resolve unresolved difficult concerns one has had in past that may be causin discomfort in life.

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