Question

Family Assignment Case Study: How Today’s Demographics Affect Family Health Janelle is a 42-year-old grandmother currently parenting her 4-year-old grandson, Jacob. Janelle has been divorced for 7 years from her physically and emotionally abusive husband. Her 20-year-old daughter, Danielle, lost custody of her son after an incidence of domestic violence where her live-in partner threatened her with a gun. Jacob witnessed this episode, and the Child Welfare Services learned that Jacob was a witness to numerous occasions of violence, including his mother’s partner hitting, kicking, strangling, and threatening his mother, resulting in two emergency department visits. The court determined that Danielle could not adequately protect her son from danger. She asked her mother to care for her son until she could obtain needed counseling, alcohol abuse treatment, and job training. Janelle agreed to parent her grandson. She feels partially responsible for her daughter’s difficulties, because her daughter suffers from attention-deficit disorder (ADD) and a learning disability that affected her academic success and peer relationships. She was also very upset during the divorce of her parents and witnessed physical abuse of her mother by her father. She dropped out of high school at age 15 and drifted from partner to partner, experimenting with drugs and violence. She became pregnant at 16, and her mother kicked her out at that point, hoping her actions would result in Danielle reevaluating her life and resuming school and sobriety. The result was the opposite. Janelle watched her daughter choose dangerous men to live with, and her struggle with alcohol and drugs increased. Danielle is finally receiving the counseling and job training she needs but at the expense of her son suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, with symptoms of poor attention, anxiety with sleep disturbances, and difficulty stabilizing emotions. His grandmother obtains training and support through the Child Welfare Services caseworker. 1. Why is this family at risk for poverty? 2. What other economic trends may affect this family? 3. What are two nursing interventions that may help change risk factors for this family?

Answer 1

1, Jenelle characterized by drug and alcohol abuse and Janelle suffer from attention-deficit disorder and learning disability due to her abusive husband. domestic violence made her son lost custody. no permanent place for her to continue the job due to violence. It affected her academic success and peer relationship. she dropped out of high school at age and got pregnant at the age of 16, it made her life reevaluating. this rik factors made this family under the poverty line.
2, Janelle's low learning ability made her avoid to get the job, and her stress situation due to lack of family support for her made the situation worst and Jenelle worries about her son suffering from post-traumatic stress illness and her abusive behavior made low economic conditions for this family.
3, -Strengthen individual coping skills to involve in rehabilitation programs for drug and alcohol addiction prevention.
-cognitive behavioral therapy provides challenging for engagement, goal settings, and therapy and counseling continuation.
-Enhance family support for her to reduce drug addiction and learning and job training.