mental health of Catherine.
According to Hannaford (2019), this approach will positively improve the mental health of Catherine. Besides, I would suggest that Maryanne seek community support that promotes the health and wellbeing of older adults to help her mother to avoid being lonely and over-dependent on her daughter. This approach will also lead to positive family support towards giving compassionate and informed care to help the client to maintain her independence.
Additional Information about the Client that May Impact the Clinical Outcomes
Some of the factors that may affect the clinical outcomes for this case include frailty and multimorbidity (Arslanoglou, 2019). These factors are known to affect the quality of life of older adults and lead to adverse clinical outcomes. These factors may also impact the ability of the caregiver to offer help to the patient. Also, any underlying chronic illness may lead to an adverse clinical outcome (Hannaford, 2019). In this case, Catherine does not have any underlying chronic illness. She only has a history of dementia that keeps relapsing. In this case, therefore, the critical interventions to attain an optimum health outcome for Catherine could be through improved communication between the therapists, her daughter, and the client across the continuum of care.
References
Arslanoglou, E., Banerjee, S., Pantelides, J., Evans, L., & Kiosses, D. N. (2019). Negative emotions and the course of depression during psychotherapy in suicidal older adults with depression and cognitive impairment. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27(12), 1287-1295.
Graham, J. (2013, January 2). Aging adults face universal issues of access to care, poverty, discrimination. Retrieved from http://healthjournalism.org/blog/2013/01/aging-adults-face-universal-issues-of-access-to-care-poverty-discrimination
Hannaford, S., Shaw, R., & Walker, R. (2019). Older Adults’ Perceptions of Psychotherapy: What Is It and Who Is Responsible?. Australian Psychologist, 54(1), 37-45.
