Clara Case Study

Clara Case Study 1
CLARA CASE STUDY
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Clara Case Study 2
CLARA CASE STUDY
Characteristics of the Individuals
The people in this case study include Clara who is a 54-year-old woman. She is
impoverished with low social status and cannot afford enough food or public transport due to
low income, poor working conditions, and lack of reasonable employment. She is unschooled
enough because of the death of her parents which forced her to live with her illiterate aunt at a
tender age making her drop out and get married to John at teens. Clara worked in grocery and
retail position while her kids were little, but has been forced to leave the work as the money is
small and cannot even offer her basic needs. She has to save money to go see her daughter at the
expense of healthy eating, but still find public transport prohibitive. John is also in the case
study, as a husband to Clara. John has a depression following her head injury that went untreated
because he was embarrassed to report the issue to his casual employer. John and Clara married
only for a few years and they separated. John cannot help Clara financially as the mine is closed
and has failed secure consistent employment thereafter leaving all the responsibilities to Clara
who even helps him during crisis despite their separation. They have two kids Annie and Robbie
who are equally unschooled and did not do well in school. Both Annie and Robbie have moved
to the City in search employment but cannot land any reasonable work due to their low literacy
levels and are subjected to deplorable living conditions. Annie lives with her boyfriend, Josh, in
the city in a tiny room apartment and she is pregnant with gestational diabetes. Josh works and
goes to school in the evening, but get very little to keep his wife and even worried how they
would pay rent when the baby arrives and also cater for their baby.
Social Determinants and Description
Income and social status

Clara Case Study 3
Income and social status of the people, in this case, are very low. Despite working in
the grocery and retail positions, Clara would find it increasingly hard staying employed as
money also kept becoming tighter. This makes her life hard to even save to pay for public
transport to go to the city and help her daughter. She is forced to save money every month but is
forced to eat toast for her evening meals.
Employment and working conditions
The people in this case study lack employment and work in poor working conditions.
Clara’s children went looking for employment in the city. Josh, Annie’s boyfriend is forced to
work to make ends meet but get very little and cannot afford to pay rent in the tiny one-room
apartment as their baby arrives. Clara’s husband, John only worked in in the mine and struggled
to get consistent employment following the closure of the mine which made him unable to cater
for Clara. John’s working condition was poor as he sustained a head injury working as a casual
employee leading to depression. Clara had no challenges in getting employed when her children
were still little. She worked in grocery and retail positions around her town.
Education and literacy
This is evident throughout the case. Starting with Clara, she did struggle in school and
this leads to her poor health as she cannot feed herself. Clara’ aunt never knew how to read and
was illiterate making her led a poor life. Clara’s children never did well in school and this makes
them live in deplorable conditions in the city. Her son, Robbie finished only Grade 12.
Childhood experience
Clara’s childhood experience is demonstrated in the case study. She struggled while
young following the death of her parents. The death of Clara’s father forces her to stay with her