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Methods of Gathering Further Information

   

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GROUP WORK PROJECT

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Hypothetical occupational challenges.........................................................................................1Areas of further information required.........................................................................................2Methods of gathering further information...................................................................................3Synthesized hypothetical information, hypothetical assessment findings and assumptionsmade............................................................................................................................................3Group approaches and related intervention strategies identified and rationale for selectionprovided.......................................................................................................................................4Short-term goals and objectives..................................................................................................5Full program overview................................................................................................................5Evaluation strategy......................................................................................................................6Session 1......................................................................................................................................6Session 2......................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTIONTraumatic brain injury can be understood as when an external force hurt the human brain.This injury can severely impact an individual and may lead to permanent or temporaryimpairment in them. A person suffering from TBI faces many problems related to their livingskills, it hampers their occupational growth. Traumatic Brain injury prevalence in youth variedbetween 12 to 82%. It severely impacts their daily activities and causes a negative changes intheir personality which affects occupational life of youth (Wilson et.al. (2017). The symptomsseen in this disorder are fatigue and isolation. In order to cure this disorder operational therapycan be used. It supports patients in connecting to the social activities that assists them inpreventing feeling of loneliness. The group work project aims to structure strategies toovercome TBI. MAIN BODYHypothetical occupational challengesMeaning of living independentlyPatients suffering from TBI faces various occupational challenges such as for job purposethey might have to live independently. It means that individuals have the ability to identifyalternatives and make the decision of their life on their own and same as the non disabled person.Importance of meal preparation trainingLiving alone means they have to prepare their own meal which can be quiet difficult foryouth. Meal preparation training will assist young adults in saving money which they spend onfood and also they can have healthy diet prepared by their own (White et.al. (2016). Providetraining to acquired brain injury youth can assists them in taking interests in activities likecooking that can enhance there health outcomes. Therapists can assists patients in using variousstrategies or tools while cooking. Like for example they can use modified and simplified recipes,unharmful utensils in order to reduce risk or harm. Fatigue and memory loss difficultiesFatigue and memory loss decreases independently in youth as it reduces physicalperformances of an individual and causes problems like low concentration and job performance.Suffering from fatigue can make an individual anxious or depressed. Also, they can suffer frominsomnia that can lower there efficiency and output in working. This disorder can make anindividual feel tired and make them ineffective to do any task. It makes a person feel like they1

have a lack of energy, stressed and depressed. It mainly arises due to insufficient sleep or mentalillness. All these signs and symptoms reduces independently of youth. Loneliness and social isolation impactYouth suffering from TBI have a difficulty in interacting with others which causes socialisolation and loneliness (Turkstra & Politis (2017). It causes poorer health in youth and higher smortality rate. Social isolation increases further risk of various other diseases such ascardiovascular, hypertension and many more. It raises inflammation in a human body and reducethere amount of sleep. This can penetrate the working of youth brain. Not connecting sociallywith other people can lead to loneliness, lower self esteem and confidence. This also hampersyouth occupational life which makes them more depress. Fatigue reduces young adults quality oflife. Areas of further information requiredAttention: Information related to youth suffering from TBI can be collected by observingtheir cognitive skills. Nurses needs to analyse if patient is going through issues relating tolanguage and interaction. Difficulty in learning and recognising new things. Information processing: Health-care professionals needs to identify if patient is able toprocess information and is creating a meaning from them. They need to analyse are service usersattentive while listening. Memory skills: Nurses needs to examine if patient is able to recognise names of able ordaily routine tasks performed by them. Are users able to retain information for longer or shorterduration.Perception: Information can be collected on basis of perception of youth suffering fromTBI. Nurses can record perception of individuals by analysing if they are able to convert visual,au-dial facts into meaningful information. Meta cognition: Nurses can gather data through observing if patient is aware aboutabilities and deficits they are facing. It is related to awareness of moments while been involvedin cognitive tasks. Executive functions: Information can be collected by observing the behaviour andpersonality changes in youth (Skolnick et.al. (2014). It can be gathered through measuring theirfatigue and psycho level. Like for example if individual is able to recognise things whilelistening. How they are able to perform physically and interests patient take in social activities. 2

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