Grading rubric for Case study Individual needs summary 5 points · Thorough, detailed assessment of individual’s needs, taking into consideration all pertinent information · Well organized, proper grammar/punctuation/APA format, easy to read/understand 2.5 points · Lacking detail, providing only a partial picture of individual’s needs, leaving out important information · Confusing, poorly written, some grammatical/punctuation/APA errors 0 points · No information given · Information provided inaccurate Options summary 5 points · Thorough, detailed description of all available options, specific to the individual’s needs · Well organized, proper grammar/punctuation/APA citations, easy to read/understand 2.5 points · Lacking detail, providing only a partial picture of available options, leaving out important information · Confusing, poorly written, some grammatical/punctuation/APA errors 0 points · No information given · Information provided inaccurate Recommendations 5 points · Clearly written recommendation · Detailed reasoning for recommendation, supported by previously stated information re: options · Well organized, proper grammar/punctuation/APA citations, easy to read/understand 2.5 points · Lacking detail, unclear recommendation · Confusing, hard to read, some grammatical/punctuation/APA errors 0 points · No information given · Information inaccurate/contradictory Please base your case study assignment off of the case study information found below. You are to use the facts provided below, and “fill in the blanks,” so to speak, with information you provide that makes sense, given the context of this case study. For example, because the individual has a mild case of dementia, you will likely want to speak about the necessity for door alarms in her new home, as she sometimes gets up at night and might try to leave alone, which is unsafe. I didn’t provide you with the information that she wanders, but this is a behavior that is very likely to occur, due to her dementia diagnosis. You are welcome to add additional behaviors/information/etc, as long as it’s related to the original example. The information you are to use in discussing the options and your decision/reasoning can be found in the readings for this week. You are also welcome to use information from sources outside the class. Citations are required for information being cited from resources. **Please be sure to take into consideration finances, care needs, social needs, cognitive status, and family/individual wishes when writing your recommendations.** Case Study Information Ms. Abby Jones is an 85 year old grandmother, who currently lives at home alone. Due to a recent fall, which has landed her in the hospital, as well as difficulty properly taking care of herself at home, Ms. Jones will need to move into a setting that provides care and other services upon her discharge from the hospital. According to her daughter, Ms. Jones started having mild memory issues several ...

1. Grading rubric for Case study
Individual needs summary
5 points
· Thorough, detailed assessment of individual’s needs, taking
into consideration all pertinent information
· Well organized, proper grammar/punctuation/APA format,
easy to read/understand
2.5 points
· Lacking detail, providing only a partial picture of individual’s
needs, leaving out important information
· Confusing, poorly written, some
grammatical/punctuation/APA errors
0 points
· No information given
· Information provided inaccurate
Options summary
5 points
· Thorough, detailed description of all available options,
specific to the individual’s needs
· Well organized, proper grammar/punctuation/APA citations,
easy to read/understand
2.5 points
· Lacking detail, providing only a partial picture of available
options, leaving out important information
· Confusing, poorly written, some
grammatical/punctuation/APA errors
0 points
· No information given

2. · Information provided inaccurate
Recommendations
5 points
· Clearly written recommendation
· Detailed reasoning for recommendation, supported by
previously stated information re: options
· Well organized, proper grammar/punctuation/APA citations,
easy to read/understand
2.5 points
· Lacking detail, unclear recommendation
· Confusing, hard to read, some grammatical/punctuation/APA
errors
0 points
· No information given
· Information inaccurate/contradictory
Please base your case study assignment off of the case study
information found below. You are to use the facts provided
below, and “fill in the blanks,” so to speak, with information
you provide that makes sense, given the context of this case
study. For example, because the individual has a mild case of
dementia, you will likely want to speak about the necessity for
door alarms in her new home, as she sometimes gets up at night
and might try to leave alone, which is unsafe. I didn’t provide
you with the information that she wanders, but this is a behavior
that is very likely to occur, due to her dementia diagnosis. You
are welcome to add additional behaviors/information/etc, as
long as it’s related to the original example.
The information you are to use in discussing the options and
your decision/reasoning can be found in the readings for this
week. You are also welcome to use information from sources
outside the class. Citations are required for information being

3. cited from resources.
**Please be sure to take into consideration finances, care needs,
social needs, cognitive status, and family/individual wishes
when writing your recommendations.**
Case Study Information
Ms. Abby Jones is an 85 year old grandmother, who currently
lives at home alone. Due to a recent fall, which has landed her
in the hospital, as well as difficulty properly taking care of
herself at home, Ms. Jones will need to move into a setting that
provides care and other services upon her discharge from the
hospital. According to her daughter, Ms. Jones started having
mild memory issues several years ago, and they have progressed
from minor instances of forgetting to pay bills or remembering
where she parked her car, to being unable to recall when her last
meal was, if she has taken her medication, and whether or not
she turned the stove off after cooking breakfast. Ms. Jones
sometimes has difficulty remembering who her children are as
well, and often asks the same question and tells the same story
repeatedly.
Due to her cognitive state (she sometimes is unable to follow
simple directions) and pain from the recent surgery to repair her
broken ankle, it’s unclear exactly how much therapy Ms. Jones
will be able to tolerate upon discharge. While in the hospital,
some days therapists are able to work with her for 3.5 hours per
day, but other days Ms. Jones is only able to successfully
complete between 1-2 hours of therapy. Her daughter has
expressed the family’s desire to find a community where Ms.
Jones will be able to stay long term, as the family believes she
is unsafe to remain at home alone. They are also very eager for
her to leave the hospital, as her stay has been very upsetting and
disorienting to her. Financially, Ms. Jones is unable to afford
any type of long term care option on her own, and will be
counting on her Medicare benefits to fund her therapy services.
Once those funds have been exhausted at the end of 100 days,

4. the family is unsure how her care will be funded, as Ms. Jones’
social security check is only enough to cover her rent and a
little bit of food each month.
The recent trauma of the fall, surgery, and hospital stay has left
Ms. Jones considerably more disoriented and confused than her
baseline before the fall. While she is able to voice her concerns
and desires in the present tense, her ability to think rationally
and abstractly about the long term implications of going home,
staying in the hospital, or going to a rehab facility is not in
place. She is able to tell her family that she “wants to get
better,” as well as that she “wants to go home as soon as
possible because she misses her cat” (she hasn’t had a cat in
several years). From what the social worker at the hospital can
surmise, Ms. Jones needs to find a consistent environment, one
that she will not have to leave any time soon, as the disruption
takes a toll on her mental health. It also seems that the family is
unable or unwilling to visit her very often, as Ms. Jones often
makes statements about feeling alone, lonely, or isolated at
home. The family confirms that they have difficulty visiting her
frequently, as they all live an hour+ drive away, and they feel
it’s very hard to see their mother in that condition.
Ms. Jones has an anticipated discharge date of 5 days.