This is the first case study presentation group that I have been apart of that included a personal story. Caroline's client, Ruby, was her biological grandmother who experienced dementia that was caused by Alzheimer's Disease. One thing I found interesting was that her grandmother was not actually diagnosed with Alzheimer's until 6 years AFTER her symptoms began. Her family, friends, and some doctors just assumed her forgetfulness was happening because of her age. Once she started forgetting who people were and started showing abnormal behavior towards them the doctors issued multiple tests to finally diagnose her. And at this point she was in the late stages of Alzheimer's. She eventually became very lethargic and stopped doing things she loved such as gardening and sewing. Because Caroline's grandmother passed away a few years ago, Caroline's intervention plan and goals for Ruby weren't personally given to her. But, with a little research from her mom she did find out that Ruby actually saw an occupational therapist when she was alive and one of her goals then was to work on self feeding. Caroline took this information and applied it to a intervention plan that would be fit for her today as if she was alive. I enjoyed hearing about Ruby and think Caroline would have met her grandmother's goals if she were her occupational therapist.
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