Occupational Therapy Case Studies

The elderly population often suffer from behavioral defects or psychosomatic disturbances, such as anxiety, stress, panic, and depression, which may symptoms of dizziness, feeling faint, unsteady or light-headed, or experiencing a swaying or spinning sensation (Carmeli, 2015). Prevalence estimates of anxiety disorders in older ages range from 3.0 to 14.0% (Carmeli, 2015). Anxiety is a psychological problem, the client Mr. Cannon an 80-year-old male deals with on an everyday basis. He is currently taking clonazepam three times a day, at 7am, 12pm, and 4pm. Mr. Cannon is currently at Hampton Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for 24 hour nursing care. The client anxiety developed over a time period of 5 years ago, he was placed on medication to alleviate the symptoms that were occurring. Mr. Cannon often rely on his medication to stabilize him; He is mostly anxious around the set time the medication is given.
Identified Intervention
Occupational therapy teaches relaxation methods to help alleviate symptoms of stress and anxiety related to certain physical and mental conditions. Specific relaxation method is deep breathing. Deep breathing exercises are easy to perform and can help to reduce stress and tension. To perform a deep breathing exercise, sit on a comfortable chair and close
Cannon is receiving an A-B single subject design, due to time limitations. The baseline data was collected for one week; the intervention data was collected over a three-week time period. The client has been on the anxiety medication long term for five years. The medication that he is currently taking are highly effective in promoting relaxation and reducing muscular tension and other physical symptoms of anxiety. It would not have been useful to test any other kind of interventions due to the small time frame this social work intern was able to work with. With these barrier factors it would have been unethical to prolong his medication test different