Social Work Case Study Psychology

The name of the individual in the case study is Walter. He is a 32 year-old man, and is an independent person. Walter works full time as a social worker with adolescents with problems in the department of Youth Services. In addition to his work, Walter also attends school in the evenings because he wants to be a psychologist. The diagnosis for him is amputation of the right 2-5 digits. An amputation is defined as the loss of a body part. Normally amputations occur in a finger, toe, arm, or leg. “Traumatic amputations usually result from factory, farm, power tool accidents, or from motor vehicle accident” (MedlinePlus, 2014). Walter will encounter some difficulties after amputating his fingers. He will need assistance in ADL’s such as feeding, bathing, shaving his face, and functional mobility. He will encounter problems with some IADL’s such as cleaning up, and preparation of a meal. Walter will have problems in the education aspect such as writing notes at school, and will have trouble in leisure such as not been able to play softball until he gains

To reattach the fingers, the patient has to go under surgery. After that, patient needs to take numerous sessions of therapy to regain optimal mobility in the hand. “… all of these injuries require splint immobilization and rehabilitation that impedes immediate return to work” (Wilhelmi, 2013). Patients with amputations generally recover their strength and are able to do their normal activities after several months of physical and occupational therapy (Fingertip Injuries and Amputations, 2011). The FOR that I am going to use with the patient is biomechanics. This approach, through active and passive range of motion exercises will allow the patient to gain endurance and strength in his digits to perform the ADLs and IADLs in the way he did before the