Question

Charles Darwin is a 47-year-old male client of Lotus Compassionate Care’s Home and Community Support Services. Charles is partially blind and paraplegic. Charles was able to see and walk 2 months ago, before he was involved in an accident. He has just been allowed to go home after a 2-month confinement in the hospital.
Charles lives in a two-storey apartment that has lifts, with his wife Lisa. As they anticipate that Charles will need to adjust to his current condition, Charles and Lisa decided to avail Lotus Compassionate Care’s Home and Community Support Services. Lisa is a small lady and is unable to safely assist Charles transferring from his wheelchair to the bed, from the wheelchair to the toilet, etc

Lisa is an administrative supervisor and used to work at an office every day from 9AM to 5PM. However, since the accident, Lisa has reduced her work hours to 10am to 2PM so she can be at home to assist with Charles’ morning personal care needs like showering, and preparing evening meals. Lisa also ensures meals are prepared for during the day for Charles and placed in the fridge before she leaves for work.
Charles and Lisa has arranged for Lotus Compassionate Care to send home care assistance Mondays through Fridays to assist with showering in the morning, and Charles was an IT manager, and has stopped working since the accident. This is the first time Charles has stopped working since he was 16 years old.ommunity access such as visit to the physiotherapy and some cleaning.

⦁   Consider the scenario provided above. What is the importance of Lisa’s role in providing care and support for Charles?

Answer 1

Lisa, being a wife she is responsible to take care her of her husband. She is responsible for preparing food, clothing, all other activities and personal needs. Here Liza is working so she is unable to meet all the demands of her husband. So she arranges for assistance from lotus compassionate care home, to provide care and physical assistance for her husband. She also reduces her working hours in order to ensure her husband safety and to provide her husband with evening meals. From this we could also see the caring character of Liza, her love for husband, responsibility for him. She also ensures meals are prepared for a day and none of her action makes Charles feel lonely and unwanted.

She also wins the confidence and trust of her husband, and she is ready to spend some time with her husband talk to him and give him a mental support.

Here we could see Charles was working as an IT manager and suddenly after the accident he is unable to work and need a physical assistance.It also shows that it was the first time he stopped his working since 16 years old,so most probably he may not be able to accept the change in his life and may be he is an mentally unstable(feels so bad). So he requires Lisa for sometime atleast to talk and share his thoughts.

Lisa plays a very important role in providing care and support for Charles. She is very passionate to take care of husband. Even though she is working she doesn't forget to make sure her husband's safety and arranges for a physical assistance from lotus compassionate care home. She is a very responsible and lovable wife.