Question

WEIGHT, NUTRITION AND EXERCISE: (Early Adulthood)

PART 1: Tell a story of an obese adult.

PART 2 : Provide teaching to this adult based on changing nutritional needs, and consequences of obesity. Include strategies for healthy nutrition/exercise and self-efficacy to improve outcomes.

PART 1 (Case study):

PART 2 (Teaching):

STRESS:

PART 1: Tell a story of an adult under stress including factors causing the stress. (This could be you or someone you know).

PART 2: Give advice with strategies to help the person in your case study r/t stress management. Give an example of how hardiness is used to overcome challenges. If angry/hostile, include anger management strategies in your teaching.

PART 1: (Case study):

PART 2 (Teaching) include discussion about stress management, hardiness, and anger:

EMERGING ADULTHOOD:

PART 1: Tell a story of an emerging young adult transitioning from adolescence to adulthood.

PART 2: Give advice to the person in your case study regarding how to successfully transition into adulthood, develop a positive identity and develop a world view. Include how resilience helps overcome barriers to success and increases life satisfaction.

PART 1: (Case study):

PART 2 (Teaching):

LEVINSON'S / VALLIANT'S THEORIES IN EARLY ADULTHOOD:

PART 1: Tell a story of a young adult's moving out of his/her childhood home, college, career, marriage and family. Discuss factors leading to the decision to leave or stay in the family home.

PART 2: Give advice to an emerging adult with strategies for success in early adulthood based on Levinson's and/or Valliant's theories.

PART 1 ( Case study):

PART 2 ( Teaching):

PARENTHOOD IN ADULTHOOD:

PART 1: Tell a story of young adult couple's parenting journey from pregnancy, new baby, young childhood, and adolescents. Include challenges for the various stages of parenting. Continue your story for theses parents in middle adulthood (adult children, grandparenthood, etc.)

PART 2: Give advice to the couple related to managing the changing responsibilities, roles, and relationships at various stages of parenting in young and middle adulthood.

PART 2: (Case study):

PART 2 (Teaching):

AGING PARENTS / SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS:

PART 1: Describe a story of an adult caring for his/her aging parents. Include details related to sibling relationships in the family.

PART 2: Include teaching related to coping with the stressors of caring for aging parents and changing sibling relationships.

PART 1 (Case study):

PART 2 (Teaching):

Answer 1

Obese adult

I am 25 years old and I weigh 220 pounds. I am currently pursuing a degree in business and I feel I am good at it, but due to my increased weight I feel less confident and embarrassed to talk publicly. There is a lot of body shaming. I tried walking as well as running but then my body hurts. I get laughed at and then eat more food as I feel low. I think I have a increased risk of Diabetes as per my physician.

The teaching- He should be told to follow a healthy diet containing foods which contain 40-50% of carbohydrates, 25-30% of fats and rest proteins. Quit alcohol consumption and junk food and eat small meals at regular intervals. Start with moderate intensity workout which includes walking 4-5 times a week for 30 minutes every day and gradually increase it over time. This will all reduce your chances of having a metabolic disorder.

Stress

The person I know who is in stress is someone who lost her father due to the ongoing COVID pandemic. She still not has come to terms of loosing her father to the dreaded virus.

Teaching

Form a family support group to improve her feelings. Express yourself—talk it over with family, friends. Grief is a part of recovery and it is very understandable that the person will be stressed and sad due to this. Meditation and yoga will also help to alleviate the symptoms of stress

The person is not angry or hostile

Emerging adulthood

I just turned 18 last week and legally I am an adult. I have the whole world ahead of me. I could now do anything that I wanted to do as a kid. I wanted to work as a health care professional and have applied at the university for this. Its my life and my decisions from now on.

Teaching

As someone famously said “with great power comes great responsibility”. Being an adult is a power enough to distract a person from his/her goal in life. It is very important to act responsibly in whatever you do as your actions would speak for itself. It is very important to be optimistic for the future, only if you are optimistic would the world see you in a positive light. Being resilient means that when we do fail, we bounce back, we have the strength to learn the lessons we need to learn, and we can move on to bigger and better things. Overall, resilience gives us the power to overcome setbacks , so that we can live the life we've always imagined.

LEVINSON'S / VALLIANT'S THEORIES IN EARLY ADULTHOOD

Part 1- The person concerned went to college and left his home at age of 18 years. At college he learnt the life lessons the hard way as he had no exposure to the outside world prior to that. Being brought up and nurtured in a rich family left him without a better understanding in how the world works. He learnt from his mistakes and successfully completed his graduation and then after going through the examination process got into post graduation as well. There he met his life partner who was in same field as he was and they got married 1.5 years later. They had a beautiful daughter a year and a half later. By this time his post graduation was complete and he got a very job in a reputed pharmaceutical company as a advisor.

The decision to leave the family home was to have more opportunities in my career as well as more independence in my decisions.

Part 2

It is not just being financially sound, but also emotionally sound and being healthy that works for achieving success in adulthood. Being confident is another key for being successful.

PARENTHOOD IN ADULTHOOD

Part 1- Pregnancy is itself difficult as caring for the mother is very crucial at that stage. When you feel the kick and listen to the heart beat of the unborn child it seems a miracle. After a baby born it requires a lot of time and energy to manage and take care of the baby. From giving the her constant feeds to changing her diapers, getting up at odd hours as the baby is crying, preparing bottle feeds, all this takes a lot of energy and dedication.. Sending the kid first day to school is simply terrifying as you are not sure whether he will be fine at the end of it. This all happens and suddenly you see he has gone through her school and is ready to go to college. There she might find her future partner and then they would get married someday and then have children which would be mine grandchildren and there is nothing more satisfying in your life then seeing your children’s children play.

Part 2-

It is very important to give your child to give him/her independence in order to search their choices and one should not be overbearing at all. Once they grow up it is important that they are disciplined and well behaved as they are a reflection of you. One the child grows up it is very important to be their friend rather than being judgemental on everything because if that happens they wont share your problems with you. Be gentle yet firm with them.

AGING PARENTS / SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS:

My mother just recently had a fall at a wedding on her shoulder. At that time she was fine but on the next day she was required to be taken to a orthopedician and it was found that her right shoulder was dislocated. I brought my parents home with me as they live separately from me. The reduction procedure was performed the same day and now her arm is in a sling. My fathers had early onset dementia and it is very important that they both take medicines at the right time. So, now it is my duty to care for them.

Part 2

Aging is inevitable and it is important to be compassionate and patience while dealing with elderly. It is important to understand that they took care of you when you were kids and now its your responsibility to tend to their needs.