Scenario: Alice - Going Into Residential Care

[caitlin_paps]

Hi I was just wondering if im on the right track with this case study
Case study 2
Alice lives in a regional centre and is one of the few remaining members of her kinship group. Alice’s health is deteriorating and she needs full-time care. Her husband, Jack is a non-Indigenous Australian. He is managing as best he can, but together they have to face the inevitable: Alice will have to go into residential care. Alice is resisting this. There will be no other Indigenous people in the facility and she knows she just won’t ‘hit it off’ with a lot of the other residents.
Alice and Jack are the caregivers of David, a young boy at your early childhood education and care service. You are concerned about the impact that Alice’s departure may have on David, and how this may affect his cultural learning and identity.

Complete the following:
1. Suggest what options and resources may be available to David that may help limit any negative cultural impacts.
2. Are there other options you could suggest for David?

so far I have
1. Suggest what options and resources may be available to David that may help limit any negative cultural impacts.
There are many different options and resources that David can use to help limit any negative culture impacts such as –
• Talking to educators at his service as we are here to help and support you
• Kids help line
• Kindergarten and early childhood indigenous programs
• Child care benefit



2. Are there other options you could suggest for David?
I would suggest David to seek these programs and resources -

• Getting in home support
• Aboriginal best start program
• Home based learning
• Indigenous kindergarten program
• Kidsmatter services
These are a few resources that are available to David but other options such as having a positive trusting relationship with educators to help and support David through this time is an essential.

Thanks Caitlin

[Lorina]

Yes, you're on the right track... However I would swap around your answers. For what you added for Q2 I would add for Q1 and vice versa. You could also try searching for "support services for aboriginal families" to see if you can add more options to your list...

Hope this helps,

,
Lorina

[caitlin_paps]

Thanks heaps Lorina