The purpose of a family is to support each other mentally, physically and emotionally. When these tasks
are unfulfilled or only performed with counter-productive methods, what happens to the family dynamics?
Beverly is a 72 year old female who suffers from diabetes. She lives independently, but her health was
recently diagnosed by a doctor as slowly failing. The medical professional sees the cause as being a lack
of nutrition and failure to take medication as prescribed. Beverly does not drive and stays within her home.
Neighbors have noticed a lack of food in the house and Beverly not appearing to be very clean. A clinical
social worker is assigned to handle case management. What will be this individual's main function?
