Psychology 2036A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sympathetic Nervous System, Hans Selye, Health Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2036A/B
• Professor: Eric Collins

Document Summary

Lucinda was expecting her parents to move her grandma, sarah, to a nursing home, but didn"t expect the move to happen so soon. When sarah was diagnosed with alzheimers, lucinda"s fam decided that sarah would live with them. At first, her parents were super excited for sarah to move in, but less than a month, many conflicts occured between lucinda"s parents. Susan, lucinda"s mom and sarah"s only child, thought it was the family"s responsbility to care for her mother. But michaela, lucinda"s father, argued that her presence was causing considerable stress on everyone, which was true. Lots of stress was placed on everyone. After 6 months, lucinda & her parents sought family cousnelling & having. Sarah at the counselling session allowed the therapist to quickly see what the problem was. Proposed that the solution to the problem is finding an accpetable caregiving arrangement for sarah. Placed sarah in a nursing home specialized for providing care to alzheimer"s patients.