Field Placement Case Study

I. Identify Field placement
My field placement is Social Adult Day center, which is under the network of Hamilton Madison House—a settlement house located in Lower Manhattan. This organization was designed to assist seniors who have physical movement problems or cognitive impairment in learning positive ways to manage their emotional and physical challenges. Specifically, services provided include nutritious meals, cognitive and recreational activities that promote intellectual stimulation and strengthen verbal skills, educational classes such as paper folding and computer. What’s more, bi-lingual as well as bi-cultural social workers dedicatedly work in the organization to offer case management for seniors, building up rapport and trustful relationships, helping them solve issues related to benefits and entitlement and so forth.
II. Identify the client
The client is a

Nonetheless, from personal perspective, the key strength the client has at this level is her U.S. citizenship. Owing to the citizenship she achieved as soon as she arrived at the U.S., the client is able to legally obtain all benefits that she is eligible for, among which Medicare and Medicaid are of most importance. Medicare removes huge financial burden from the client’s shoulder. For instance, Medicare took major responsibility of treatment fees resulting from the car accident. In addition, most of issues the client has when she goes to see the doctor are related to eyes and memory that might cost a huge amount of money, which definitely beyond her affordability if she does not have the health insurance. In terms of Medicaid, it is also critical since it serves as the precondition of Long Term Care Services and Personal Care programs that the client currently relies on-- a home aid who speaks Mandarin and takes care for the client five days per