Rhonda Swenson Case Summary

Rhonda Swenson is a ninety-one-year-old, Caucasian, female who lives in West Hills, CA. She was born in St. George, Utah and was the sixth of eight children. Her parents had a stable, happy relationship. Rhonda reports that she had a good relationship with her parents. Rhonda pointed out that while she and Darlene, her sister two years younger, argued a lot while growing up, they are now best friends and have often travel together.
Rhonda is a high school graduate with not college training. At age 18, she moved to Los Angeles, CA where two of her older siblings lived. Shortly after she arrived she met Ed and in 1945, at age 19, she married him. At first, they were happy in their marriage. They had enough money and loved to go out dancing together. They had four children, Lenny

It is difficult to distinguish if the depressive symptoms reach the level of a MDD diagnosis because many of the symptoms could be due to normal recovery of the neck surgery. Therefore, Adjustment Disorder with depressed mood will be the diagnosis until she has had more time to heal, and then she will be reevaluated for MDD. Treatment Plan
Problem: Feelings of sad, hopeless, and isolation after major surgery
As evidenced by: Not being at work to see and interact with her co-workers who she considers her friends. These friends often visited her in the hospital and at the long-term care facility, but now that she is living with her son, the visits have discontinued. Client is often tearful, and reports that she feels depressed.
Strengths: Rhonda is an easy person to like as demonstrated by the many friends she had at work. She has empathy for others and puts others before herself. She is hard-working, determined, and can accomplish anything she puts her mind to.
Long term goal: In the next two months, Rhonda will find new ways to be social and interact with others.
Short term objectives: Rhonda will start going to the Simi Valley Senior