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Case Study: Dave, Maisy and Jessie
Part 1
Maisy lives with her husband Dave. They are both in their forties and are White British. Dave has Multiple Sclerosis and uses a wheelchair. He doesn’t work and he likes to go to a local pub to chat with friends regularly. Maisy works for a local IT company a few days a week. They have a daughter, Jessie, who is 22 and she has a mild learning disability. She still lives at home and she does some voluntary work at a café. Jessie reports to her boss at the café one week that her dad has been getting increasingly angry at her mum and that she keeps hearing her mum crying. When she asks her if she is okay she says she is fine but she has overheard her telling her auntie that she wants to leave him.
Jessie comes into the café and tells her boss that her dad hit her mum and that he is mean to her. She wants to move out of the home but doesn’t want to leave her mum. She says that she is happy to speak to a social worker so long as they don’t speak to her parents
Dave contacts a social worker to say that his wife has moved out and that she was his main carer so he needs some support. He says that his wife would get drunk and shout at him and sometimes she would not give him his meals. He tells the social worker that his daughter Jessie lives with him and that he also needs support to help care for her as her mum used to make all the meals.
Dave’s SW arranges to see him at home and sees that the home is very messy and dirty. Jessie is there and tells the SW that Dave has become very upset and depressed lately and that she and her mum can’t look after him anymore. Jessie says she doesn’t want to live at home anymore and that she is going to move out as well. They agree to the SW arranging a meeting with them together with the relevant professionals.
At the meeting, we hear from the family and they express their wishes and ideal outcomes. Dave- He wants to continue living at home with his wife and daughter. He says he has become depressed because he feels useless and a burden to his family.
Maisy- Says she will live with Dave if he gets help with his depression and drinking and he agrees to carers helping a few days a week so that she gets a break.
Jessie- She still wants to move out and live independently but says she will
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