creat a care plan
Fred is a middle aged man that has been living by himself for over 10 years, he is now working from home in his
business called IT Solutions. He lives in a farm house with the nearest town 55 kilometres away, in Western
Queensland where he has some acres of fruit trees, sheep and his pet dog. It is over 10 years now since he has
seen his two children, as they left when his wife left him for another man, who was a former friend of his.
In recent times he has been really feeling lonely and socially isolated. He notices that there is a lot of news
articles talking about how COVID has been affecting people, especially during lock downs. In his monthly trip to
the nearby town, he overhears a man in the supermarket talking about visiting the new counsellor that comes to
town on a regular basis. Fred finds out the counsellor’s name is Sandy, gets all the contact details and on the
drive back to his home, has a good think about making the choice to talk to someone about his situation. He
knows he is depressed, but just doesn’t know how to change, so he makes the decision to give Sandy a call and
make an appointment, as he knows he has to do something.