Amy’s story Lan migrated to Australia with her parents Yi Ming and Mei when she was 18 years of age. Lan adopted the English name Amy soon after arriving in Australia. Amy married in her early 20’s,...

Amy’s story

Lan migrated to Australia with her parents Yi Ming and Mei when she was 18
years of age. Lan adopted the English name Amy soon after arriving in Australia.
Amy married in her early 20’s, had a son Erik and divorced from her husband
when Erik was six years of age. Amy took on the responsibility of raising Erik
with the assistance of Ying Ming and Mei.
Amy is now 59 years of age and works full time in a fruit-canning factory. She has
good friends from her workplace, neighbourhood and community. Amy speaks
both English and her traditional language. Amy lives with her son Erik and her
mother Mei, who is now in her 80’s with limited English. Erik speaks English,
with minimal ability to speak Amy’s traditional language.
Recently Erik has noticed that his mother has trouble finding words and
sometimes repeats herself during a conversation. He has also noticed she doesn’t
seem to be able to concentrate for long and has missed paying bills two months
in a row, which is very unlike her. Erik has asked about her about it but she
continues to shrug it off, saying she has been feeling stressed from work


Activity 2 Questions

Please watch the video Amy’s story and answer the following questions.


Discuss the impact that withholding the truth about the person’s condition can
have:
A) On a person with a life limiting condition
B) On their family
C) On you.


Discuss how staff attitudes about Amy, Mei and Erik’s cultural practices would:
a) Affect care provided to Amy and her family
b) Impact on Amy and her family’s psychological well-being


Based on your learning from this activity, what specific strategies do you plan to
incorporate as a graduate health care professional?