We met Michael in the Thinking Processes and Behaviour Core competency. Michael (52) works as a bank clerk in a busy, open office setting. He is divorced and has a daughter Jane (20). She does not live with him but normally visits her father every day after work. Michael enjoys going to concerts.
Michael has recently been in hospital having had a Right PACS. He was thrombolysed within 4.5 hours of symptom onset and was discharged home having spent just 3 days in hospital after having thrombectomy within 6 hours.
Jane has some concerns about how her father is managing at home. She has noticed when she visits that her father is unkempt and the house is untidy with things lying around (towels, clothes, unopened mail). This is a big change in her father as he is normally very house proud. On a few occasions he has left food to burn on the cooker. When she asks him about going back to work he does not appear to have made any contact with his line manager about returning to work. Jane is also worrying about her father going back to driving/his ability to drive.
