Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal:
        (a)  I, Anais Bolden affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
        (b) sources: Joanne Carr and Lela Williams
        (c)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1udJrgdAd4tkqi3a8BzgKU_hwtBhRCmRDiMWlLRTSofI/edit?usp=sharing
        (d)My thirty hours for independent component was more Mentorship hours. I just volunteered extra time and went to a senior home with Ms. Williams for a lot of the hours to get more advice and understand and see counseling first- hand. When I went to my mentorship at PIH, I'd continue to do paper work, make copies and go through scenarios or "case studies" my mentor Joanne gave me.

Interpretive:
          Since counseling is very tricky due to privacy laws, I wasn't allowed to take pictures of the senior homes I spent my time at but my mentorship location hasn't changed and the office is in La Habra with Presbyterian Inter-Community Hospital (PIH).

Applied:
          How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?
Being able to go to facility and more specifically a senior home and to hear how the procedure works of ensuring a senior is getting medicine or just proper care really helps to understand the process. My mentor talks a lot about active listening and ensuring a full understanding of a clients situation and with this you can clearly see that. It's important to ask the right questions to make sure someone is comfortable and in a okay state of mind. Each person deals with their situation differently and being able to work or shadow in a setting like this helps to understand way more when it's right in front of you. Also, with the situations my mentor makes me read and go through helps to visualize and gives you a better idea of what is actually possible and the range of things people deal with.