Family Health Assessment - Essay Example

Mother on the other hand stays at home and performs daily household chores i.e. cleaning, washing and cooking meals etc. the eldest son who studies in college also is a secondary provider of the family by working part time in a local restaurant whereas two younger members of the family have no specified roles but they go to school only. All the members of the family are perfectly healthy with no physiological or psychological diseases to affect the normal functioning of the family. The family lives in a well-ventilated house of 4 rooms with 3 rooms taken by the children and one shared by their parents.

All the rooms are properly ventilated and with basic necessities e.g. sanitation and electricity provided. The house is located in a moderate area with clean environment and no signs of waste deposits or litter near the area. From financial point of view, the family’s primary provider earns enough to support the family and added income by the eldest son makes things easier for them by providing the family with the ability to spend on their needs as well as save some money for the time of need.

With no financial problems, no diseases in the family, no stress and anxiety, the family members have been able to perform their appropriate tasks properly and without any difficulties or hurdles. Mentioned by the father, the eldest son while in his teenage had some issues with the parents but considering it a problem of growing teenagers that did not create any stress in the family since they sat together and solved the problems by talking them out. The family is in the developing stage and has been coping well with this stage like they did with the previous stages i.e. parental years and expanding stage (White, 1991).

All the members of the family understand their roles that they are supposed to perform in the family considering they live together and they have to live in harmony and support each other at the time of