FAMILY COPPING INDEX

CRITERIAS/ AREAS DESCRIPTION RATE JUSTIFICATION

Physical independence Concern with the 5 As seen and examined during the
ability to move about, visitation in the family, members
to get out of bed, to can perform their daily activities
take care of daily such as feeding themselves and
grooming, walking performing activities necessary
for personal hygiene.
Therapeutic Includes all of the 3 The family is carrying out some
competence procedure or but not all treatment. The family
treatments prescribed is aware of their medication
for the care of illness regimen example is the head of
such as giving the family which is taking
medication, using amlodipine 5mg daily as her
appliances, dressing, maintenance for her
exercises and hypertension.
relaxation and special
diet
Knowledge of Health Concerned about 3 The family has some general
condition condition knowledge of the disease or
condition but has nor grasp the
underlying principles or they are
partially involved because some
of the family members are
children.
Application of Concerned with family 3 In the practice of general
Principles of General action in relation to promotion of health and
Hygiene and Nutrition maintaining family recommended preventive
nutrition, securing measures the family is failing to
adequate rest and apply some general principle of
relaxation for the hygiene because mostly, the
family members family members have dental
carries, lies and nits.
Health Attitudes Concerned with the 3 The family understand and
way the family feels recognize needs for medical care
about health care in in illness is for usual preventive
general including service and accept illness calmly
preventive services and recognize the limit it imposes
care of the ill and the while doing all possible to effect
disease and public recovery and rehabilitation. The
health measures family degree of responsiveness
is moderately active because they
always go to RHU when one of
them are sick, the reason of their
responsiveness is due to the 4P’s
health maintenances program
which they always observe.
Emotional Has to do with 3 The family members usually do
Competence maturity and integrity
with which the
members of the family
are able to meet the
usual stresses and
problems of life and to
plan for happy and
fruitful living.
Family Living Concerned largely with 5 The family does things together,
the interpersonal or
group aspect of family
life- how well the
members of the family
get along with one
another, the ways in
which they make
decisions affecting the
family as a whole
Physical Environment Concerned with the `1
home, the community
and the work
environment as oat
affects family health
Use of Community Has to do with the 5 The family knows when and
Facilities degree of the family’s
use and awareness of
the available facilities
for health education
and welfare
fairly but one or more members
is lack of security and maturity.
Ain the home visits the family
members was met by the
students and seems that the
mother needs to divert the
attention of the youngest for her
to work properly and make her
time more productive.
each member acts for the good of
the family, as a whole, children
respect the head of the family,
the family tasked is always being
shared because they know that
they only have their mothers to
work for them. As seen and
observed during the family
visitation, the family is organized
and have the sense of unity
during the physical examination
and interview with them.
The house is in poor condition.
The back of the house is very
dirty and poor sanitation. The
space of the house is inadequate
for the family members. The
cleanliness of the surroundings of
the house is poor, their neighbor
is having “kalakal” which affects
them. Inside the house has many
clothes, unorganized and chaoitic
stuffs, cabwebs and weak post of
the house.
where to call for help in
emergency and urgent situation.