In this case, Carla is your only identified client and, therefore, the only person for which there are critical thinking questions. To complete your assessment, review the case files; Ecomap and Town map.
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Carla Washburn is a 76-year-old Black woman who has been widowed for twenty years. She lives alone in Plainville, a small town in the Northwest . The community Mrs. Washburn lives in is aging, both in physical housing stock and, especially, in demographics, as many young people have moved to larger cities closer to mountains and the coast. Mrs. Washburn worked for years as an administrative assistant in the school district in Plainville, but since her retirement, she has been saddened to see schools close as enrollments decline. She receives a small pension from the school district and Social Security; however, as she spent several years only informally employed, while her son was young, her benefits are meager.