Week 12

Activities -

This week was filled with exciting events and activities. Some of those include:

• Treatment team meeting
• Scheduling of process recording
• Mortality review
• Visit to Central State Hospital

Integration question:
HBSE/Macro: How can you determine what the formal and informal boundaries are in a community?

Informal and formal boundaries are quite common in groups and communities. Informal boundaries refer to those boundaries that are flexible and don't have definite parameters while formal boundaries are those that have clear, definable limits.

In communities, for example, one can determine the formal and informal boundaries by assimilating into the community. The physical limits to the community may be informal. There may be several different streets or neighborhoods that blend into the community. Moreover, there may also be formal boundaries such as the way the elderly are treated. Some communities have formal boundaries in that the elderly are treated respectfully at all times while other communities may have less formal boundaries that fluctuate.

Similarly, many communities may be closed in the sense that only allow a certain ethnicity to participates in the community. This would be an example of a closed boundary. Furthermore, many communities have open boundaries that allow many ethnicities and cultures to mix.
Whatever the boundary system, one most work directly with the community in order to best conclude what formal and informal boundaries exist.

Total Hours this week (including 2 seminar hours): 19 hrs and 10 min
Total Hours to date: 167 hrs and 30 min