Question: M. Is A Health Care Assistant Who Works In A Special Care Unit With Clients Who Have Dementia. She Loves Her Work But Often Feels Tired And Lacking In Energy. She Knows She Would Feel Better If She Could Cut Back On Her Smoking And Get More Exercise. She Tells Herself That She Will Start Exercising Next Month, Or When The Weather Improves, But Somehow …

Question: M. Is A Health Care Assistant Who Works In A Special Care Unit With Clients Who Have Dementia. She Loves Her Work But Often Feels Tired And Lacking In Energy. She Knows She Would Feel Better If She Could Cut Back On Her Smoking And Get More Exercise. She Tells Herself That She Will Start Exercising Next Month, Or When The Weather Improves, But Somehow …

M. is a Health Care Assistant who works in a Special Care Unitwith clients who have dementia. She loves her work but often feelstired and lacking in energy. She knows she would feel better if shecould cut back on her smoking and get more exercise. She tellsherself that she will start exercising next month, or when theweather improves, but somehow she never actually gets started. Shealso promises to stop smoking every New Year’s’ but so far, shehasn’t. One day M.’s supervisor mentions to her that he has noticedM.’s lack of energy which can seem like apathy. He has also noticedthat M. has had more illness (mainly colds) in the past year thananyone else on the unit. He wonders if she is unhappy with her joband, possibly, should consider working somewhere else.