VII. LEVELS OF COMPETENCIES Table III.

Levels of Competencies Levels of Competencies Physical Competencies Before Illness The patient is a housekeeper. She wakes up at 5:30 am in the morning. According to her, she does cleaning in their house . At 6:30 am, she cooks their food for breakfast and packs her daughters snack and takes her bath after and takes care of her son. At around 10 am, she eats her snack. 10:30, she prepares and cooks for their lunch. After lunch, she takes her nap for one hour together with her children who take their naps for 3 hours. She water the plants at exactly 4:30 pm and cooks their dinner at around 6 pm. After dinner, she watch teleseryes as claimed by the patient and after that, she send her children in their bed and go to sleep after. She does her activities of daily living without the help of other people or any supportive devices. Analysis: There is a decrease in physical competencies and it is normal for her to experience such. The pain she feels and the emotional disturbances she have due to her condition makes her unable to perform the physical activities she has in the past. Emotional Competencies Can control her anger at The patient could still express appropriate time and place. The what she feels but at times she is patient is able to express what irritable and moody. According she feels and is able to show to her mother, the patient is appropriate emotions to her irritable because she wants to go family and friends. When she has home and she was bored. a problem she can easily handle her emotions. Analysis: There is a decrease in her emotional competency because of the physical changes that happens in her body and it affects the way she handles her emotions. Social Competencies She claimed that she has many She is still friendly and able to friends and has a good make friends with other relationship with other people. patients. She still has a good During Illness Some activities of daily living are not performed due to the current illness and there is a limited activity. She relies with other people in terms of providing her basic and essential needs.

She is in good terms with her relationship with her family as family members. She mingles claimed and observed. Because people with confidence and she of her condition, she cannot socialize with people with the attend Oplan Dalus and meeting right attitude and manner as in their barangay. verbalize by her manipud idi ubing suna ket awan kaap-apa na, manakigeyyem suna. She have a good relationship with her live-in partner especially to her children and she claimed that they usually do outing like going to beaches as part of their leisure activities. She attends all programs in their barangay such as meetings and Oplan Dalus. Analys: Though she cannot attend Oplan Dalus and meetings in their barangay this does not mean that her social interactions is affected. So, there is no significant change. Intellectual Competencies She was able to make decisions She still contributes to decision with her live-in partner and on making with her husband. Able her own and understands or to answer questions and she retains information given to her. comprehends easily to She can think well. She was able instructions. to cooperate with her husband in solving family problems. Analysis: There is no significant change in her intellectual competency. Spiritual Competencies The patient is a member of the Because of her illness her faith to Catholic church. Sometimes she the supreme being became attends the mass together with stronger; she feels that she her family. She claimed that she needs God now more than has a strong faith in God. Before before and that she always prays going to sleep, she prays. for her fast recovery and good health for her and for the baby. She still pray before going to bed. Analysis: Her spiritual competency became stronger due to her illness because she cannot do anything with her condition so she turns to God for faster recovery.