(c) Advice regarding habits, whether married or single.
(d) Note general behavior and mental state, such as stream of talk, mental activity, characteristics of same, such as incoherence, inattention, distractibility, etc.
(e) Note mood of beneficiaries, such as preoccupations, hallucinations, illusions, etc.
(f) Endeavor to obtain insight as to how much the patient realizes the nature of his present condition or of previous illnesses.
(g) Interpret claimant’s condition to his family and instruct them in the necessity for tolerance of claimant’s peculiarities.
3. For Claimants with General Disabilities.
(a) Make visits to beneficiaries pending hospitalisation, or after being discharged from hospital, while in training, particularly those said to be absent from training on account of illness, reporting results of investigations to the local medical officer. If an emergency arises the claimant should be sent immediately to a designated physician, if too ill to report to a physician, a physician in the employ of the Bureau will be notified of the name and address of the patient and requested call. A report on each case will be made to the nearest local office, together with recommendations and a statement of any action that has been taken. If Claimant’s absence from training was not due to illness that fact will be communicated to the local Bureau authority.
(b) Report on every case assigned to her and render subsequent reports on such cases as may be required from time to time; to make supplemental reports from time to time as may be necessary. Such reports will be made on Medical E, or other designated form, and will have for their object the discovery of present results of service disabilities, intercurrent ailments, or physical conditions which are preventing the physical rehabilitation of the man. The attention of the District or local medical officer will be called to any seemingly improper conditions, and recommendations will be made looking to their correction. Subsequent reports will show whether or not these conditions have been remedied. For the purpose of reducing the number of visits that are required the claimant will be induced to call at the office if practicable.
(c) When calling at the home of a patient the nurse will notice the sanitary conditions of the home, particular attention being given to plumbing, adequacy of rooms, air space per capita, light, heat, bathing facilities, number of flights of stairs necessary to reach quarters, etc. Information as to how long claimant has lived there and if he has made frequent changes of residence. Recommendations will be made for improvement of conditions which appear to be prejudicial to the health of the men and his family and an earnest endeavor will be made to have them corrected. In case the family of a beneficiary needs medical treatment or other attention the social worker or in her absence the Red Cross or other Co-operating agency will be notified.
(d) Reports on Medical G, or other designated form, will be made on cases that break down in training, indicating when possible the cause of the interruption of training, whether the same is actually due to a reactivation of the original disability, to an intercurrent condition, or to extrinsic causes connected with training, work, or living conditions. Medical Form G, or other designated form, will be forwarded through proper channels to the District Medical Officer or his nearest representative.