Community Engagement Practices for Aged and Disabled People

Age Care: aged people and disabled people

Table of Contents
Table of Contents............................................................................................................. 2
Introduction................................................................................................................ 3
Aged and Disabled community and their hardships...................................................3
Community Engagement Theory and Practice...........................................................4
Recommendations...................................................................................................... 4
1. Improving community engagement....................................................................4
2. Improving my performance in community engagement.....................................5
3. For improving ways to engage volunteers in your community placement and
community placement in general............................................................................5
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 6
References................................................................................................................. 7
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Introduction
The elderly and disabled belong to that section of society which often feels neglected and have
hardships getting through each day for the rest of their life. Every simple daily activity may turn
out to be a problem for them as simple chores like washing, eating, taking medicines, getting
from one place to another feels like a humungous task at hand due to their age or disability.
Disabled people and aged people who need special care most often face issues with
transportation. They may drive less every now and then or not drive by any means. They may
need access to an individual vehicle, and for that, they would need to depend on relatives and
parental figures or someone else for assistance. This report shows how community engagement
practices can be beneficial to all groups belonging to this community and how more people
outside the community can engage in such practices.
Aged and Disabled community and their hardships
Individuals who are incapable of moving about on their own can experience transportation
boundaries. As indicated by 2013-2017 information from the American Community Survey, the
handicap rate is 15.1% in provincial networks, which is higher than the incapacity rate in
metropolitan zones. While caring for patients belonging to these communities, I can tell, that it
gets personal at a level where they may be unwilling to co-operate to receive the care because
they feel threatened due to the kind of behavior that has been exhibited to them previously.
Individuals with handicaps living in rustic networks frequently face difficulties getting to and
utilizing different methods of transportation, which can affect wellbeing and personal satisfaction
(Kavanagh et al., 2015). Individuals with incapacities in country regions see social insurance,
organizations, and different sorts of administrations as less available contrasted with their urban
partners and may require extra help to get to transportation both inside and around their locale.
Numerous social insurance offices and administrations in provincial territories may not be open
for individuals with particular kinds of versatility related to inabilities.
People belonging to the aged and disabled community face multiple disadvantages starting from
their regular life activities like food, clothing, and lodging to healthcare issues. Transportation, as
discussed, is one of the main hindrances that they face regularly and it can even be dangerous as
some of them are unable to move from one place to another without external assistance (Krahn et
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