Community Engagement on Bethlehem House - Desklib

Running head: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON BETHELEM HOUSE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON BETHELEM HOUSE
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON BETHELEM HOUSE
Argyris and Schön 1978
Gibbs 1988
Tripp 1993
Johns 1995
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON BETHELEM HOUSE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON ELDERLY CARE
Overview of Bethlehem House
The aim of this community report is to document my experience during the course of
placement in Bethlehem House that is located on the Montgomery Street in Kogarah. The
highlight of this elderly care residential home is the feature of home-like setting offered to the
clients. Bethlehem House is in close proximity to the local community, shops and cafes. It
comprises of multi-storey building that has the facility of escalator. This would ease the
patients with rheumatoid and locomotive disorders. Apart from this, there is an on-site chapel
that provides an opportunity to the elderly population to pray along with courtyard area for
the relaxation of the elderly care population. It is a part of the Catholic Healthcare Family and
is a frontrunner in the domain of not-for-profit provider of the health of the aged.
 The community of people helped to serve during the placement in Bethlehem
House
The community of people who were helped during the course of the placement was the
elderly care residents of the Bethlehem House. According to the Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare elderly care system in Australia offers a wide range of services for the welfare of
the teeming older population in Australia (Agedcare.health.gov.au. 2018). The philosophy
behind the elderly care service is to cater to the individual needs of each of the elderly person
considering that their needs are based on the type of illness, gender, economic status,
ethnicity, racial identity amongst others. According to a report published on 2016 there has
been an increase in the number of aged care homes in Australia. This is a welcome change
considering the number of elderly residential care homes that existed in 2006 as found in the
previous survey. Bethlehem House a renowned elderly care home situated in Bethlehem City
Australia is one such luminous example. The study further found that the number of
indigenous population placed in the elderly care homes account to less than 1 per cent of all
the people in permanent residential aged care. There are 4 per cent of the elderly care
population who are placed in the home care service. It was a revelation to find that 46 per