Report on Community Engagement Placement

Running Head: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1
Report on Community Engagement Placement
NAME
UNIVERSITY/AFFILIATION
COURSE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2
Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................3
Kind of Disadvantaged Observed and Their Needs................................................................................3
 Nutritional needs............................................................................................................................3
 Personal hygiene............................................................................................................................4
 Medical care...................................................................................................................................4
 Social interaction...........................................................................................................................4
 Communication needs...................................................................................................................4
How I Related with CASA MIA AGED CARE Professionals and Their Clients.................................5
The Transformative Experience...............................................................................................................6
The Significance of Reciprocity in Community Engagement.................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................................7
Recommendation.......................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................9

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 3
Introduction
CASA MIA AGED CARE is located at Padstow. The facility provides professional care
services. It ensures that it has met resident’s specific needs including social needs. It consist of
not only government-funded places, but also self-funded. There is entertainment to enhance care
services. Other than the entertainment, there are also other activities such as games that enhance
resident’s physical well-being. Besides, there are also dining areas for catering services. Also,
residents can access internet services easily as Wi-Fi is available. Other features include the
following; delicious meals, beautiful garden, cerebrations, health and church services.
Furthermore, there are volunteer programs for educating residents on some important issues such
as different ways in which one can take care of disadvantaged members of the society. Last but
not least, there are also bus outings. Generally, the facility is equipped efficiently to ensure that it
has provided quality care services. I’ve been working in this facility for 5 weeks as a volunteer.
Helping staff is one of the services that I offered. The main aim of this report is to explain
explicitly about my experiences while working in CASA MIA AGED CARE.
Kind of Disadvantaged Observed and Their Needs
The kind of disadvantaged members of the society that I observed are the older people.
The following are some of their needs and how they were addressed by the aged care
professionals:
 Nutritional needs
The facility offers delicious meals to the aged people. These meals are not only delicious but
also nutritious. It ensured that older people eat balanced diet to reduce health problems that
are caused by lack of certain nutrients in the body (Beattie, O'reilly, Strange, Franklin &

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 4
Isenring, 2014). Catering services are offered in a dining area. Other than the dining area,
clients can also eat their meals from their respective rooms. I assisted the waiting staff to
deliver meals to their clients.
 Personal hygiene
The care aides assisted the older people to maintain their body cleanliness by washing their
clothes. Other than washing, they also assisted them to shower (Gao, Newcombe, Tilse,
Wilson & Tuckett, 2014). I helped the care aides to wash their client’s clothes.
 Medical care
The facility has also medical professionals that help elderly people to control their conditions
effectively. Hypertension and diabetes are some forms of diseases that are associated with
older people (Xiao et al., 2014). Through physiotherapy, elderly are able to manage pain. I
helped professionals to educate patients regarding some of the ways that they can use to
prevent diseases.
Other than the above physical needs, CASA MIA AGED CARE also addressed the following
social needs:
Social interaction
The elderly may not able to interact with others due to physical disabilities (Roughead,
Semple & Rosenfeld, 2016). Therefore, social care assistants interacted with their clients so
that they feel to be part of the community at large. I also played some important roles in
enhancing social interaction by speaking to the elderly regularly.
Communication needs