Social Welfare System for Elderly People

SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM
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Introduction
The study has revolved around proposing a
suitable social welfare system as per the given case
scenario. For that reason, the scenario has been
analysed in order to identify the needs of the client.
Furthermore, some available social welfare
programs or organizations have been identified that
can be helpful in this situation to aid the client. In
addition, the relevant social support and resources
have been identified for the whole target group as
identified from the case scenario. This has been
done in order to evaluate all the identified social
welfare programs on the basis of their relevance to
the given case. Moreover, the one social welfare
program has been proposed so that the client can be
benefitted from the proposed welfare system.
Background of the case
As per the given case scenario, the client is a
senior citizen aged 76 years who lives alone in his
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house after the death of his wife two years ago.
Among the identified issues, one of the most
significant is that he is unable to drive because of
his poor eye sight and he lives in a criminal prone
area. This implies that he cannot escape in case of
danger all by himself. However, he denies living in
any foster or nursing home also. He has loving
family who visit him every week but still he has to
manage all his house cores and he has to take care
of his health alone. As per the scenario, he is not
much social that implies that he does not have a
neighbourhood to which he can naturally go for
asking for help when needed. Moreover, he wishes
to contribute to the community he lives in any way
that he can.
Welfare systems for the scenario
After researching the available social
welfare programs in Australia, some systems have
been identified that can be helpful in the given
situation. In Australia, various social welfare
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programs have been recently working in order to
give social support and care to the elderly people.
For example, information centres like My aged
Care, social programs like Commonwealth Home
Support Programme, Residential care, Flexible care
and so on (Australian Government Department of
Health, 2019). On the other hand, other social
support programs such as Commonwealth
Continuity of Support Programme and Support
Services for Remote and Indigenous Aged Care can
also be beneficial for the client.
According to Doxey & McNamara (2015),
the importance of social welfare systems are
intensely significant for the people like the client
who live alone in their houses and for some reasons
cannot access the benefits of nursing homes. Thus,
it can be said that among the above mentioned
social welfare systems, the Residential Care is the
appropriate social welfare system for the concerned
client. This care programme is initiated by the Aged
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