Supporting Aged in the Communities

Running head: SUPPORTING AGED IN THE COMMNITIES 1
Supporting the aged in the communities
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SUPPORTING AGED IN THE COMMNITIES 2
Question 1
Analysis of the aged care services
The aged members of the communities include people who are advanced in age and
cannot afford some of the basic needs. Aged services available for the older people in Australia
includes care in their homes and nursing homes. In most cases, the aged members of the
communities always lack the primary health care services which has contributed to poor health.
The aged always requires close medical attention due to their weak immune systems as they are
vulnerable to most of the opportunistic diseases, therefore, the above mentioned care to the older
should be made available to better their living standards.
Primary health care services can be defined as the services offered to the aged that covers
wide range of disease prevention, treatment and wellness. The services which have been
structured to support the aged in the community by health care facilities to ensure better health of
the aged within the community include nursing care where they are provided by insurance cover
to cater for their medication cost in case they fall sick. Other home care services structured for
the aged in the society include the provision of basic needs like clothing, food and shelter since
most of them cannot afford such services (Doyle, 2017).
The medical insurance cover for the aged has been structured effectively thus following the
financial status which cannot enable them to cater treatment cost on their own. The insurance
cover service organized by the health care facilities is one of the primary health approaches
which has impacted the lives and health of the aged positively in the community since they can
freely and easily afford medical services without incurring any extra cost. This has motivated
most of the aged people in the community to seek medical attention whenever they feel sick.