Vulnerability entails exposure to various risks and harm in the society; there are diverse groups of people in a community that susceptible to these injuries. The results that accrue from direct interaction between resources that are available to them and the life challenges that associate with the same. Some of the primary elements that depict people in the community as vulnerable entail problems with development aspects, possibly underprivileged in social status, personal incapacities, degraded neighborhoods, inadequate level of networks with other people in the community and the overall interaction with the environment. The elements that affect life course of an individual with regards to resources and aspects of the environment that one gets exposure to lead to either part of priority or neglect (Edin and Shaefer, 2012). Social values are therefore evident in this terms; the fact that a group of people get attention more than others, or feel neglected define the social values and how the community upholds the type of individuals. A vulnerability is common among people in the community irrespective of the economic status, the fact that social order dictates and …show more content…
In the population, there is already a large group of people that are suffering from results of neglect in the community; there is a need for immediate treatment procedures to help them on to their normal lives first. Prevention as well is necessary for quick implementation considering that each day that passes with an individual in the same conditions increases the level of vulnerability and therefore increase the possibility of the current in safe conditions to suffer from the results. On treatment, there exist elements of long-term care where senior citizens, for instance, have to be close to a health care professional for a longer period as they evaluate their performance and response to
Individual, family and relational, community and cultural, and societal are all part of the risk and protective factors in an ecosystemic framework of historical oppression, resilience, ad transcendence.
Department of health (2007) say that there are 3 types of risk assessment:the unstructured clinical approach, the actuarial approach and the structured clinical approach (DOH 2007). Many Mental health Professionals over the past years have used the unstructured clinical approach to risk assess. This is based on your experience and judgement to assess the risk. However this way has been criticized for not being structured and this then leads to inconsistency and to be unreliable (Turner and Tummy 2008). This approach would not be useful for the case with Julie as she is not known to services and every person is different as you may not have seen her symptoms before if you base the risk assessment on experience.
The book is an exceptional reference for any individual who care for the elderly; it provides insight on how to arran...
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It is a multidimensional human condition and constant human experience with the reduced ability to protect oneself (Cousley, Martin, & Hoy, 2014). Bailey (2010) describes vulnerability as an internal conflict which brings feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and lack of control. Vulnerability as defined by Scanlon & Lee (2006) can be broken into three dimensions, physical, social, and psychological aspects. Physical vulnerability can be identified by the potential risk of harm in the environment. Social vulnerability include age, sex, and ethnicity. Psychological vulnerability refers to the feelings associated with the loss of control and can be manifested by stress and anxiety. Vulnerability can be measured by the potential harm and the capacity to overcome it, as stated by Spiers (2000). Only the person experiencing vulnerability can truly understand its implications as it is a unique and individualized experience. (Thorup, Rundqvist, Roberts & Delmar, 2012). Vulnerability can be better understood by examining the external and internal risk factors that increase an individual’s
the disadvantaged to appeal to problematic methods to promote their well-being as a result of
Social and economic circumstances: The capacity of an individual to develop and flourish is profoundly influenced by their immediate social surroundings – including their opportunity to engage positively with family members, friends or colleagues, and earn a living for themselves and their families – and also by the socio-economic circumstances in which they find themselves. Restricted or lost opportunities to gain an education and income are especially pertinent socio-economic factors. (WHO, 2012, p. 3)
According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is the process of adjusting enough in the presence of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or major sources of stress such as financial and workplace problems, family/ relationship problems, and severe health problems or workplace and financial stressors (American Psychological Association, 2013).
When a member of someone’s family goes ill or is no longer able to live on their own and take care of themselves; it is up to the family members to decide the best course of action for them to get the best care that they can. There several different options that need to be considered when looking at long-term care facilities for older adults. In this paper, I will briefly discuss two of the most common options that people choose between when looking at long-term care options. One option is home care and the other is assisted and/or independent living facilities. These two options are some of the best ways to take care of ill elders.
Similarly, health condition could in turn affect the access to housing as well. People with worse health problems were found more difficult to attain a better housing. And such a poorer housing condition could also impact on people’s major development including the education attainment, employment access, and health condition (Manturuk, 2013). It is cyclical effects between health and housing for people living in poorer could have higher risks of health problems which could also limit people to improve their housing condition (Manturuk, 2013).
...r lives were like. They found that 86% of the resilient children seemed to doing well as adults and compared with non-vulnerable children had a higher rate of reporting to be happy. However, they did record high amount of health problems such as dizziness, back problems for men and pregnancy, childbirth for women. In addition, other children from the vulnerable group reported significantly better results compared to their teenage selves e.g. going back to school, getting a job etc. the study proves to show that children can grow up to be competent members of the society even if born into impoverished environment and under stressful situations as long as there is a balance between the environment, stress and support. she suggest early intervention programs and nurturing environments for children in vulnerable conditions to improve the child’s development in future.
Social hierarchy and conditions within a community has a direct impact on the health and wellness of the people that reside within the boundaries of that city. Major contributors to the welfare of a neighborhood include but are not limited to: the area in which they live, their social standing within the population and the income of the individual or family. Each factor has a severe influence on the life expectancy of the peoples within the society.
Institutional care for dementia patients entails segregating the patients from their social setting or homes and putting them in one place for reasons of providing them with care. Admission into the institutions is based on a number of factors such as functional disability, dementia, and absence of caregiver to the affected people. In the institutions, patients are given care based on a number of care models. Scholars devised these models with the aim of improving the lives of people within the institutions that provide such care. The models include the medical model of care, the social model of care, and the model of excess disability. Each of the models serves specific needs for the patients in different institutions. However, the most common model that is employed in different institutions is the social approach that provides long-term facilities and entails the Eden alternative model and the gentle care model.
Throughout this class, there were many social issues and whom they affect discussed. I loved this class for the reason of getting myself more familiar with what is happening around me and around everyone else in the world. This class was an eye opener to major social issues that people are faced with so in this paper, I am going to talk about the seven objectives we were supposed to obtain from this class.
...ght feel stressed. They might have to live in unsanitary or overcrowded living conditions. So they are more likely to get illnesess and diseases. They are likely to live in polluted areas. They have an increased risk of dying young. They may feel excluded from the society because of their social class. An individual’s lower social class, gender can affect their job opporunites. Some sports or activities are seen as appropriate for either male or female. A child’s gender can affect the types of toy that given to play with or sports they play at school. The individuals with low income or lower social class are likely to have poor diet and unhealthy life style as they are not able to buy good quality food like others. They are also likely to get so many diseases and illness from that such as diarrhea, obesity, cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure and cholesterol.