OLD AGE AND SOCIAL WORKERS PRACTICE

OLD AGE AND SOCIAL WORKERS PRACTICE

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Old-Age and Social Workers Practice

Social workers work with different types of people, and working with adults is one group of people social workers get engaged with. The old aged indeed get their health compromised most of the times, and therefore their lives become even more challenging to manage with the health issues present in their bodies as they age. The old aged suffer from forgetfulness, hypertension, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, sinusitis, and other types of illnesses. These health issues need to be cared for. Most of the time, these old-aged individuals find themselves in nursing homes being given care for their aging bodies, which require constant maintenance. An example from the book is that Abbie, an old-aged lady, falls and keeps calling for help in a nursing home because she is feeling a lot of pain in her back. Therefore when a person comes to check on her, she informs her that she needs a painkiller (Suppes & wells, 2018 pg. 295). Apart from these, they also experience mental deterioration, and this should also be addressed by understanding them, showing them love, and taking care of them.

It is also true that social workers should interact and socialize with every kind of person in society. This is because the people who need help are within the community. Unless a social worker can interact with them effectively, it might not be easy to provide the necessary support to them since the social worker will not have known them well enough. Apart from just interacting with everyone in the community, it is also true that social workers are using all the possible technology to make sure that services are provided towards the communities in which they live, adequately and employing the current technology for efficient service (Suppes & wells, 2018 pg. 176).

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Suppes, M. A., & Wells, C. C. (2017). The social work experience: A case-based introduction to social work and social welfare. Pearson.