Reference no: EM133913766

Question

Ahorangi is a 78-year-old Maori woman from New Zealand with diabetes and arthritis who has recently been admitted to an aged care facility because she has been living alone for several years and is now unable to adequately care herself. Ahorangi has no family in Australia, but she has an intimate relationship with a male friend who visits her twice a week and she has three female friends she plays cards with every Saturday. Ahorangi enjoys reading and fishing. You are her aged care worker.

1. How could you support Ahorangi to engage with a relevant social network and the wider community?

2. How could you create an environment suitable to her physical needs?

3. What sort of documentation might you need to complete while working with Ahorangi, and how should documents be recorded and filed?

4. Conduct a detailed independent research and provide an overview of the different contexts for the provision of personal support and how these impact on the way services are provided.