Personal Care Plan Directive

Part 1

The basic elements of culture that I consider important for my wellbeing include the identity, integration and social cohesion, which improve the sense of belonging in a given community.  These aspects plays a huge part in providing solutions for issues related to communication, protection, care and nurturing which in turn forms an important part of rich and healthy social capital. They will allow for an active social life in old age that is necessary for coping with old age. A society that is integrated and where nurture and care are emphasized goes a long way in ensuring that I can face the life challenges in old age.  These aspects mean that I will have family and friends around that will prevent the issue of loneliness from creeping in.  Wellbeing is normally culture sensitive and is perceived and any aspects that are expected to bring happiness and quality of life, and these can only be obtained in a social life that emphasizes cohesion (Wu, 2013).  The aspects will also improve my cultural participation and the resulting relationships networks with the nearby people will provide a good experience in old age.  They will allow for corporation and engagement in issues relating to the society as a whole.

 As an elderly person, I will need to be psychologically resilient so that I cannot succumb to any arising adversity but instead, demonstrate the ability for adaptation shown by management of stressful events or overcoming adverse occurrences.  There are individual and community factors that form a person level of resilience. The individual factors include optimism and positivity which will help me in controlling the perceptions of the situations encountered in old age.  Having a positive self-concept relates to self-esteem and these two factors helps in bouncing back from various losses that a person likely to come across with time (Wu, 2013).  In addition, determination goes hand in with flexibility, whereby as a resilient person I will be capable of learning the available options for reacting to a situation and then choosing the one that can bring forth the desired results. Continued education is an important aspect that will equip me with the more knowledge about the solutions for various problems in life especially knowledge on new technology. Technology will continue having a pronounced role in health care services for the elderly people since the solutions it provided can have a better response to emerging demographic challenges and even at the workplaces (Pekkarinen et al. 2013).

The most important factors that will ensure my emotional and personal experience include strong social support and social networks, whether provided through religious or community activities.  Strong social support and social networks have been found to have substantial contributions to person resilience after multiple adversities (Hughes, 2014). The support can also come from family especially the spousal support that provides a good source for emotional stability. Practicing acceptance is an important aspect that will ensure that I am resilient especially amidst painful illnesses, the time taken for healing and other stressful situations that comes with old age.  This will involve understanding that pain and stress are inevitable in life and it is better that one come into terms with this reality (Bennett, 2015). This is better than denying, ignoring or repressing pain and learning how to embrace relisting emotions and trusting that I will bounce back after all.

I wish that my old age be the best time of my life, my golden years filled with happiness, satisfaction and accomplishment.  This does not mean that I am wishing for an ideal life with not loss and pain, but being accustomed to gains made in youth and basking in maturity. Being resilient will enable me to withstand any physical, intellectual and emotional decline. However, I look forward to the possibility of not experiencing ill health and doing my best in helping others, maintain my mental vigor with little deterioration but most of all, the ability to take care of myself. However, if ailment becomes common I would like to receive the best healthcare from people whom I can relate to and trust. My health care providers should be nurses, therapist and doctors who are keen and focused on personal relationship and which will provide a good environment. They should be specialized, experienced and certified professionals so that I can trust them. I would want to maintain good relationship with my family and friends and even the health care providers. These relationships are necessary for me since they provided a basis for better social capital.

Part two

As my life changes due to environmental, health and relationships shifts, I would like a successful transition that is based on high skills and knowledge, better knowledge and use of available resources to meet expectations.  The health care provided will be based on voluntary relationships and in case of unpredictable -involuntary emergence of illnesses , those with who the relationships are formed will form the best foundation for care.  My support for any long-term health condition will be provided through emotional self-management and empowerment.  The empowerment will involve education and training on how to provide self-care for various illnesses and how to prevent their occurrence in old age.  This will also involve delivering various interventions with a main focus on my self-confidence and even self-efficacy in relation to any problems that are related to work.  

The health care plan will also involve provision of various interventions that enhance performance and even compensate for any change in performance. As a person’s productivity in work is expected to decline as age increases , there should be reduction of any demands related to the tasks that he will be undertaking (Bennett, 2015). These services should be provided with help of experienced nurses, doctors and therapist.  My only fears are that members of my family will be too busy to assist me in receiving the right health care. My family is the bedrock of my personal development and social networking.  Currently, I have been realizing that social networking with right people and continuous improvement through learning are necessary in influencing my decision making.

Conclusion

The level to which the health care for any person is efficient, timely and even appropriate is determined by the features of a health care system (McGinnis, 2011).  MY health care plan is bound to experience challenges as changes in health care costs and quality changes in the various health care facilities.  Moreover, any unforeseen changes in my network of relationships with family members and friends may mean that the plan will have to be changed.

References

Bennett, K. M. (2015). Emotional and personal resilience through life. Future of an ageing population: evidence review. London, Government Office for Science.

 

Hughes, R. (2014). Social aspects of ageing are as important as the clinical. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 8(10), 514-515.

Wu, G., Feder, A., Cohen, H., Kim, J. J., Calderon, S., Charney, D. S., & Mathé, A. A. (2013). Understanding resilience. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 7, 10.

 

Pekkarinen, S., Melkas, H., Kuosmanen, P., Karisto, A., & Valve, R. (2013). Towards a more social orientation in gerontechnology: Case Study of the “Reminiscence Stick”. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 31(4), 337-354.

 

McGinnis, J. M., Olsen, L., Goolsby, W. A., & Grossmann, C. (Eds.). (2011). Engineering a learning healthcare system: a look at the future: workshop summary. National Academies Press.