Question

Read the case study, then answer the questions that follow. Case study Magda, a middle aged woman who has epilepsy, has some vision loss and a mild cognitive impairment as a result of an acquired brain injury sustained in a car accident. She lives in a small flat in a high-rise building. She is socially and geographically isolated as she does not speak or read in English. She speaks fluent Russian and communicates mainly with members of her immediate family. She is interested in becoming more involved in her local neighbourhood and wants to make some new friends, but she is not really sure how to overcome the barriers she is experiencing in achieving this goal. You are working with Magda to identify and implement strategies to manage these barriers and assist her with engagement in community activities. 1. 2. Identify two barriers to participation for Magda. Describe a step-by-step strategy you could implement to assist Magda to address her social and geographical isolation and monitor the success of the strategy selected. Just prior to an important follow-up meeting with Magda to clarify information about her current health conditions, the regular interpreter you have been using phones to say she is not available. You suddenly feel very limited in your ability to communicate with Magda and to Version Original 1 2 Date 9 /12/2015 I 26/05/2016 2410/2016 19/06/2017 13/07/17 TACHG3015 Certificate in Individual Support 2017 A stment T V CHODIS CHCOIS003 Support community participation and social inclusion Jun 17 docx support community participation and o n Page 15 of 11 D Focus

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Answer 1

1. The two barriers Magda is having are :-

- Language barrier as she knows only Russian

- Mentally impaired because of which she does not socialise herself

2. Step by step strategy for Magda :-

- First of all prepare herself or make her belive that she can communicate in English and also can socialise with others

- Having a interpreter initially ,once she learns English then no interpreter is needed .

- Learn English

- Teach communication skills

- Help her to make friends

- In school teachers should encourage her to socialize and make friends

- Once communication skills and English is learned leave her alone so that she starts to communicate and tries to be independent .

3. According to me , i should accept the offer because I have to know about health status and make actions according to it . Not taking the offer would lead to misinterpretation and complications .

4. Benefit to the community is Magda involves in community activities is that the culture ,beliefs etc are transmitted to other communities and enhance helps in its evolution .