Applecross Opal Nursing Home Analysis

For my service this year, I was involved with Applecross Opal Nursing Home. Opal age care was a great help to me in opening my eyes to the desperate need for an extra pair of hands and the importance of nursing homes. Not only to the individual admitted in, but also to their families and friends. As I would arrive at 12.00 every time, I would go straight into lending a hand with lunch. Handing out the meals, packing away, cleaning up and keeping an eye on a few of the residents was my first job done. Then I would wonder through the compound talking to the residents, playing and colouring in with them and I would gather and assist them to and from their rooms. With all these jobs, you had to keep a look out for and take extra care with some of the more dependant residents.
The social issue that I addressed was the neglecting and loneliness of the elderly. Watching my own grandparents and my other previous experience volunteering at a nursing home I have learnt that the elderly seem to have a stigma associated with them. People often label them to be lonely or alienated, which ultimately leads to this negative idea with ageing. Through my service I aimed to provide compassion to the elderly and to address this injustice issue in society. By the end of my service hours, I was pleased with myself that I had honoured and shown my own appreciation towards the elderly, just as it says in the bible quote“ You shall stand up before the grey head and honour the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord” (Leviticus