08 Oct To complete this discussion, you will first need
To complete this discussion, you will first need to log into The Neighborhood.In this experiential learning assignment, you will assess various characters in The Neighborhood for risk factors associated with vulnerable populations, create strategies for addressing the health concerns of the characters, and identify possible barriers to providing health promotion. Read the Season 1, 2, 3 Episode 1 biographies of characters in the Neighborhood. Select one of the characters in The Neighborhood that meet the criteria for being a member of a vulnerable population. Jimmy Bley Jimmy is an 84-year-old male with moderate emphysema and hearing loss. He is a retired veteran who served as an electronics technician in the Army for his entire career. In his retirement, Jimmy has taken an interest in computers. He spends a great deal of time on the internet or playing games on the computer; he also likes to build computers. Jimmy has been married for 60 years to his wife Cecelia. They argue a lot, but they would not know what to do without each other just the same. They have several grown children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who live within the community. Jimmy and Cecelia also have 2 dogs, both of them strays that they just adopted. Jimmy often goes with his wife to the Neighborhood Senior Center for bingo night.Jimmy considers himself healthy. He describes his hearing loss as mild. He has a hearing aid but does not like to wear it and thus does not make changing the batteries a priority. He does not perceive his hearing loss to be much of a problem. Likewise, Jimmy describes his emphysema as “not that bad.” However, he becomes short of breath with most activities. He compensates by taking his time to do most things. He knows he must pace himself to avoid getting exhausted. When he over-exerts himself, it can take a few days to recover. Jimmy is very aware of his limits, yet he does not generally consider his illness to be very bad. Although he would not admit it, he recognizes that his breathing has become more of a problem during the past couple of years. He continues to smoke and knows he should quit, but he just can’t seem to get interested in quitting because he enjoys smoking.Jimmy goes shopping with Cecelia. He knows that she has more energy than he does when it comes to shopping, and that he has a tendency to become tired rather quickly. When she asks him if he’s tired, Jimmy tells her he is not tired; he just gets bored with the shopping trips. He doesn’t even consider staying home because their outings have been part of their routine for years. On the way home from shopping, Jimmy gets annoyed with Cecelia when she yells at him while he is driving, claiming that he does not hear an ambulance. He has been driving all of his life, and he thinks that he can hear well enough. He thinks to himself, “I don’t drive with my ears!” Jimmy is an 84-year-old male with moderate emphysema and hearing loss. He has been married for 60 years to his wife Cecelia. They argue a lot, but they would not know what to do without each other just the same. They have several grown children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who live within the community.This episode Jimmy and his wife attend a granddaughter’s soccer game. It is chilly outside, and Jimmy feels more short of breath than usual when walking back to the car. He never returned to the smoking cessation class because he just didn’t believe it was worth it. He finds that he is okay just using his inhaler when needed, but he realizes that he should quit smoking. He uses his inhaler while walking to the car.Jimmy is an 85-year-old male with moderate emphysema and hearing loss. He has been married for 61 years to his wife Cecelia. They argue a lot, but they would not know what to do without each other just the same.Jimmy considers himself healthy. He describes his emphysema as “not that bad.” Recently, his episodes of shortness of breath have interfered with activities more than usual, and he has made efforts on two occasions to stop smoking. Both times, Jimmy was not successful. He is privately very aware of the fact that his breathing has worsened and that he is using his inhaler much more frequently.This episode Jimmy’s daughter hears an announcement on the radio that free flu shots are being offered at a local health clinic. She tells both of her parents, but Jimmy is sure it will just make him sick. He is already not feeling great and he does not want to take the vaccine. His daughter tells him that both of them are considered at high risk for getting the flu. Jimmy feels that he is basically fairly healthy and never gets sick anyway, so he will just take his chances.
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