Dear WNF.
In most developing nations which Uganda falls under it, has never considered
the role of Social Worker Gerontologist and Social Worker in behavior Scientist
plays in human kind. Over the years of civil wars has put most lives of
Ugandans especially West Nile in a post traumatic stress. Most of our people
who were in 1980’s are no more young aging has taken its toll that ahs left us
with a grate challenge in caring for the aging group. Unfortunately we have not
considered the working group for elderly as important. Doctors in our society
meet a challenging role in treatment and care of the aging or elderly. At one
hand the society has ignored social workers in gerontology professionals who
can work with the elderly are never considered as they play a vital role in the
treatment and care of the elderly. There are very important skills that social
worker in gerontology can be used to overcome the ignored care of the aging
elderly. However in developed countries gerontology is one of the largest
growing professions in the practice of caring the aging. As our population is
aging the demand for social work should be considered in our society as well.
Aging group in our society are most of the time undervalued. Further more being
old, poor and possibly disabled including mental ill most common the epileptic
in our society places one in a category frequently abandoned by our governments
and local authorities. In most African countries social workers and other
professionals like psychologist whose work is to provide other ignored health
services, which need and seeking to address the issue of elderly or aging group
are under-appreciated and disregarded. However this has led to lack trained and
some young men who are willing to be trained to the social work gerontologist
to serve the elderly are discouraged therefore there is inadequate or shortage
of social worker in gerontology professional to help the aged or elderly. These
professionals have an indispensable role to play with elderly people especially
the frail and the impaired no anther professional can fill the gap. The Social
Worker gerontologist role involves recognition of the aging clients as whole
unique person with a past as well as present. These professionals have the
skills of feelings regardless of cognitive impairment a role deep rooted in the
older persons need and capacity for a supportive relationship no matter what
degree of impairment. Study of aging makes a significant model and a change to
criminal act or behavior becomes so hard. Taking us back today the most people
who abuse drugs more are the aging group including Alcoholism. Here we are not
saying street drugs like Cocaine, Heroin and Cannabis including Poppy. But
prescription drugs are the immediate and most drugs abused by most of them. The
aging group in most countries complains of different disease or more commonly
of general body pain. However the field of gerontology plays a big role in
terms of treatment of the aging group which is ignored in most African
countries including Southern Sudan. Drug abuse and Alzheimer disease are best
treated by both Social Work in Substance Abuse counseling and Social worker in
gerontology. Alzheimer and schizophrenia including Substance Abuse, Tobacco and
Alcoholism are never considered as a disease but in reality is the most common
killer of our aging groups both Africa which Uganda,West Nile is a apart of it.
During my volunteer ship in Southern Sudan Alzheimer and the most above
mentioned are common in developing countries which the ministries of health in
African countries have not considered a serious issue. In 2006-2007 Help the
Age organization used to be in Southern Sudan but when I went back for
volunteer it seems like the organization has died with its natural death that
has left the Aging group in an agony. Fellow countrymen lets work together and
consider some of this field as it plays a big role in developed countries.
Arike
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:55:08 -0500
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WestNileNet] Okuni has made us proud
Dear all
I have just read the article Monitor carried on our very own Patrick Okuni who
was the best in UCE 1985. It really brought out the Okuni I know. I salute the
WNF for naming him as chairperson of the ad hoc committee for the establishment
of a Public University in West Nile. The italians would say "Okuni has one
tongue in the mouth" meaning he does what he says. I was happy to read the
response of Okuni why he left government work, his answer was “In order to work
successfully in government you have to find ways of making other money either
within the government, which could be called corruption, or outside by doing
other private work. I am not generally good at doing such; corruption is
something I would not even think about and, again, doing other private work
when you have a job you should be fully dedicated to is also not morally
right,” Brothers ad sisters west nilers we need this type of leadership to
shine more and more in our region. He is a practical man and this come out
when he stated that " I love discussion, analysis and practical work".
Mr Okuni says he helps support students programmes like the Makerere Arua
Students Union, West Nile Foundation, and the St. Joseph College, Ombaci Old
Boys’ Association, in addition to other development programmes.
We also appreciate your inputs on this forum which are brief and to the point
as very good homilies which are compared to miniskirts "short enough to arouse
interest but long enough enough to cover the subject'
May God bless patrick, West Nile and the West nilers in he struggle to save
West Nile by West Nile
Ruffino
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