SUMMARY, EVALUATION, AND RECOMMENDATION

Community service is one of the best ways to benefit the public especially the chosen adoptive family in
a community. It does not only have positive effect on society, but it will bring benefits to the life and
personal development.

Community service is important because it helps connect to the community, giving back and assisting
other is the basis of the community service or volunteering. Thus, it teaches us how significant it is to
help the ones in need, one who are less fortunate than us. The importance of community service is the
fact that it connects us to the community by improving it and making it a better place for all of us to live
in. It raises social awareness and broadens our horizons by helping us understand the needs of the
society and the population we are trying to help through the project or service we are doing. Because
hearing and reading about issues is not quite the same as getting personally involved. It brings us closer
to the families and individuals in need and gives us experiences and understanding of the conditions
they are in.

Presented in this case study is the different characteristics and health condition of the adopted family
LT. This study presents the family structure, socio-economic, and cultural factors, home and
environmental factors, and health assessment of each members. It also contains data about identified
problems or the living condition of the family.

SUMMARY AND EVALUATION

The family is considered a cohabitation type of family. A cohabitation family is usually living together
outside marriage or having sexual relationship without being married. It is composed of a father, mother
and a children. The LT family resides in Purok 4 Barangay Sinili Santiago City. They started living to the
said place since 2019.

This house is made up of concrete cement but is not well furnished and the kitchen has a galvanized
wall. The house is enough to accommodate only for the family. The house has two small rooms, kitchen
and a bathroom inside, a small living room, a total of 5 windows that can sustain the adequate
ventilation needed by the family.

The family main source of income is coming from Mr. L’s job. He works as a laborer in a construction
firm and earns about 8000pesos a month. While Ms. T is in charge of the house, and takes care of their
only child. With Mr. L’s monthly income, the family strives to accommodate everything they need for
them to live and survive. With the amount earned each month by Mr. L, according to them, it is just
enough for their need but is still considered being to a poor family.

Ms. T also informed student nurses that they do not have any financial assets at hand in case of
emergency . She said that they typically borrow money from their relatives.

They are affiliates to Catholic church and according to Ms. T, they seldom go to church for the reason
that they just pray inside their house believing that going to church and not is just the same thing.
The family main source of water is the deep well installed outside their house about 5 meters away but
is not suitable for drinking because the water quality is not safe as it pumps an amount of sediments
and sometimes sands.

The family get their clean water at their neighbors water well pump for their cooking purposes and
usage and putting it to a container. They said they don’t sterilized their drinking water because they buy
it from the nearest water refilling station.

The drainage system of the family is an open type where in the water flows and is continuous. The
family LT is identified to have a little of environmental problems in which it is evident that they consider
to have a practice of poor environmental sanitation. With this kind of situation and condition of the
family, there are problems that are identified such as health threats like fire hazards, poor home and
environmental sanitation, and improper drainage system as well.

A nursing care plan is formulated to address the different problems identified.

Nevertheless, the family still has the chance to improve their condition especially environmental health
condition. They still have the ability to meet the desired characteristics in their structure and maximize
their health potential of optimum wellness. The family is cooperative and participates to the different
issues and interventions they are confronted. Hence, they are willing to submit themselves for the
impartation of important information and basic knowledge regarding family health.

The objectives of identifying problems in the family were fully met and partially achieved due to security
reasons on the part of the student nurses. Together with the family, the student nurse has helped the
family through motivation and support to change their lifestyle and improve their health status as well.

Some of the environmental sanitation problems are identified although the allotted time for our group
as students nurses was not enough to attend to all those problems, the family is now equipped with fair
knowledge which they could use anytime as the need arises.

The student nurses also provided the things that are very important for the family need at home as a
solution for the problems that are seen and lacking inside the house.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The student nurses have identified and prioritized problems with the family. Student nurse also created
a care plan on how to deliver the best nursing care for the family to address their needs.

The following below are propositions and commendations recognized by both the student nurse and the
adopted family.

1) The family should maintain a healthy and clean environment. They must regularly clean their
surroundings to avoid the presence of vectors of diseases.
2) The family should also maintain proper hygiene such as taking a bath regularly, trimming their
nails, frequent changing of clean clothes and refrain from walking barefooted, brushing teeth
and proper and regular handwashing.
3) They must also organize their cooking practices in terms of food preparation and handling as
well as keeping their kitchen utensils in a covered storage to avoid getting it contaminated by
insects or pests. They should also cover their food storage all the time.
4) If in case of getting sick, the family is also advised and reminded to not wait for the ailment to
become severe or worst before seeking medical help.
5) The family must also be educated and follow the proper preparation of herbal medicines as it
was presented during the interview of Ms. T.
6) The family should persevere to perform proper way of segregation and disposal of their garbage
as it was presented during community service.
7) The family should be aware that organizations in the community are open and present for their
problems to be address properly. They are encouraged to verbalize their concerns with regard
to the community so that resolutions can be made.
8) The family is also advised to attend community meetings and seminars so that they are fully
informed of their surroundings and events that are important to the community for their own
good, to become a good example of citizen.
9) The family should also join and participate in any community activities in order to enhance their
capabilities as a citizen.