Propose modifications to the social environment to facilitate the satisfaction of the elderly's needs.

An elderly person's needs include: access to services, education, employment, financial support, health, housing, security and safety, self esteem and sense of identity. Access to resources is a big issue for the aged population. Some main problems which affect elderly accessing resources are: having a disability, their education level, where they live, their ethnicity or culture, their gender and their socio economic status. Often the aged have difficulties accessing resources because the have a disability …

…well being which leads to a loss of identity. A person's identity is often their profession, e.g. a doctor, and so when a person retires their sense of identity is lost. An elderly person could join a club such as the Lyons Club. By belonging to a club and socialising with people their self esteem will increase. If they become the president of the club then they will have a strong sense of identity.