How Coronavirus Has Exposed the Neglected Issues in the Disabled Community
Covid-19 has impacted our lives and almost every sector is brought down to its knees. We are witnessing an impending global economic recession; some countries’ health systems reached the brim and have now surrendered to the direction of the virus. Learning institutions are closed globally with over 800 million learners staying at home.
Not to mention the millions of jobs that have been lost. There is no doubt that we will be waking up to a new world when this mess is over.
With all these adverse effects, it’s important to note that the pandemic has brought to light issues that we neglected for a long time in for those living in homes for disabled.
This vulnerable group has raised its voice for issues that affect its way of life but fell on deaf ears. Now that the pandemic is with us, the problem has affected everyone and we need solutions.
1. The Danger in The Congregated Nursing Homes
Our society today is pushing away the seniors and disabled to nursing homes. While the disabled community has vehemently opposed the move, we still see that it is the best place they fit.
Covid-19 has shown us the dangers of assembling a vulnerable community in one place in a ruthless way. The fact that the disease is highly infectious makes it too powerful for the old generation as it has killed them in the thousands.
What is the solution then?
Taking them back to our homes or community-based homes are the best solutions. These secure home services make it possible for isolation from impending danger while they have the time to take care of their health.
The good news is that assistive techs are fast catching up with us to make the process easy. For instance, most of the products we offer help you to stay connected with seniors and people living with disabilities. The home system also helps them with simple tasks like personal reminders.
2. Working and Learning Flexibility
This has remained a big issue for those living in homes for disabled, yet we have answers at our doorsteps. What keeps us from seeing the solutions are our desire to meet the conventional metric of “productivity” and not being able to adapt to new working conditions.
Technology has become a center stage in many institutions, but we have thrown its treasures to the wind.
Because of this, many disabled people have lost lifetime opportunities. Qualified workers can’t get their dream jobs because they “can’t stand up” to the task. On the other hand, professors can’t make schedules for online classes; hence students living with disabilities have no option but to drop out of school.
Now we have seen a sudden shift to this idea, thanks to covid-19. Every Government is encouraging its workers to work from home. This is widely being accepted and is now a lifestyle.
All those disabled people are hoping is that this might not change when coronavirus is over. There are positive moves that might strengthen their hopes. For instance, countries have provided adequate devices that make it easy to work from home.
3. Robust Health Care System
No country had prepared for this pandemic despite the many predictions many years back. It has brought health care systems to the downhill with nowhere to turn to.
Fortunately, there has been a quick response from health care institutions led by the WHO. And more so, the health care systems have been pointed to seniors and people living in homes for disabled. Since most of them have underlying health conditions that make them vulnerable, they deserve heavy and robust health care.
This was not the case before. Although we have seen them dying in high numbers, we can’t fail to mention the fact that healthcare systems in the homes have been beefed up. If this wasn’t done, we could be speaking of a different story by now.
Conclusion
We can’t stress enough the importance of keeping the disabled safe in these trying times. But because we can’t be on their watch all the time, we need to invent ways that do the job for us. That’s what we have done at Sofihub. Visit our website to get more information on some of our products.