CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW

Critical Literature Review: Community Care

Critical Literature Review: Community Care

Community Care

The word “Community” means, all the people who live in a particular area or a group of people who are considered as a unit because of their shared interests, background or nationality. ”Community cares” are works that people do without any payment to help other people. It is also known as the work which people may be ordered to do as a punishment. This punishment is given for misdemeanours (Jefferys, 1965 pp.54-61).

Community cares help a person to enhance their moral calibre and moral values, although there are different Community cares due to difference in the interests of the people but their aim or goal is the same, that they want to give benefits to others by their own selves.

Community care is one of many ways to help the surrounding community and make society a better place. There are many different forms of Community care which include volunteering at local hospitals, churches, fire stations, clinics, and schools as well as other public or private organization within the community. Each task preformed at any of these establishments may help improve not only the economy of the society but help the performance of the organization. The efforts put forth to better the surroundings may benefit the host organization but the main reason to help is the eternal reward and the feeling of accomplishment towards others. Community care is self gratifying act which is beneficial society.

Community care: Government or Community

Some have always asserted that it's the government's job to take care of people in need and others claim that private charitable organizations and individuals can shoulder the whole burden of helping those in need. These viewpoints have even entered American political debate. Both government and private assistance have their place. Government assistance will continue only if voters firmly express their desires to see the continuance of particular programs. Private assistance will continue only if enough of us ask ourselves, in our hearts, whether we can afford to give of ourselves. But I believe if people really cared about their community their would be no need for government involvement. People would donate their money to private organizations out of morality and for good of the community. Private organization should take over all Community care programs so the government can focus on other issues that are more important(Daly, Lewis, 1998 pp.90-101).

Private assistance has done a great job in helping the community tremendously and government help is not needed. Eighty-six percent of Americans give to one or more charitable organizations. They represent all ages, incomes, occupations and education levels. Of the Americans that give donations to organizations, ninety percent of donations come from individuals and the remaining ten percent comes from foundations and corporations. While corporations and foundations may be the source of some big single donations. Corporations are more likely to give money if they know the community at large is also supportive of your efforts. So as a community we need to have ...