@article{Choomee_Insawang_Rueangsawat_2017, title={Roles of Community Nurses as Advocators for the Rights of the Disables and Families}, volume={37}, url={https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nur-psu/article/view/107743}, abstractNote={<p><span class="fontstyle0">As Thailand is stepping into society, with increasing number of the elderly persons, patients having<br>non-communicable diseases and trafc accidents, the number of the disables in Thailand is also increasing.<br>Nowadays, the disables and families have more legal rights on health and living than they did in the past.<br>Community nurses have benefts to help promoting the health and quality of life of the disables and families.<br>With the helps and supports from the community nurses, the disables can live their lives with dignity.<br>This article was aimed to present perspectives and experiences of being a community nurse working at a<br>primary health care center and advocating for the rights of the disables and families. According to a review</span><span class="fontstyle2"><br></span><span class="fontstyle0">of literature and actual experiences in the community, the disables and families had limitations and defcit<br>accesses to government services so that their rights were not fully or partially fulflled. Legally, the rights and<br>benefts of the disables include a right to receive a health assessment and a document certifying being the<br>disable, a right to receive basic medical care services, and a right to get physical and mental rehabilitation,<br>as well as other rights appropriate with contexts of each community. The author also gave recommendations<br>that primary care nurses should be encouraged to learn the rights and advocate for the rights of the disables<br>and families as well as learn how to provide care for people with disabilities and their families. Institute<br>of Nursing Education should include program care for the disabled in the nursing curriculum. state agencies<br>should also involved with the disabled manage one-stop services.</span> </p>}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Research in Nursing-Midwifery and Health Sciences }, author={Choomee, Piyarut and Insawang, Vachiraboon and Rueangsawat, Sarawut}, year={2017}, month={Dec.}, pages={137–146} }