3.) Unfortunately, Mr. Smith as many vulnerabilities. First, we could look at his race as an African American male. Mr. Smith is also a farmer whom never graduated from high school. This makes Mr. Smith vulnerable due to lower income status. Mr. Smith also lives in a rural community in which access to health care may be scares or not available to him. Lastly, being an African American male with hypertension and history of mild strokes, places him at great risk of death. This in return may put in in serious risk of not affording the health care he needs. According to Caring for the Vulnerable, half of the adult population in our county has poor to no skill to read, listening and understand our language. Many of these included poor, older adults
