This learning guide on assisting the elderly and individuals with disabilities is part of a series of learning guides developed for competency-based adult consumer and homemaking education programs in community colleges, adult education centers, community centers, and the workplace. Focus is on the connections among personal, family, and job responsibilities so that these aspects of living will complement each other. Introductory material includes general guidelines/check list for users with key to symbols used to designate enhancement activities and an introduction. The guide covers three competencies: relate needs of the elderly to quality of life; identify support services for assisting the elderly and/or individuals with disabilities; and describe elder abuse. Materials provided for each competency include a list of learner outcomes, key ideas, definitions, facilitator strategies, and suggested learner activities. Twenty-seven supplements contain information and activity sheets on the following: facts and myths about aging, adult needs, media images, support services, disabilities, self-esteem, coping, and elder abuse. A bibliography contains 91 items. (YLB)