If you are the person who may need assistance, you may be wondering why you need a community leader. After all, you may be independent in most areas of your life. Essentially this scenario was considered when the app was being conceptualised. The reason a community leader is required is to build in safety, first; for everybody. By ensuring a community leader, we are creating a buddy system, where in principle there is someone that will safeguard the interests of the person who may need assistance. When we think about the scope of people that may use this app, it makes sense to cater to the worst scenario and work towards the safer solution.
For the person who may need assistance that still wants control of the community, the community leader can assign control of the community settings to that user. This will allow the person who may need assistance to fully administrate their community.