Australasian Journal on Ageing

Running head: HEALTH AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES IN AGED CARE
HEALTH AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES IN AGED CARE
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Question 1:
There is a range of ways that can be implemented for encouraging older population. Day
et al. (2017), suggested that providing the older population with the community-based services
with the specialised facilities such as rehabilitation services and assistance with activities of daily
living are effective way of supporting active ageing and supporting older adults to be
independent. Additionally, for active contribution in the society, Parkinson and Radford (2019),
suggested that transition program focusing on choice and consolations, incorporations of family
members, friends and neighbours as an informal care provider for providing support to gather
self-efficacy skills and involving population in the social activities are an effective way of
encouraging the older population to be part of the society. The positive factor is that community-
based services are usually funded by the government to reduce the social isolation and
loneliness. The negative factor is that lack of proper policy to implement these services.
Question 2:
With the global prevalence of ageing population, health service delivery had been
challenged to the aged care service provided. The underlying reason is that the older population
more likely to experience illness and disability in which they can have an impact on the financial
and social structure (Gill et al., 2017). In this context, The Healthy Ageing Model of care is one
excellent care model for the aged care developed by WHO that incorporate person-centred care
for improving quality of care outcome for the client. It significantly focuses on the healthy
ageing of the population by focusing on home care packages, meeting basic needs, prioritizing
the choices and autonomy of the population and promote active ageing according to e Aged Care
Act, 1997. The model enables nursing professional to be in partnership with the older population

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to plan, develop as well as monitoring the care process so that older adults feel empowered and
safe.
Question 3:
Nycyk and Redsell (2015), Healthy ageing model of care encourage consumers
to express their choices regarding the type of care they will receive and how they will receive. In
the community of the older populations, majority of the older adults have mobility issues and
other chronic issues which not only impacted them to involve in daily activities of living but also
hinder them to support each other. In this context, a healthy ageing model of care (2015-2030),
support the older population by assisting them in activities of daily living, providing access to the
quality health care services, assisting them to involve in the social activities, assisting in building
a healthy relationship with friend, community and family(Briggs et al., 2016). It is based on the
basic concept that physical literacy plays in sustained long-term health and connection between
mental and physical health enable the older population to have a purposeful life. It enables the
older population to have proper housing, appropriate environment to reduce fall and issues with
mobility. The Australian government has recently developed a range of community-based
services that incorporate the healthy ageing model of car for encouraging Australian. Lu, Pikhart
and Sacker (2019), suggested that the model supports the basic needs by enabling the population
to design their care that can meet their cultural and individual needs and values. However, a
range of challenges present in the healthy ageing model process which impacted the quality of
care. Gao et al. (2017) suggested that for actively involving with healthy ageing, professionals
are required to have excellent skills and limited professionals have adequate skills to meet the
basic criteria of healthy ageing. The second issue is that healthy ageing model has limited