Health and Socio-Political Factors in Aged Care

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Health and Socio-Political Factors in Aged Care
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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................3
Executive Summary..................................................................................3
Discussion of Palliative Care Provision in Residential Aged Care.....................................4
Critical Discusses of Advanced Care Directives in Residential Aged Care ..................6
Strategies that Improve the Provision of Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care.........8
Conclusion.............................................................................................11
References..............................................................................................12

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Health and Socio-Political Factors in Aged Care
Introduction
The needs of the people become complex as people age in their lives. The health
needs also become complex with age; therefore, the aged people require a lot of consideration
in terms of clinical care and treatment. Most of the chronic and serious disease are age-
related; therefore, old people have the highest prevalence of these disease as compared to
young people, to minimise the mortality rates in the society requires the consideration of the
palliative care of the aged people (Allin & Rudoler, 2014). Palliative care is important in
improving the living standards of the affected aged people. Social and economic factors
influence the provision of care to aged people.
Executive Summary
Residential care is the best form of care to be provided to the aged to prevent
deterioration of their conditions. Healthcare services provided to this group of people are
normally designed to manage the health issues by curing the acute conditions and reducing
the effects of the symptoms. Evidence-based practice is an important approach in improving
the quality of care provided to the aged and overall healthcare outcomes. Healthcare systems
are designed in a way that ensures affordable care is offered to the patients. The care service
should also be accessible and reliable to ensure effective performance in both residential and
clinical settings.
The Advanced care directives is an important approach to be applied in the residential
facilities because it improves performance an outcomes of the aged care. ACDs is
documentation that allows people to give decisions on matters affecting their lives. In this
case, the documentation is signed by a competent adult. A family member may sign it on
behalf of the aged patient. Strategies for improving care of the aged in residential facilities

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are also provided. Effective communication is identified as an appropriate strategy in
improving aged care services and promoting patient outcomes.
Discussion of Palliative Care Provision in Residential Aged Care
Australian government gives subsidies for residential care services to improve the
health status of the aged people. The assistance is meant for those people with acute and
chronic medical conditions. The condition of these aged people may be so serious that forces
healthcare providers and the government to move them out of their homes to the residential
places designed to deliver palliative care to old people. The palliative case approach is a form
of treatment intended at promoting the quality of lives of the patients and other family
members experiencing life-threatening illnesses (Speerin et al., 2014). This type of care
approach reduces suffering and prevents deterioration of life. Palliative care approach is
based on the trajectories of the palliative framework. This approach can be used in ensuring
quality life support practices to the aged in residential care because it ensures quality of end-
life conditions and safety.
Palliative care is a form of care that focuses at promoting people’s life and prevent the
occurrence of life-threatening condition (Arendts, & Howard, 2010). The palliative care
gathers for the interests of the patients and their families. This type of care focuses at
reducing the sufferings of the people through early and immediate identification and
treatment of pain. In this case, the care promotes social, physical, spiritual, and psychological
needs of the victims. Residential care is designed to provide accommodation services to aged
people across the country. In this case, the government of Australia has constructed various
residential homes for caring the aged people requiring palliative care.
Research studies have shown that palliative care in residential areas is appropriate in
reducing the prevalence of degenerative diseases among the age people as compared to those