Health and Socio Political Issues in Aged Question 2022

Running head: HEALTH AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ISSUES IN AGED CARE
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Referring to Question 1
Aged care offers multiple services that provide support to older people and fulfill the
needs of their daily activities. The services include short-term care, palliative care, residential
aged care and other related services (Dwyer et al., 2014). If considering residential aged care,
they provide an interactive caregiving approach. This interactive approach includes physical
along with mental wellbeing. It also promotes emotional support and social activities. With a
physical activity such as gardening or dancing would help older people stimulating their
minds and strengthen their bones (Joseph & Southcott, 2019). Socialising would allow older
people to get away from isolation and would improve their quality of life. In the same
manner, mental health would be stimulated by activities such as crosswords and would allow
older people to have an optimistic outlook on life. All these activities and stimulation would
allow older people to live independently, and practicing socialising would allow them to
participate in society with such a positive attitude.
Referring to Question 2
The population for older people is rising, and with the opportunities, it may also bring
challenges. Thus, aged care facilities need to practice an effective model of health service
delivery in their clinical care. Person-centered care is an effective model of healthcare
delivery as it involves the care of the patients beyond the guidelines (Burmeister et al., 2016).
This model would tailor the needs and demands of every patient and provide the service
accordingly. It would fulfil the needs considering the emotional, social along with any related
medical issues of the patients (Li & Porock, 2014). Thus, this model would allow the patient
to provide feedback and to make an effective decision on their health. Major principle of this
model is to treat every patient with dignity, respect along with compassion. It can be achieved
by coordinating the care and support with addition of an adequate treatment. As the model

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promote personalised care, it enable patients or care seeker to identify their strengths along
with abilities and allow them to develop for an effective health outcome.
Referring to Question 3
Person-centered care is an effective model that works under the principle of meeting
the needs and demands of the patients. The service of care would be delivered according to
the patients. This model would take the necessary information and inputs from the patients or
individuals and design the care process accordingly (American Geriatrics Society Expert
Panel on Person‐Centered Care et al., 2016). This also further promotes effective
communication, and it builds a strong relationship. Communication would help in
understanding the patient very well and also would be able to analyse both internal along
with the external factor that is affecting their wellbeing or health. This process would let
patients or care seekers trust their care providers and would cooperate in making an effective
shared decision about their health. Therefore, this process would improve the overall health
outcome of patients or older people.
A person-centered model promotes therapeutic communication among the care
providers and care seekers, and thus, it becomes the major advantage of the model (Fazio et
al., 2018). Patients feel acceptance as they can share their feelings and tailor their care
according to their opinion or choice. Patients trust the care providers and can provide
valuable inputs. Older people often feel isolated due to their lack of participation in any
activities or impairment of any sensory organ.
Although person-centered care is an effective approach that would enhance the
overall health outcome of patients, however, it also has a disadvantage. This person-centered
model would not be effective if the care seeker lacks in communication (Mead, Andres &
Regenstein, 2014). If the care seeker is in pain and lacks motivation, then this model would