Health Literacy for Elderly in Australia Student’s Name:

Health Literacy for
Elderly in Australia
Student’s Name:
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Definition and Identification of Health Literacy
Definition
 Health literacy is a capability for obtaining, reading, understanding and
using healthcare information
 It is used for making proper health-related decisions and following
guidelines for treatment
 Health literacy consists of both the setting or context and skills
 It is an increasing concern for the healthcare professionals

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Identification
 The chosen topic was health literacy for the elderly people in Australia
 Most of the older people in Australia are aged 65 or more than 65
 Most of them have very less knowledge of health literacy
 It is a major issue for the healthcare professionals to deliver better
healthcare services to them
 Less knowledge of health literacy is a risky factor for the poor health

Overview of the Development of Health
Literacy
 Most of the older people in Australia are high consumers of
complementary medicines
 A health literacy program was developed for helping the elderly people
to take an active part in their healthcare
 It included a wide range of knowledge and skills about healthcare and
health to make them the health literate

Health Literacy Levels in the
Group
 There was three levels of health literacy within our group
 Each level have one member in three different role
 The aim was to make the elderly people aware of the consumption of
complementary medicines

Identification and Role of Registered
Nurse in Health Literacy within the Group
 I played the role of the registered nurse in the second level
 I communicated to the elderly person about the concerns and issues
connected with the consumption of complementary medicines