Health and Well-being Among Older Women: Barriers and Benefits

This report covers the concept of health and well-being among older women along with its possible benefits. It discusses the various barriers that make influence over the health and well-being among older adults such as women. It also covers the impact of the smoking ban in the UK and the role of social care workers in providing effective care services.

Health and well-being

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
As per the view of World Health Organization, it states that health is generally a
complete state of physical, mental and social healthy. It is not defined as an absence of an illness.
For the older people more specifically the older women, the health is generally associated with
both health and quality of life. It generally refers to the satisfaction, lack of anxiety and
depression as well as the positive moods and their emotions as well. At a biological level, ageing
can effectively result from the influence of accumulation of a broad variety of the cellular as well
as molecular damage over time. It can specifically lead to a gradual reduction in the both mental
and physical capacity, an increasing risk of illness and ultimately lead to death of an individual.
In this report, it will cover the concept of health and well-being among older women along with
its possible benefits. There is a discussion about the various barriers that make influence over the
health and well-being among older adults such as women. It can involve a list of effective harms
that can make impact of health and well-being. The presented report can effectively indicate that
how the gap in the anticipation of the of life among two locations can be decreased via the both
public as well as the local health organizations. The UK has generally banned the increasing
demands of smoking in the both pubs and in restaurants. The report will cover how effective the
ban is across the country in order to maintain the health and well-being of the people (Li and
Hasson, 2020).
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Covered in power point presentation.
TASK 2
(I).
ward Life expectancy 2003/07 Life expectancy 2011/15
North ward. The Life expectancy in the
year 2003/07 express that a
specific enhance in the life
expectancy among the male.
The gap in the male life
expectancy has been enhanced
among the both two wards.
Northfield Brook. No change in male life The gap in the male life
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expectancy in the more
deprived wards.
expectancy has been enhanced
among the both two wards
from four years (Population,
2018).
Figure 1 changes in life expectancy in Oxfordshire-male and females to 2014-16.
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Figure 2 Trends in Life expectancy by ward (depicting the confidence intervals), 5 years rolling
average.
(II). In this, the lifestyle choices generally influence the health and creating issues such as
metabolic illnesses, the joint and skeletal issues, the cardio-vascular illnesses, obesity,
hypertension most commonly occurs among older adults. These all can be specifically caused by
an unhealthy choice of lifestyle. There is a list of factors that can be described as a negative
lifestyle choices and are as detailed below:
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Negative Lifestyle choices Harm to health and well-being.
Lack of physical activities While talking about lack of physical activity, it
generally creates various issues inside the body
if regular physical activity will not be done.
Among younger and older people, it can cause
illnesses such as in young adults having lack of
inactivity can cause obesity, cardiovascular
illnesses and many more and among older
people, it can specifically cause the
hypertension as doing daily physical activity
can make people to stay fit as well as healthy
so that they can stay away from various
specific illnesses (Tsatsoulis and Paschou,
2020).
Unhealthy diet The choice of unhealthy diet can also make
impact over health of the people. Eating
unhealthy food, fast food can also lead to
causes severe illnesses among people such as
obesity, increased rates of heart related
illnesses and many more. To reduce the
prevalence of such illnesses, people must eat
healthy food so that their health status can
remains good or positive (Chu et. al., 2019).
Smoking In this, excessive smoking can effectively
cause harms the cardiovascular system as well
as the blood circulation and can enhancing the
risk of developing the specific conditions such
as stroke, heart attacks and many more
(Nieuwoudt et. al., 2020).
Being too sedentary In this, this type of lifestyle can enhance all the
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causes of mortality, increases the risk of
having cardiovascular illnesses, obesity,
diabetes and an enhancement in the colon
cancer, elevated blood pressure and many more
(Wu, Bastian, Ohinmaa and Veugelers, 2018).
Alcohol abuse In this, by the consumption of excessive
alcohol, the organs are generally known to be
damaged by the long-term misuse of alcohol,
containing the nervous system and brain, heart,
pancreas and liver. In this, an excessive
drinking can also enhance the blood pressure
and the blood cholesterol levels as both of
them are at higher risk of developing the
cardiovascular illnesses (Nieuwoudt et. al.,
2020).
Substance misuse In this, it can involve the excessive intake of
illegal drugs, prescribed medications and many
more. Increased intake or abuse of substance
can enhances the strain on the liver, that can
put an individual at a specific risk causes
damage to liver or liver failure (Ezrahi, Aserin
and Garti, 2019).
Self-harming In this, it is generally considered as a negative
lifestyle choice as people sometimes self-harm
as a way to overcome with the emotional pain
and strong physical and distress. In this, the
behaviour of self-harm is generally treatable
(Majd, Saunders and Engeland, 2020).
Taking unnecessary harmful risks In this, the taking unnecessary harmful risks
can generally negatively make impact over
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health and well-being of an individual. In this,
it can make more likely to improve the major
medical conditions which can be preventable at
a point (Heise, 2018).
Lack of enough sleep patterns The deficiency of sleep is generally associated
with various chronic well-being issues
containing cardiovascular illness, elevated
blood pressure levels, diabetes, kidney
illnesses, depression, and many more. It can
also be linked with an elevation in the risk of
injury among children, teens and younger as
well as older adults (Yang et. al., 2020).
Ignoring signs and symptoms of illness or an
emotional strain
In this, avoiding the emotions can specifically
lead to the issues with aggression, anxiety,
depression and many more. In this,
acknowledging the emotions of an individual
can actually make people stronger (McEwen,
2018).
Recommendations:
 Enhances the independence, mobility as well as the years of active life for the people who
are 75 and above via their healthy lifestyles.
 Encourage the care of frail for elder people by effectively improving the multi-speciality
care provider teams across the community.
 Encourage the carers in their caring roles.
 Must deliver a preventative service across the community in order to decrease or delay
the need for well-being and care services (How has the smoking ban changed our
health?, 2019).
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TASK 3
The smoking is generally enclosed in the public places and was banned in England from
July 2007. This ban was specifically a result of long campaigns, exhibiting the association
among the smoking and a lung cancer. A study has been commissioned by the health department
on the influence of the ban of smoking suggested that the ban has an outcome in alterations in the
attitudes as well as behaviours. In this, the second hand exposure of smoke among children has
generally reduced as well as the admissions within the care organizations for the heart attacks
had dropped significantly. In context with hazy pubs and the cigarette scented restaurants are
now nothing more than a memory. Since 2007, it generally became illegal to smoke in pubs,
night clubs, restaurants and within the organizations across United Kingdom. In this, from
banning such things across UK, there are some effects which it makes over the health. Directly
after the legislations, more people are specifically trying to quit the smoking as well as more
people succeeded just because it is much easier to avoid these such situations. The study in the
British Medical Journal has generally estimated that there were about 1000 reduced admissions
in healthcare organization for the cardiovascular illnesses in a year after the ban can enhance the
air quality as well as the reduced smokers will have contributed towards this (How has the
smoking ban changed our health?, 2019).
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Figure 3 Pubs smoking ban. [Source ONS]
TASK 4
The role of the social care worker is quite essential in providing an effective care services
to the people who need the most. It can efficiently support the communities by supporting the
people to take an active role in shaping the social care services, furnishing enough educational
programs as well as enabling an economic independence for a long-term. With help of social
care worker, people can able to develop their physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs
more efficiently and can effectively improve their well-being (Cuartero and Campos-Vidal,
2019).
Client. Physical. Social. Emotional. Intellectual.
Child in a
workplace
nursery.
The need for an
exercise could be
met in a crèche by
the staff
The social
interactions could
be effectively met
by creating a
The emotional
needs of a child in
a workplace
nursery can be
The needs of
knowledge
among children
can be met, by
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encouraging the
children to use
outdoor play
equipment’s e.g. a
climbing frame or
slide.
physical
environment
which effectively
promotes the
small groups. By
developing their
social skills, it
can help the
children at
nursery to
effectively
establish the
boundaries, and
note that how
others can react
towards their
actions and can
able to find the
pathways to
resolve the
conflicts more
appropriately.
met more
effectively by
providing the
opportunities to
child to play with
other children of
their age. By
acknowledging
the feelings of the
child, it can help
to build emotional
needs of a
children
efficiently.
effectively
providing enough
education,
trainings as well
as the non-
traditional beliefs
associated with
child. Furnishing
enough education
can help the
children to gain
their knowledge.
Adults
In a GP's
practice who
has COPD.
The need for
exercise could be
met for the patients
who has COPD,
such as walking,
jogging, bicycling
and many more.
These are generally
considered as good
The social needs
can be met for the
patients who are
having COPD
such as by having
a healthy
lifestyle, quit
excessive
smoking and
The emotional
needs for the
patients who has
COPD can be met
such as
effectively
providing support
to the patients in
their daily needs
The need for
knowledge about
their conditions
could be met in a
health centre by
the staff
explaining the
diagnostic
conditions, the
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options for
exercising for the
people who has
COPD.
drinking. In this,
the other needs
that can be met
such as exercising
regularly can help
the COPD
patients to
maintain their
blood flow more
appropriately.
can make them
emotionally
stronger. As
having COPD can
make patients
lead to the
feelings of
depression and
loneliness. And to
overcome this, it
is necessary that
patient must
socially interact
with other
peoples and can
effectively share
their emotions
and feelings with
other people so
that patient's
feeling of having
depression can be
overcome.
prognosis and
how it can be
managed e.g. a
GP could give an
advice leaflet to a
patient who has
recently been
diagnosed with
COPD.
Older adults in
care home.
The physical needs
that can be met by
simply arranging
the lighter
equipment’s for
older adults in the
care home so that
they can able to
The needs for
social interactions
could be met by
arranging an
afternoon Film
Club with a
discussion group
The emotional
needs can be met
among older
adults by
developing an
effective
communication
with other people.
The knowledge
for the older
adults can be met
by simply
organizing the
knowledgeable
activities for older
people so that
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perform some
exercises. The
physical needs can
be met by
effectively by
organizing the
activities such that
older people can
also take interest in
this, and this can
make them
physically fit in old
age.
and a soft drink. In the care home,
the older adults
must develop an
effective
communication in
order to exchange
their emotions so
that they does not
feel depressed.
they can gain
knowledge from
activities and can
enjoy as well.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is analysed that, it is quite important for an individual to
maintain the health and well-being. In this, having a healthy living can effectively enhance the
health of the people and make them to stay fit. This particular thing can help people to
effectively cope with specific illnesses that can make impact on the well-being such as unhealthy
diet can lead to increase in cardiovascular illnesses, obesity, diabetes and many more. There is
also a discussion above the role of social worker in providing an effective care services so that
people's health and well-being can be improved.
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