NUR104 Contexts of Practice

NUR104 Assessment Task 2: Workbook 40%
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1. The majority of older Australian’s continue to live in their own homes,
with or without support. Discuss 2 advantages and 2 challenges of older
people remaining in their own home. (200 words)
/5 marks
Response:
Advantages:
1. As per Factor, Heller and Janicki (2012), elderly people fear loss of
independence more than their death and hence, in home with or without
care support they will be able to retain their independence. They will not
be dependent on someone for smaller decisions and it will be beneficial
for their self-esteemed.
2. The second advantage of living in home for elderly will be
companionship and presence of family members around them. It has
been seen that loneliness is the primary concern of elderly living in
home healthcare centers thus, if they live in their homes with their
family members around them, their mental health condition will be
improved (Liang & Luo 2012).
Challenges
1. Living at home at such crucial point of life can affect the physical
condition of the patient. They can become prone to falls due to
unavailable support or absence of any family member around them.
Therefore, conducting activities of daily life without any support and
becoming probe to falls is the primary challenge of living in home in old
age (Factor, Heller & Janicki 2012).
2. If the care support is available, in home care facility, it cannot provide
support to the patient the complete day. Therefore, unavailability of
care providers throughout the day is another challenge of living in home
in old age (Wiles et al. 2012).
References
Factor, A., Heller, T. & Janicki, M., 2012. Bridging the aging and
developmental disabilities service networks: Challenges and best
practices. Chicago, IL: Institute on Disability and Human Development,
University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved from:
http://www.nationaladvocacycampaign.org/sites/default/files/news/Bridgi
ng%20the%20Aging%20and%20Developmental%20Disabilities
%20Service%20Networks%20Report.pdf
Liang, J. & Luo, B., 2012. Toward a discourse shift in social gerontology:
From successful aging to harmonious aging. Journal of Aging
Studies, 26(3), pp.327-334. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2012.03.001
Wiles, J.L., Leibing, A., Guberman, N., Reeve, J. & Allen, R.E., 2012. The

meaning of “aging in place” to older people. The gerontologist, 52(3),
pp.357-366. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnr098
2. The My Aged Care website https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/ is a
central repository for information about aged care services in Australia.
Discuss how an older person can find out about services available
through My Aged Care. (200 words)
/5 marks
Response:
To collect information about the services available in the My Aged Care
facility, older adults need to visit the website of the facility where in
simpler sections, all the informations are arranged. The website
provides four steps to understand the type of care and level of
assistance elderly people required and the four steps are learning about
the care process and registration, assessment, setting up service and
managing the service as per the requirement (Australian government
2018). Further there is an emergency service available where the
person in need of care can directly contact the care facility. Besides
these, the website provides a helpline number using which the people in
need of care can directly talk to the executives and understand the
details of the service (Duckett & Willcox 2015). Further, the website also
provides cultural and lingual specificity to care process and segregates
the care process for aboriginals, people speaking other languages,
people of LGBTQ community, veterans, people living in remote and rural
areas and so on, determining the wide array of the service. Moreover,
for people who do not receive any governmental aids are also been
provided with private care facility and a detailed information is also
available on the website (King, Wei & Howe 2013).
References
Australian government. 2018. My aged care. This is the place to start.
Access date: 12.9.2018. Retrieved from:
https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/
Duckett, S. & Willcox, S., 2015. The Australian health care system (No.
Ed. 5). Oxford University Press. Retrieved from:
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20173279780
King, D., Wei, Z. & Howe, A., 2013. Work satisfaction and intention to
leave among direct care workers in community and residential aged
care in Australia. Journal of aging & social policy, 25(4), pp.301-319.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2013.816166
3. Identify one organization applicable to the older person and discuss
how it informs the support and protection of older people in Australia.
(200 words)
/5 marks
Response:

National Aged care Advocacy Program is the program under the
organization Aging and Aged Care Australia that helps the elderly
population by providing them information about their care facility and
provision of care in simple methods (Australian Government Department
of Health 2018). Further this program also provides a 24x7 service to
the elderly population by providing them with proper guidance about
care service and process (King, Wei & Howe 2013). This service is
widespread in Australia and through its nine service organizations, it
helps elderly population throughout Australia. Besides these, it also
provides a detailed analysis of the government aided services available
in the locality of the elder people seeking help so that with proper
government aided care, the health condition of elderly population could
be improved. However, these governmental aids are available only in
higher level of care. The organization also involved the commonwealth
health support so that support to elderly people staying at their homes
becomes easier to access (Australian Government Department of Health
2018). Further, this organization also provides a detailed suggestion
about the future care needs, retirement plans and available services so
that people are aware of the assistance or services they will require and
they can decide between home healthcare or community or culturally
supportive care they would be requiring for their holistic health
improvement (Bauer et al. 2013).
References
Australian Government Department of Health, Aging and Aged Care.,
2018. https://agedcare.health.gov.au/support-services/the-national-
aged-care-advocacy-program
Bauer, M., Fetherstonhaugh, D., Tarzia, L., Nay, R., Wellman, D. &
Beattie, E., 2013. ‘I always look under the bed for a man’. Needs and
barriers to the expression of sexuality in residential aged care: the views
of residents with and without dementia. Psychology & Sexuality, 4(3),
pp.296-309. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2012.713869
King, D., Wei, Z. & Howe, A., 2013. Work satisfaction and intention to
leave among direct care workers in community and residential aged
care in Australia. Journal of aging & social policy, 25(4), pp.301-319.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2013.816166
4. View video 1.1, where Ray talks about attending the men’s shed. How
would attending a meaningful leisure activity, such as the men’s shed,
enhance the physical and psychological health of older men? (200
words)
/5 marks
Response:
The video explains the importance of physical activities that help the
elderly population by proving their mental and psychological peace,
positivity and satisfaction in mental and physical wellbeing and helps
them to combat loneliness. It is important for them to spent leisure