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NUR104 Assessment Task 2: Workbook 40%Student Name: Student ID: Date submitted: SafeAssign %: 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 marks2 advantages of older people living in their own home:- Elderly people can remain under the care of their families and remain close tothem. Home care promotes recovery as hospital stays of aged care facilities can betraumatizing. Being in a familiar environment allows the elderly person forrehabilitating within the comfort zone (Steptoe et al. 2013). A home care honorsthe elderly people with love and dignity and keep them away from depression andanxiety.Home care can be cost effective and the saves a family from the unnecessary costof the aged care facilities. As per the recent data the average annual cost inAustralia is $85,775 for a private care facility whereas for a home it is about$37,440 per year (Steptoe et al. 2013).2 challenges of older people staying in their own home:-Elderly people who are frail and cannot cope up with the normal chores of life mayface challenges as they have to be in in constant surveillance of the informalcaregivers, which can increase the physical and mental burden of the caregivertaking care of the patient. In a family where all the members are working mayreally find it difficult to look after the elderly people all the time, in such a caseelderly people may suffer from falls, lack of autonomy and helplessness (Jamieson& Simpson 2013).Home care facilities might not contain all the medical amenities that is requiredfor handling the geriatric patients, although various smart home technologies arenow available to smoothen the life of the elderly (Morris et al. 2013). Hence
during an emergency condition that patients have rush to the nearby clinicalsettings and sometimes might not get enough time to get access to the healthcare. ReferencesSteptoe, A., Shankar, A., Demakakos, P. & Wardle, J., 2013. Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women. Proceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, 110(15), pp.5797-5801.https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1219686110Jamieson, L. & Simpson, R., 2013. Living alone: Globalization, identity and belonging. Springer.https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F9781137318527Morris, M.E., Adair, B., Miller, K., Ozanne, E., Hansen, R., Pearce, A.J., Santamaria, N., Viega, L., Long, M. & Said, C.M., 2013. Smart-home technologies to assist older people to live well at home. Journal of aging science, 1(1), pp.1-9.http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/jasc.10001012. 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 marksMy aged care services website in the initial step to the access to any health care services.The my aged care website has an open 24x7, landline number that provides all theinformation about the types of aged care services available, the eligibility criteria for theservices, the costs that have to be paid for attaining the membership and provisions foradvocacy services. The “my aged care” website is also user friendly that had segregatedspecific tabs for the service providers and the health professionals (Australiangovernment. 2018). There are also provisions for the emergency care services where the clients can directlytalk to the health professionals about the changes in the health and other medicalmatters. The website also contained information about the private services in case the
patient is not eligible for the government funded service or the service is not available inthe access (Duckett & Willcox 2015). The Money Smart website of the AustralianSecurities and Investments Commission, would help the elderly people with tools and tipsto manage the invested money. There are some easily accessible links given in thewebsite that can bring loads of useful information about aged care to the clients.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/Fischer, S.H., David, D., Crotty, B.H., Dierks, M. & Safran, C., 2014. Acceptance and use ofhealth information technology by community-dwelling elders. International journal ofmedical informatics, 83(9), pp.624-635.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.06.005Duckett, S. & Willcox, S., 2015.The Australian health care system(No. Ed. 5). OxfordUniversityPress.Retrievedfrom:https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/201732797803. 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 marksCouncil on the Ageing (ACT) is an organization that that is working for the protection andthe promotion of the well-being, interests of all the older people in the council on ageing.ACT provides a wide number or services for the seniors of the Australia. There is a seniorInformation line hat is available 24x7 that can provide any information about the seniorcards and the discounts (ACT. 2018). ACT helps out the elderly people by doing monthlysocial activities, provide attractive aged care and retirement options. They also haveprovisions for home support or the house hold assistance, assistance with transport,community and government services. The organization also provide housing optionsadvisory services, Advice on the home modifications for the seniors, helps in assessingproper aged care and transition care facilities (King, Wei & Howe 2013). The organization also liaise the elderly people to get access to the Australian governmentsubsidies, that subsidizes the aged care homes in case the patients needed a higher levelof care. They are also a part of the Commonwealth Home support program that providessupport to the elderly people staying at home. References
ACT., 2018.COTA, For older Australians, Australian Capital Territory., 2018. Access date: 13.9.2018. .Retrieved from: http://www.cotaact.org.au/services/ACT., 2018.COTA, Australian Board .Access date: 13.9.2018. .Retrieved from:https://www.cota.org.au/about/governance/cota-australia-board/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/10.1080/08959420.2013.8161664. 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 marksLeisure time physical activities by the elderly people results in wellbeing like optimism,psychological wellbeing, satisfaction in life and positive effect among the older adults withloneliness (Franco et al. 2014). Positive emotions in the older adults have been found tobe useful in managing depression in the older adults. Meaningful leisure activities helps inthe 'remedying the bad' that is help out the elderly people to cope up with the stressfulsituations and traumatic experiences (Kim et al. 2017). It focuses on enhancing the goodby the promotion of positive emotions, spirituality, identities, strength and resilience,connection and harmony. Men's shed in Australia provides opportunities to the elderly male to carry outconstructive activities like manufacturing furniture, crafts, mementos and other artefacts.The organization moreover provide scopes of socialization for the older men, where theyget the opportunity to explore their life once again and spend quality time with thesimilar aged people. An organization like this, not only helps to keep these group ofpeople engaged but also makes them financially independent. The incidental exercisesthat these older people perform while carrying out the tasks help them to remainphysically fit (Ryu and Heo 2018). These types of innovative approaches bestows sense ofconnectedness among the elderly. References
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