KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT: Aged Care Individualised Support and Wellbeing

This assignment, focusing on individualised support and wellbeing in aged care, comprehensively addresses various aspects of providing care to older individuals. Part 1 delves into the documentation processes, roles and responsibilities of care providers, service delivery models (residential, respite, home and community care), accreditation standards, and legal and ethical requirements such as privacy, duty of care, dignity of risk, and mandatory reporting. It also examines factors affecting older people, practices supporting skill development, and responses to unmet care needs and risks. Part 2 explores basic human needs (physical, psychological, spiritual, cultural, and sexual), self-actualization, stages of human development, aspects of wellbeing (physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural, financial, and career), and individual differences. It also covers requirements for good health, mental health issues, signs of abuse, reporting responsibilities, funding mechanisms (ACFI, Residential Care Subsidy, Home Care Subsidy), and issues impacting health and wellbeing. Furthermore, the assignment examines myths, stereotypes, sexuality, emotional concerns, and available support strategies, resources, and networks for the elderly.

KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT
Part 1: Individualised Support
1. The following are examples of recording and reporting documents used in the
care service industry.
Briefly describe the process involved in completing these documents, and
provide a brief explanation why completing these documents as needed is an
important part of your role as a care worker.
Document Process Rationale
Progress Notes
Progress notes of a patient
needs to mention the dates
and the condition of the
patient on that day specifically.
The date and time entry is very
essential to know how a
patient has progressed or has
deteriorated during the time
period (Prince et al., 2016).
The rationale behind the
maintenance of progress
notes is that it will be
effective to judge the
progress of a patient on a
daily basis. According to the
notes the care givers can
then decide whether to
change the course of help or
continue with the existing
course.
Incident Reports
Incident reports are
maintained on by the way of
noting down the details about
the incident. For instance, the
date, time, the people involved
and the incident are written
down.
The importance of an
incident report is based on
the fact that it allows a care
giver to know what has
occurred to which patient.
Then accordingly, proper
care can be given.

2. Identify the roles (including titles) and responsibilities of the following
people in the provision of care to an ageing client.
Guidance: Also describe the communication that occurs between each role
Role Responsibility
5.1 carers
and family
Family has the role of
ensuring that proper care
is being given to the
patient who is unwell.
The responsibility of the
family is to ensure that the
patient gets better with
time and receives all the
necessary treatment.
5.2 person
being
supported
The role of the person
being supported is to let
the loved ones know about
the ailment in time (National
Collaborating Centre for Mental
Health, 2015).
The responsibility of the
person is to try to get
better with time.
5.3 health
professiona
ls
The role of the health
professionals is to provide
care to the people in need.
The responsibility of the
health professionals is to
perform their work
diligently and to ensure the
well-being of the patients
under their care.
5.4 care
workers
The role of the care
workers in to provide
adequate care to the
patients and to look after
their needs and wants.
The responsibility of the
care givers is towards their
patents and the assurance
of their comfort and
satisfaction.

5.5 supervis
ors
The role of the supervisors
is to look after that proper
care is given to the patients
in accordance with the
guidelines of the institution
where they are being
treated.
The responsibility of the
supervisors is to ensure
that the patients in the
institutions are receiving
the care and treatment
which have been promised
to them.
5.6

3. Describe the following service delivery models in aged care.
6.1 Residential
care
In residential care, the patients are kept in institution
for long period of time, till they get better (Forough et
al., 2017).
6.2 Respite care Respite care is given for a short duration of time,
usually ranging from few hours to a few days.
6.3 Home and
community care
In home and community care, the necessary care
treatment is given informally by the neighbors or
people of the community (Wallace et al., 2015).
4. Consider the standards of service delivery models in the aged care
sector.
a. List two standards of residential aged care as set by
Accreditation Standards.
b. List two standards of home care as set by Home Care Common

Standards.
7.1 Residential
care
1. Health and personal care.
2. Care recipient lifestyle.
7.2 Home and
community care
1. Effective Management.
2. Appropriate Access and Service Delivery.

5. Briefly explain how the following legal and ethical requirements are
applied in the care service industry.
Guidance: Include how it is implemented by care service organisations and
individual workers
8.1 privacy,
confidentiality
and disclosure
This is maintained by the way of not revealing the
personal information of the patients to any third
party.
8.2 duty of care
The duty of care is the utmost requirement in a
healthcare institution and this is implemented by
the way of providing continual care (Comans et al.,
2016).
8.3 dignity of risk
The care givers should ensure that the care
provided by them is not overbearing. The patients
should be allowed to undertake some amount of
stress if they want to.
8.4 human rights While giving care and treatment, the human rights
of the patients should be upheld.

8.5 discrimination
The health professionals should take measures to
ensure that no discrimination is done against the
patients under their care (Sheehan et al., 2015).
8.6 mandatory
reporting
The reporting of the treatment is compulsory by
the care givers but they should be made public.
8.7 work role
boundaries –
responsibilitie
s and
limitations
The responsibilities of the care givers are immense
but they have to work under certain limitations so
that they do not become overbearing.
6. List two examples of factors that affect the older people requiring
support.

They tend to become too much dependent on the care givers and stop
undertaking any activity by themselves.
They start to lose out on their sense of self-support.
7. List two examples of practices that support skill maintenance and
development for direct care workers.
The use of incidental learning opportunities
Development of person-centric attitudes.

8. The following are typical conditions experienced by an aged care
client that requires special care and support. Describe possible
indicators that these care and support needs are not met, and ways
you can respond as a care worker to address these needs.
Condition Indicators of unmet care needs Ways to respond to unmet
needs
Incontinenc
e Frequent wetting of beds
Provide urinal disposable
equipment.
Dementia Forgetting to take medicines.
Appoint a nurse to
administer medicines at the
right time.
Hearing
difficulties
Unable to hear the call for
breakfast.
Appoint a nurse to take the
patient to the food table.
9. The following are major risks typically encountered in aged care
facilities. Describe ways care workers/care providers can respond to
these risks.
Risks Ways to respond to these risks

Manual handling
injuries Handle the patients carefully.
Resident aggression Keep the residents calm and content.
Infection Keep the place healthy and clean it frequently.
Part 2: Independence and Wellbeing
1. Provide a brief description of each of the following basic human
needs.
Basic human needs Description

1.1 physical These are needed for the material satisfaction.
1.2 psychological The satisfaction of the psychological needs keeps
a patient content (Terraneo, 2015).
1.3 spiritual Fulfillment of these needs help the patient to
remain calm.
1.4 cultural The cultural needs refer to the maintenance of the
identity of the patient.
1.5 sexual The sexual needs refer to the physical gratification
of the individuals.

2. Explain briefly the concept of self-actualisation as it relates to aged
care.
Self-actualization refers to the need of personal development of people.
This needs decreases in the people who are old but it is necessary to
continually develop and grow by oneself.
3. Describe the following stages of human development across the
lifespan. (Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development)
Life Stages Description
3.1 Infancy In this stage the development of hope is essential.
3.2 Early childhood In this phase, the child develops a sense of will.