Essay on "Understanding the Importance of Coordinated Care for the Older Australian Adult"

Quoted Instructions for "Understanding the Importance of Coordinated Care for the Older Australian Adult" Assignment:

Assessment Item 3: Essay

Length: 1500 words APA STLYE.

Weighting: 60%(this is a very important essay it is 60% of my final mark)

MUST HAVE INTEXT REFERENCES AS WELL AS A REFERENCE LIST 6 OR MORE REFERENCES MUST BE USED

Assessment purpose:

For the student to:

1. gain a deeper understanding of the importance of coordinated care for the Australian older adult client

2. continue to develop scholarly information technology and written communication skills.

According to Nay and Garratt (2009) *****Primary and community care services need to be strongly focused on providing comprehensive, integrated and coordinated care for individuals and their families. They are essential to ensuring that older people can continue to live at home and participate in the community when they become frail, ill or disabled***** (p18).

Nay, R., & Garratt, S. (2009). Older people : issues and innovations in care (3rd ed.). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

Discuss this above statement in reference to an older person you have previously nursed during a recent clinical experience, critically reflecting on the client*****s care and identifying the link between a coordinated approach to discharge planning and the achievement of optimum health outcomes for the older adult.

THIS IS THE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE:

(the clinical experience is a 78 year old male who lives alone. he fell at home and broke his hip. He was brought into hospital to have a hip replacement. His wife died a few years ago, and only has 1 son who lives a few hours away so he does not see much him.)

In writing your response you will:

1. Identify the patient and family goals for discharge planning

2. Discuss the coordination of a multiprofessional approach to care

3. Refer to the current nursing and health literature from 2004 onwards to support your discussion

These are some of the Australian community care teams and multiprofessional teams i have found for you. you can find themjust on goolge Australia search.

The coordinated care on discharging for this patient should involve the care of these teams: Community Aged Care Packages (CACPs) , Home care, home independence programs, , Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH), Home And Community Care services(HACC) . As well as local GP care, community nurse, meals on wheels and phisotherapy Occupational Therapry ect...... remember to also discuss the patient/family goals for discharge as there needs to be a patient centre focus to discharge.

here are the web sites i found for you.

1. Department of Health and Ageing - Home and Community Care Program ...

The Home and Community Care (HACC) Program...

www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.../hacc-index.htm -

2. Aged Care Australia - help staying at home - Community Aged Care ...

www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au/internet/agedcare/.../CACP-1

3. Aged Care Australia - help staying at home - Extended Aged Care at ...

www.agedcareaustralia.gov.au/internet/agedcare/.../EACHD

HERE IS THE MARKING CRITERIA:

ESSAY MARKING CRITERIA (please follow this and answer the criteria questions along with the above response)

Criteria 1:

The nurse*****s role in Planning a coordinated Approach to client centered Discharge planning is Discussed with reference to The statement from Nay and Garratt (2009) and a recent clinical experience.The discussion is informed by current literature from 2004 onwards (it must by Australian nursing practices.) this section is worth 30 marks

Criteria 2:

Describes clearly and concisely one clinical placement example drawn from the student*****s experience and identifies where discharge planning can be improved. The discussion on improving the provision of a multiprofessional approach to care is informed from evidence drawn from current literature (2004 onwards) reflecting how best practice can be achieved. ((it must by Australian nursing practices.) this section is worth 20 marks

Criteria 3:

Demonstrates written scholarship in the construction and presentation of the Discussion. This section is worth 10 marks

THESE Resources MAY BE HELPFUL

Atchley, R. (2004). Social forces and ageing. An introduction to social gerontology (10th ed.). Australia:

Wadsworth.

Davis, S. (2008). Healthy ageing in rural Australia: Issues and challenges. Australasian Journal of Ageing,

27(2), 56-60.

Ebserole, P., Hess, P., Touhy, T., & Jett, K. (2005). Gerontological nursing and healthy aging (2nd ed.).

Philadelphia: Elsevier.

Ebserole, P., Hess, P., Touhy, T., Jett, K. & Luggan, A. (2008). Toward healthy aging: Human needs and

nursing response (7th ed.). St Louis: Mosby.

Giummarra, M. Haralambous, B., Moore, K., & Nankervis, J. (2007). The concept of health in older age: Views

of older people and health professionals. Australian Health Review, 31(4), 642-650.

Jamison, J. (2007). Healthcare for an ageing population. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone.

Miller, C. (2008). Nursing for wellness in older adults (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott.

Minichiello, V. (2005). Contemporary issues in gerontology: Promoting positive ageing. Crows Nest: Allen &

Unwin.

Redfern, S., & Ross, F. (Eds.). (2006). Nursing older people (4th ed.). London: Elsevier.

Recommended Websites:

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing available from URL on the World Wide Web:

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-whatnew.htm

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2008). Australia*****s health. Canberra: AIHW. Available from

http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/aus/ah08/ah08.pdf

NSW Dept. of Health Policy Directives on Discharge Planning

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2007/pdf/PD2007_092.pdf

health at home

http://vuws.uws.edu.au/webct/urw/lc5116001.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct

I HAVE TRIED TO HELP AS MUCH AS I CAN. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEM.

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