Information sheet for the discussion:
As part of my Nursing degree at the University of Technology, Sydney, I am completing a subject titled – Nursing Care of the Older Person. This subject focuses on learning how to assist older people to age well and have the best possible quality of life. I would like to speak with you and hear your views about growing older. There is no obligation to say yes to this request.
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If I say yes, what will it involve?

This discussion is likely to last for approximately 1 hour and can be completed face to face in any setting or over the phone. Following our discussion, I will write a summary of what we spoke about. In this written material, your personal details will not be disclosed at any time.

Do I have to say yes?
No you don’t have to say yes. It is completely up to you whether or not you participate.

What will happen if I say no?
Nothing. I will thank you for your time so far and won’t contact you about this assessment item again.

If I say yes, can I change my mind later?
You can change your mind at any time and don’t have to say why.

Thank you for taking time to consider this request and please do not hesitate to ask any additional questions you may have.

ASSESSMENT ITEM 1 GUIDELINES: Essay

Please read these guidelines in addition to the marking matrix (available on UTS Online) for this assessment item
Objectives:Learning Objective: A, B, C, D and E Graduate Ability: 2, 3 and 4 (Person Centred Care; Communication and Collaboration; Knowledge Use and Translation) ANMC Competency: 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
Length: 1500 words (this does not include the appendices)

Task:

This essay is based on a discussion with an older person about their experiences of the ageing process. Following this discussion, your essay will outline the person’s needs (from their perspective) and then the key supports you could put in place to enhance their support and to enable healthy ageing. The steps involved are described below:

Step 1: Think about 1 older person who you could have a conversation with (for those who do not have anyone they know locally, a conversation over the phone is fine)

Step 2: Outline the purposes of this assignment to the older person to see if they would be happy to participate. Please refer to the information sheet provided on UTS Online to assist this step.

Step 3:Have a discussion (and take brief notes) with the older person based around a few key questions (you can adapt or expand on these):

1.Could you tell me a little about yourself? What does healthy ageing mean to you?
2.What do you see as your strengths in relation to your health and wellbeing? What are some of the challenges?
3.Looking back how have the things you enjoyed changed over the years? What brings you enjoyment now?
4.Does anything stop you from doing the activities you enjoy?
5.Do you foresee any need now or in the future for support or resources that can assist you to continue to age well?

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Step 4:Immediately following this discussion, write a detailed summary of the conversation for your records. Please attach a one page summary of this as Appendix 1 to your essay (not included in the word count).

Step 5:Commence writing your essay covering the following key areas:

• Introduction: Describe your understanding of person centred care within the context of healthy ageing.
• Critical reflection of your discussion with an older person: this should contain evidence of the consideration of the principles of person centred care around the narrative gained from your discussion. Following this, you should outline the key issues (positive or negative) identified from the older person’s perspective.
• Critical review of current literature: this should contain evidence of analysis of various viewpoints and research findings in relation to the issues described by the older person (if they describe many, just choose at least 2 (no more than 2) to work with for this essay). A minimum of six (6) high-level journal papers published since 2015 is necessary for an adequate literature review. All articles must be outlined within a summary table using the headings provided below (NB: a template using these headings is available on UTS Online):
  o Authors / Study design / Sample / Intervention / Findings and Implications
  o Please attach this summary as Appendix 2 to your essay (NB: this summary table is not included in your word count)
• Discussion: this should describe how to implement care based on the information provided from your discussion and the literature reviewed. You should consider what key supports you could put into place for this older person now and in the future. Please, include issues of a multidisciplinary team involvements and how you could best support healthy ageing for this person in their current residential location. Recommendations for evidence based best practice should be discussed. The persons locality must be outlined with services/resources available and any challenges that exist in relation to implementing your care plan in this setting. Furthermore, possible ways to manage these challenges should be provided.
• Conclusion: this should tie together your main arguments made above.

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Assignment purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is for students to demonstrate their ability to identify and describe issues of concern for an older person, access and critically analyse the literature, select appropriate articles and prepare a critical analysis of the topic area. This will enable students to adopt and incorporate evidence based interventions in future practice. In addition, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to write clearly and succinctly to reflect their understanding of the topic. Students will receive feedback as per the marking criteria and within the paper.
This essay (including appendices) is to be submitted via Turnitin. Please review the similarity match and if this is high, revise your paper accordingly prior to your final submission.

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