5N2706: A Client with a Chronic Illness Such as Alzheimer’s Disease or Parkinson’s Disease: Care of the Older Person Assignment, OU

Assignment Brief:

You are required to complete a project on one of the following topics:

• A client with a chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease.
• An older person with depression or other mental health illnesses.

Your project should include the following aspects:

Introduction

• Description of the illness and the prevalence of the illness in Ireland and worldwide.
• Compare the statistics of the illness in Ireland with another non-EU country, detailing the differences and how cultural and ethical issues to impact the disease.

Main Body

• The care needs of the client and the changes that needed to be made due to the diagnosis of the illness.
• Your role in the care of the client
• The role the care setting and the other members of the care team have in the client’s overall care.
• Discuss 3 services that can improve the quality of care of the client for example day centers, evening classes, social groups, etc.

Conclusion

• Planning for the end of life care is an important part of the care of all clients discuss ways to approach the subject and how you can gather the information in a sensitive and caring manner.
• Detail 2 health promotion initiatives that you could implement with the client.