A client with a chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease: Dementia Assignment, UCC, Ireland

Assignment Requirements

You are required to complete all sections of the Care of the Older Person

Module Brief.

These are detailed below:

Part One: This contains One Written Project discussing a Chronic Illness of your choice which requires you to demonstrate an understanding of a particular topic and use your knowledge and research of the topic to discuss various aspects of it.

Ideally, the topics you choose to discuss should be relevant to your chosen field of study and can be used to answer each question in the assignment. Your work should show evidence of relevant reading around the chosen topic. Your work must be clearly referenced and include a bibliography.

Part Two: This contains a Learner Brief which requires you to complete Two Skills Demonstrations titled Skills Demonstration One and Skills Demonstration Two under the observation of your supervisor in work placement. Your supervisor will complete a workplace competency form on observation of each skill, and you will provide a written account of each task.

Part One:

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

• A client with a chronic illness such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease.
  OR
• An older person with depression or other mental health illness.
  Use the headings below when structuring your answers.

Introduction

• Provide description of the illness chosen
• Discuss the prevalence of the illness in Ireland and worldwide. Compare statistics and detail difference
• Describe how cultural and ethical issues impact the disease (2 Marks)
  Main Body
• Discuss the care needs of the client in terms of physical, emotional and intellectual needs
• Describe the potential changes that may need to be made due to the diagnosis of the illness
• Discuss your role in the care of the client
• Discuss the role:

o the care service has in the client’s overall care
o other members of the care team (MDT) have in the client’s overall care

Discuss 3 services that can improve the quality of care of the client e.g.: day centers, evening classes, social groups etc. specifically related to the illness chosen

• Planning for end-of-life care is an important aspect in the care of clients:

o discuss the appropriate way to approach the subject of end-of-life care with the client

o how and where can you gather the information in a sensitive and caring manner

Detail 2 health promotion initiatives that you could implement with the client, specifically related to the illness chosen

Marks will also be allocated for the following:

Demonstrating evidence of critical thinking, additional research and correct
referencing

Part Two:

Skills Demonstration One:

There are 2 parts to this section, both of which must be completed.

A. Assisting the Client with Personal Care in relation to Continence Management Workplace Competency Schedule This is to be completed by your supervisor following successful completion of the skill. This can be found in your assignment documents folder.

Assisting the Client with Personal Care in relation to Continence Management
Written Account You are required to outline and demonstrate your ability to assist a client with personal care in relation to Continence Management.