QQI Level 5 5N2706: Outline the current care provision for older people in Ireland: Care of the Older Person Assignment & Project, OC, Ireland

PART A – Project (Background Research)

QUESTION 1

Outline the current care provision for older people in Ireland.

(5 Marks, 200 Words or 1 Paragraph)

• Display an awareness of future trends
• Give details on the current care provisions for older people in Ireland: Nursing homes, hospital care or home care
• Note any legislation that exists to support older people or other people receiving care in Ireland (for example, the Assisted Decision Making Act 2015 or HIQA legislation)
• Look at the information on the Central Statistics Office website to look at current trends and get information about future trends for care provision

Learning Outcome: 

1. Discuss a range of age related issues to include healthy ageing, global and national demographic trends, the normal physiological and psychological processes of ageing, the social impact of ageing on older people and differing attitudes to ageing and older people.
2. Analyse the roles of the health care assistant in promoting positive attitudes to ageing and of statutory and voluntary agencies in promoting the well being of older people
3. Examine a range of concepts and practices to include preparation for retirement and the ethnic and cultural influences on the older person
4. Summarise the role of the healthcare assistant in providing care for older people
5. Discuss the issues related to an older person living with mental illness, dementia or any chronic illness
6. Discuss the issues related to an older person living with mental illness, dementia or any chronic illness
7. Summarise the range of care settings for older people and the members of the healthcare team available in each care setting
8. Explore a range of specific services that are available for older people to include education, lifelong learning, retirement and workplace and leisure
9. Analyse current approaches towards developing quality in the provision of services for older people and their families to include standards and quality assurance
10. Examine duties in a way that is respectful to the person’s body after death
11. Give assistance in the identification of how health promotion issues can be promoted in care settings for older people and in the provision of therapeutic interventions that will enhance the social interactions and quality of life of the older person