| CODE | NUR4410 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Community Care of the Elderly | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is aimed at creating awareness of the various physical, psychological and social factors that may influence the health of the elderly living in the community. It enables students to identify related needs and evaluate the extent by which such needs are being met by local services. The study unit evaluates the role of the nurse in the prevention and management of the various health related events which are addressed. It will consist of some taught sessions, but will mostly involve self directed study. The work which students carry out in their clinical placement will be related to a topic area and presented to the group so that some of the sessions will be in the form of presentations. Objectives: At the end of the study-unit, students will be able to: - Identify factors which may influence health needs of the elderly living in the community - Evaluate the role of various services, including nursing services, in meeting wholistic needs of the elderly, through primary, secondary and tertiary preventive care. - Understand the role of informal carers in the care of the elderly, its limitations and possible ways of empowering carers. Content: - Theories of ageing and how these may relate to self-care behaviour in the elderly - Active Ageing - Retirement: Possible influence on the holistic health of the individual; retirement planning and related services - Independence/Interdependence/Dependence - The concept of loneliness and isolation - Bereavement - Elderly abuse - Residential vs Family Care - Needs of Informal Carers - Arthritis, osteoporosis, and falls amongst the elderly - Incontinence: types and management - Dementia - Nutritional needs amongst the elderly - Community services for the elderly Reading List: - Ebersole and Hess (2002) Towards Health Ageing Mosby: USA - Redfern and Ross (1999) Nursing Older People Churchill Livingstone: UK - Elipolus (1993) Gerontological Nursing Lippincott Company: USA - Squires (1998) Rehabilitation of Older People: A handbook for the multidisciplinary team Chapman and Hall: London - United Nations (2002) Madrid Plan of Action for Old People |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-requisite Study-unit: NUR4411, except for studens following the B.Sc. (Hons) in Nursing (Elderly Care). | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Rodianne Micallef Cann |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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