Learning Outcomes:
On completion the candidate will be able to:
• Outline demographic trends of population ageing and discuss the benefits and challenges of a growing population of older people for contemporary society
• Analyse and evaluate Ireland’s key social and health policies as they apply to older people
• Examine the normal physiological factors of aging and their relationship with altered health in the context of patient care
• Identify and support the needs of the older person presenting with delirium, dementia and depression using validated screening tools to implement person-centred, evidence-based care
• Outline and provide appropriate, ethical and safe nursing care for the older person with frailty, with sensory and/or cognitive impairment and general functional decline
• Organise a comprehensive, person-centred approach in dealing with the age-related issues of co-morbidities; end of life-care; responsive behaviours and polypharmacy
Indicative Module Content:
Physiology of Healthy Ageing
Assessment of the older person
Sepsis and the older person
Safeguarding Vulnerable adults
Ageism
Altered health in older adulthood
Frailty and the older person
Prevention, Assessment and Management of Falls in the older population
Communication with the older person
Responsive behaviours and the older person
Medication and the older Person
Discharge Planning
Ethical Issues in Care of the older person
Palliative and end of life care for the older person