Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to discuss the evolution and nature of nursing care for aged, disabled and frail persons; examine the philosophical and theoretical foundations of extended care nursing practice; evaluate models of care utilised to achieve desired outcomes of care for clients; critically reflect on the relationship between personal philosophy of care and current care practices in extended care nursing; assess the developmental, structural and functional changes associated with the ageing process and the extent to which these changes present as residual disability; critically examine biological, psychological and sociological perspectives of ageing; review the implications of an ageing population in family processes, community and nursing care practice; apply criteria for a holistic assessment of persons requiring extended care nursing.
Synopsis The subject explores the philosophical and theoretical perspectives which underpin nursing care for aged and disabled persons. The multidimensional and interdisciplinary nature of extended care is introduced with a rehabilitative patient-centred model of care with a focus on the promotion of quality of life and the restoration of health. The subject examines the normal development, structural and functional changes associated with ageing and the extent to which these changes may be assessed to represent residual impairment, disability or handicap.
Assessment Written assignment 50% + Seminar Presentation 30% + Clinical fieldwork 20%