Assignment title Supporting the Needs of Older People Assessor Date issued Hand in date Assessment date Duration (approx.) This assessment should take you about hours Qualification BTEC Level 3 Diploma/Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care covered Unit 28: Caring for People Learning aims Learning Aim 2: Understand the role of health and care workers in supporting the covered wellbeing of older people You recently working in a residential care home for the elderly. Using your Scenario knowledge from your previous work placements, your manager has asked you to create training resources to help other employees further understand older adulthood. Create a report that explains the various ways professionals within health and social Task 1: care support older people by promoting independence and their wellbeing. You will then need to assess these methods. Evaluate the ways in which the sectors work together to support older people; their Task 2 independence and wellbeing. Guidance of Task 1: You should investigate a variety of professionals who work directly with this client group to help you explain ways in which they support, as you will be able to provide examples. When conducting your research keep a log of the principals of care, relevant guidelines and legislations that they follow. Think about the professional’s daily work, it may help you to role play some scenarios with your peers to highlight the strategies that may be used. Guidance for Task 2: It would be beneficial to speak to a range of professionals that you identified in task 1 to be able to understand how they work together to support the holistic needs of the individual. You should draw on observations from on your own work experiences to help you demonstrate your understanding. Remember to back to your previous assessments and use this information to help you make an effective evaluation. Evidence you must Report produce for this task Criteria covered by this task: P3, M2, D1 To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: Unit Criterion reference Explain ways in health and social care workers support the 28 P3 independence and wellbeing of older people. Assess ways in which health and social care workers support the 28 M2
Assignment title Supporting the Needs of Older People Assessor Date issued Hand in date Assessment date Duration (approx.) This assessment should take you about hours Qualification BTEC Level 3 Diploma/Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care covered Unit 28: Caring for People Learning aims covered Learning Aim 2: Understand the role of health and care workers in supporting the wellbeing of older people Scenario You recently working in a residential care home for the elderly. Using your knowledge from your previous work placements, your manager has asked you to create training resources to help other employees further understand older adulthood. Task 1: Task 2 Create a report that explains the various ways professionals within health and social care support older people by promoting independence and their wellbeing. You will then need to assess these methods. Evaluate the ways in which the sectors work together to support older people; their independence and wellbeing. Guidance of Task 1: You should investigate a variety of professionals who work directly with this client group to help you explain ways in which they support, as you will be able to provide examples. When conducting your research keep a log of the principals of care, relevant guidelines and legislations that they follow. Think about the professional’s daily work, it may help you to role play some scenarios with your peers to highlight the strategies that may be used. Guidance for Task 2: It would be beneficial to speak to a range of professionals that you identified in task 1 to be able to understand how they work together to support the holistic needs of the individual. You should draw on observations from on your own work experiences to help you demonstrate your understanding. Remember to back to your previous assessments and use this information to help you make an effective evaluation. Evidence you must produce for this task Report Criteria covered by this task: P3, M2, D1 To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: Unit Criterion reference Explain ways in health and social care workers support the independence and wellbeing of older people. 28 P3 Assess ways in which health and social care workers support the 28 M2