Overview
This unit will explore the variations in psychosocial changes associated with dementia and their impact on the person with dementia and their significant others. Misperceptions about these changes and the cultural influence on dementia will also be explored. You will devise strategies to assist the person with dementia as they experience these changes and make recommendations for practical application for key stakeholders.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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- Analyse the utility of different psychosocial theories of ageing to determine the impact of dementia
- Consider the diversity and consequences of psychosocial changes associated with dementia
- Identify associated with psychosocial changes and analyse the impact of these misperceptions on the person with dementia and those caring for them
- Devise strategies to address the misperceptions of psychosocial changes associated with dementia
- Analyse the influence of culture on the experience of changes associated with dementia.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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| 2 - Communication | |||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||
| 4 - Research | |||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
Due to the contemporary nature of this study journal articles will be the bulk of information. As a result there will be no prescribed text book, although some may be suggested for additional reading during the unit.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.hee@cqu.edu.au
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Introduction to DEME20002.
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Module 1. Psychosocial theories of ageing.
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Module 2. Psychosocial changes associated with dementia.
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Module 3. The influence of culture on the experience of dementia.
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Module 4. Issues associated with the application of Psychosocial theories of ageing to persons with dementia.
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Module 4. Issues associated with the application of Psychosocial theories of ageing to persons with dementia.
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Revision and Consolidation.
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1 Written Assessment
Task Requirements: Written assessment
Unit Weighting: 50%
Word count: 2000 words +/-10% (excluding references)
This task is designed to provide you with an opportunity to explore the various psychosocial theories of ageing and how they relate to the person living with dementia. This task will provide you with useful insights that you will further develop in Assessment 2.
The care and treatment of older people are affected by the knowledge and views that staff and society have about the implications of ageing (Wadensten, 2006, 348). To assist people with dementia to live a meaningful life it is imperative that the psychosocial aspects of their life are properly understood.
This task requires you to:
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Investigate at least 2 psychosocial theories of ageing and explain the changes people experience as they age, according to each theory you have chosen.
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Explore how the person with dementia would experience psychosocial changes as they age according to your chosen theories (in step 1)
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Draw conclusions about the use of psychosocial theories can assist to ensure the needs of the person with dementia are identified.
Be sure to write a concluding paragraph that summarizes your key findings and presents a logical close to your paper.
Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (8 Sept 2017)
A complete marking guide will be provided in the DEME20002 Moodle site. Additionally there will be information from the unit coordinator regarding the requirements of the assessment and how it will be evaluated.
- Analyse the utility of different psychosocial theories of ageing to determine the impact of dementia
- Consider the diversity and consequences of psychosocial changes associated with dementia
- Analyse the influence of culture on the experience of changes associated with dementia.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Written Assessment
Assessment 2. Written Assessment
Type: Written report
Due Date: Friday of week 12.
Unit Weighting: 50%
Word count: 2000 words +/- 10% (excluding references)
Unit Coordinator: Lisa Hee.
This assessment task builds on the insights you developed in Assessment one and takes you further to determine how culture also impacts on the experience of dementia. You will also develop strategies to address misperceptions about the psychosocial changes associated with dementia including recommendations for practice.
This task requires you to:
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Consider the influence of culture on the psychosocial aspects of ageing and how it is acknowledged within psychosocial theories of ageing, using at least one of your theories chosen in Assessment 1 as an example.
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Consider the impact of misperception in relation to psychosocial change expectations on the person with dementia and their significant others.
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Devise well justified strategies to address misperceptions about psychosocial changes associated with dementia.
· Be sure to write a concluding paragraph that summarizes your key findings and presents a logical close to your paper.
Week 11 Friday (29 Sept 2017) 8:00 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (20 Oct 2017)
Assessment will be returned within 2 - 3 weeks after submission.
A complete marking guide will be provided in the DEME20002 Moodle site. Additionally there will be information from the unit coordinator regarding the requirements of the assessment and how it will be evaluated.
- Identify associated with psychosocial changes and analyse the impact of these misperceptions on the person with dementia and those caring for them
- Devise strategies to address the misperceptions of psychosocial changes associated with dementia
- Analyse the influence of culture on the experience of changes associated with dementia.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
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