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HAGE20001 - Contemporary Approaches to Gerontological Care

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will explore the 'big picture' in the care of older people. You will reflect on the various perspectives of aging, including ageism, and how these perspectives can impact the care of older people. You will analyse the challenges related to the aging population in respect of the current health reform debate. You will scrutinise environments where older people live and assess the impact of these environments on their quality of life. You will apply models and theories to creatively plan new and innovative care ventures that include: a person-centred focus; with micro and macro aspects of design; and futured focussed design, to provide appropriate solutions to real-world care problems.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2021

Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 40%
2. Written Assessment 60%
3. Portfolio 0%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36.36% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Assessment feedback from students via unit coordinator
Feedback
Assessment items lack clarity. The Unit Coordinator suggests aligning the the first half of the unit content with assessment one and the second half of the unit content with assessment two.
Recommendation
Review assessments to provide clarity in item. Review due dates and align with unit content.
Action Taken
The assessment items were reviewed and dates aligned with unit content.
Source: Unit content feedback from students via unit coordinator
Feedback
"Personal lectures were really great. More please. I liked the specificity of each one and the perspective provided. More resources would be good too. Readings were great, would love more."
Recommendation
Continue regular zoom sessions. Suggest adding more reading materials to unit content in future units.
Action Taken
Zoom sessions continued this term.
Source: Students discussion with the unit coordinator.
Feedback
The unit coordinator this term fed back that the students enjoyed the portfolio exercise and had found this rewarding.
Recommendation
To continue to provide innovative assessment items.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse covert and overt ageism in society and its impact on the lives of older people
  2. Evaluate specific environments using the best practice principles for healthy ageing
  3. Apply gerontological models and theories to the care of older people.
  4. Justify the use of strengths based models associated with ageing in the care of older people.

This unit is not linked to external accreditation 

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Online Quiz(zes)
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Portfolio
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Online Quiz(zes)
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Portfolio