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Q1A. Complete the following table to explain the ten (10) stages of human development, giving the age bracket and physiological changes that occur. 

Stage

Age Bracket

Physiological changes that occur

Pregnancy

Pre-birth

 

 

 

 

 

Infancy

birth through age one.

 

 

 

 

 

Toddler  

ages two and three

 

 

 

 

 

Childhood

ages four to eight

 

 

 

 

 

Puberty

ages nine to thirteen

 

 

 

 

 

Older adolescence

ages fourteen and eighteen

 

 

 

Young Adult

Ages eighteen to thirty

 

 

 

Middle age

ages thirty-one to fifty

 

 

 

 

 

Senior years or old age.

age fifty-one until the end of life

 

 

 

 

 

Death & dying

End of life

 

 

 

 

 

Q1B.  Complete the table below.

  Provide two (2) examples for each area listed that could contribute to the risk of a fall. 

Contributing Factors

Example 1

Example 2

Mobility

 

 

 

 

Lifestyle

 

 

 

 

Health/medical

 

 

 

 

 

Q2a. Provide three (3) reasons why strokes can be a contributing factor to an older person’s risk of falling.

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b. List two (2) other physical indications that contribute to the risk of falls in an older person.

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c. Complete the table below to describe how visual impairment, gait and balance can impact an older person and their carers?

 

Older person

Carer

Visual Impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gait and balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q3a. Complete the table below. 

Provide two (2) visual indicators of:

normal gait and balance
normal posture 

 

 

Example 1

Example 2

normal gait and balance

 

 

 

 

normal posture

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q3b. Provide one (1) example of how you could identify deviations to normal posture, gait and balance?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q4a. List three (3) medical/health factors that can increase the risk of falls 

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Q4b.  Explain how to recognise the signs of the medical/health factors you have identified in Q4a.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q4c. What does F.A.S.T. stand for in relation to a stroke?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q4d. What are the four (4) indicators that a person has had a stroke?

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Q5a. Provide two (2) examples of:

physical effects 
psychological effects 

that falls have on older people.

 

 

Example 1

Example 2

Physical effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychological effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q5b. Describe the effects of these physical and psychological effects have on the older person’s carer?

 

 

 

 

 

Q6a. Describe two (2) types of falls prevention strategies.

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Q6b. Provide the three (3) indicators which would suggest that a strategy needs to be halted.

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Q7. Complete the table below.

        Briefly explain how the following listed legal and ethical considerations impact your work with older people

 

Legal and ethical consideration

Explanation

Duty of care

 

 

 

 

Human rights

 

 

 

 

Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

 

 

 

 

Work health and safety

 

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Q8a. List three (3) documentation requirements when working in an aged care setting?

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Q8b. Explain why it is important that documentation is completed: 

Accurately
Objectively
Appropriately

Accurately

 

Objectively 

 

 

Appropriately

 

Q9. Scenario: 

         You have arrived for your shift and one of your consumers is an 89-year-old Asian man who has previously had a stroke. A FRAT has been completed for this consumer and it is your responsibility to ensure that the strategies within the FRAT are implemented while you are caring for them. 

 

Answer the following questions based on this scenario.

Q9a. List nine (9) steps you would take to prepare for your shift with this consumer

 

 

Q9b. How would you clarify what is within your role to implement when working with your consumer?

 

 

 

 

Q9c. Provide two (2) examples of how you would monitor and seek feedback from your consumer while implementing the falls risk strategy?

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Q9d. While you are working with your consumer, they express concern about a numbness in their arm. 

What four (4) actions would you take?

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Q10. Read the below scenario and then answer the questions 10a – 10c:

One of your consumers is due for a review of their FRAT. 

You are meeting with Mrs Smith and her carer 

         You are looking after Mrs Smith who is a 79-year woman and has had 3 falls in the past year.  She has not sustained any fractures in these falls and the multidiscipline team decided that she be allowed to walk and weight bear as pain permitted. 

         Mrs Smith does have prescription multi-focal glasses; however, she is inclined not to wear them.

         She has been advised to use a 4-Pronged Walker when ambulating and wear proper fitting non-slip lace up shoes.

 

Answer the following questions in relation to the above scenario.

 

Q10a. What are the nine (9) steps you would follow to prepare for the review?

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Q10b. List two (2) communication strategies to include the consumer and their carer in this review process?

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Q10c. Identify two (2) ways Mrs Smith’s carer could assist/support in the falls prevention strategy

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Scenario cont.: Read the below scenario and then answer the questions 10d – 10g

Mrs Smith currently weighs 110 kgs and has severe arthritis in her hips and knees and has advised you that she feels unsafe using the 4-Pronged Walker during ambulation and would like you to organise a 2-person transfer using the hoist. She had advised you that she has had a couple of near miss falls with the walker, and due to her excessive weight, she would be difficult to manage in a fall’s recovery. 

 

Q10d. Working with Mrs Smith:

List four (4) strategies that would need to be communicated and / or applied to ensure Mrs Smith’s request is safely implemented.  
Provide two (2) indicators that would confirm Mrs Smith’s concerns have been appropriately addressed.

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Q10e. Describe how you would determine if the above scenario placed the consumer at an increased risk of falls?

 

 

 

 

 

Q10f. Describe two (2) steps that could be included when completing the review process.

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Q10g. Explain how you would share and celebrate the positive results with the consumer and others who are at the meeting?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q11.  Complete the table below to demonstrate your understanding of how a risk of falls may impact the consumer, by providing two (2) examples for each.

 

Stroke.  
Factors contributing to the risks of falls  
What is the impact on older people and their carers  

 

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