Module 01 - Gerontology and the Human Life Span Project Overview In this Course Project, you will develop a Long-Term Care Plan "Tool Kit" to use in the field of Health and Wellness. Your tool kit will contain templates and questionnaires that you create; it will also contain resources that you gather to support your patients/clients throughout the aging process. As such, it should help the person prepare for the later stages of their life. Having the opportunity to assist a patient prepare a Long-Term Care Plan may help put things into perspective for the patient and family. This type of plan can be an invaluable resource for family members when dealing with long-term diseases, home care/long-term care facilities, end of life situations and to identify the wishes of the afflicted person. Information can change the course of events that can be viewed as an inevitable event in the lifespan. Due Date Your final project is due in Module 05.There will be individual assignments along the way. The module they are due is noted in the time line below. Time Line Module Assignment 01 Introduction 02 Plan For Your Project 04 Peer Review 04 Rough Draft 05 Final Long-Term Care Plan Tool Kit Requirements Your Long-Term Care Plan Tool Kit should contain materials that allow you to work with a patient/client from any age range, but this course will focus on the elderly in 3 groups listed below. In this way, you will be prepared to help individuals at any stage of their life by helping them work through the tool kit. • • • The "Young Old" 65-74 The "Old" 74-85 The "Oldest-Old" 85+ The following are required components of the Long-Term Care Plan Tool Kit (8-16 pages total): 1. Create assessments for collecting information about the topics below. They should determine past, present and potential health status of your patient/client. Be sure that each assessment has questions to accommodate patients/clients from any of the age ranges listed above. Make sure each assessment has at least 5 questions. Research existing assessments to help guide how you will develop your original assessment. Each assessment should be one document. a. Current Health Status Assessment (Current medication lists, up to date information of the patient/client's medical team, etc.) b. Individual Nutritional Needs Assessment (Appropriate to the patient/client's age and stage in the lifecycle to promote/maintain good health) c. Lifestyle Assessment (Activity levels/types, eating habits, sleep habits, current living situation, etc.) d. Access to Healthcare Assessment (Identify current insurance, social security, retirement, information, etc.) 2. Create a 2 - 4 page questionnaire with at least 5 questions per section in Microsoft Word to gather patient/client information about the following: a. Current Cognitive Status (Alertness, Able to comprehend the events occurring in their life, etc.) b. Current Behavioral Status (Is mental illness a concern, will behavioral compliance be an issue?) c. Assisted living/in-home healthcare needs/wishes d. The Process of Dying (Identify the patient/client's wishes regarding artificial mechanisms to keep them alive) e. The Process of Death (Identify if the patient wishes to be cremated or buried, have a memorial service, wake and/or burial, what kind of services would they wish to have present -- i.e. veteran's services, etc.) 3. Create Action Plans to help organize and implement the long-term care plan. Each Action Plan step should have at least 5 questions to capture the necessary information. Action Plan should be 2 - 4 pages of questions organized into sections. a. Identify Goals (Establish short and long-term goals appropriate in each stage of the life cycle, take in to consideration family/social support, monetary requirements, potential health/behavioral changes that could arise, attach legal documentation information in the case that a power of attorney is required). b. Short-term c. Long-term d. Needs Assessment of your patient/client to implement these goals (what might they need specifically to put these goals into action) e. Monetary plan (Identify future needs, a budget and a plan) f. Legal Documentation Information (i.e. Power of Attorney, Written Will, Executor identified and distribution of assets identified, Trust funds, etc.) g. Family Support Network available (Identify resources within the family system) h. Patient Advocacy Information (List of resources to share with your patient/client on topics that are specific to the patient/client's needs) 4. Patient Advocacy Information (Locate and identify tools and resources to share with patients/clients regarding the topics below and any other topics that you believe may be relevant. Locate tools and resources in your community to offer support to a client you may serve. List at least 3 resources per category. a. b. c. d. e. Illness-based support groups (i.e. Cancer) and social support networks available Assisted living options based on patient/client wishes Counseling support/resources options Legal resources identified Senior activities and services available for various financial capabilities For the first part of the Course Project, please develop a plan for your Long Term Care Tool Kit. Identify which of the 3 groups your Tool Kit will focus on and why you chose that group. What are some of the differences between the needs of the 3 groups? What is your plan for obtaining information to develop your toolkit? The paper should be 2 -3 pages in Microsoft Word and identify what you plan to cover in your Long Term Care Plan Tool Kit. You will choose 1 age group to develop the Long-Term Care Plan tool kit from the 3 identified age groups. Please refer back to the Course Project - Introduction page in Module 01 for more details. Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates. Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the ".docx" extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below: Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504
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