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DCHA20003 Supporting Older People with Cognitive and Sensory Changes
Supporting Older People with Cognitive and Sensory Changes
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General Information

Overview

In this unit, you will explore cognitive and sensory impairments in and on the lives of the older person. You will apply the principles of advanced nursing knowledge, law, ethics, and professional attributes in the provision of best practice nursing care for the older person with cognitive and/or sensory impairment. You will apply and justify nursing clinical decision-making in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nurse-led and collaborative care that aims to maintain or enhance the cognitive and sensory capabilities of the older adult.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 8
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

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).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

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).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Previous Student Feedback

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.

Feedback from Student verbal feedback in Zoom Q & A sessions.

Feedback

Regular online tutorials - were appreciated and received positively by the students in this unit. The students who attended these regularly commented on "the value of these in preparing for assessments".

Recommendation

Unit coordinator to continue to offer regular online Q & A tutorials to enable students to discuss learning content and its application to the two assessments. This approach enables the students to consider how the learning outcomes could be applied to each assessment.

Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments Report, T 1, 2024.

Feedback

The unit coordinator has been great at assisting and guiding. She is also an excellent lecturer, and the course material was well explained.

Recommendation

Unit coordinator to continue to provide contemporary evidence-based lecture content that aligns with practice in caring for older people. Continue to have a clear and succinct Moodle site and written course materials to enhance student learning in the unit.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 23 June 2025
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