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HUMA309 Aged Care in the Community

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation Each semester is twelve weeks in length and is taught by distance education.

The majority of older persons in Australia do not move into supported residential care but remain living in their own homes. As a person gets older their lifestyle changes and their care needs tend to increase due to an increase in health problems, possible reduction of mobility and decreased social networks. This unit will provide students with an understanding of the home-based support options, the potential for the development of more flexible services and the legislation in place to ensure quality service delivery to meet the ongoing changing needs of the older person, such older persons maintaining social networks and interests and to establish new ones.

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