���At its heart our inquiry has revealed that people receiving aged care want to be treated with care, dignity and respect.” (Aged Care Royal Commission (2021) Final Report: Care, dignity, and respect, 2021, p31) Essay Topic is … Using the context provided in the statement above, critically analyse your role as a registered nurse in ensuring older adults in your care are treated with care, dignity, and respect and in turn promote healthy ageing. You should consider the following when addressing the topic ? Define what it means for a nurse to care, to treat an older person with dignity and to show respect. ? How does person centred care, dignity and respect underpin healthy ageing? ? How will the nurse demonstrate care, dignity and respect for older people when providing care? Examples of evidence based nursing interactions are essential, see rubric criteria. ? Support your discussion with evidence. See rubric criteria. critically analyse the concept of healthy ageing and its promotion at an individual and community level; (GA4) LO2 understand experiences of ageing and how these are impacted by biopsychosocial, spiritual and cultural factors; (GA1, GA4)
