Assessment details Length: 1500 words +/- 10% Weighting: 40% Submission due date: Wednesday 28th August by 2359 Learning outcomes assessed – LO1 critically analyse the concept of healthy ageing and...

Assessment details

Length: 1500 words +/- 10%

Weighting: 40%

Submission due date: Wednesday 28th August by 2359

Learning outcomes assessed –

LO1critically analyse the concept of healthy ageing and its promotion at an individual and community level

LO2understand experiences of ageing and how these are impacted by biopsychosocial, spiritual and cultural factors

2. Assessment instructions

This assessment requires you to prepare a literature reviewfocused on the topic of healthy ageing.

A literature review “re-views” or looks again at what others have said, done, or found in a particular area of study. The purpose of conducting a literature review is to find out what is currently known (and reported) about a topic or issue. A literature review isnotan annotated bibliography ie a summary of each article. It requires analysis (critical appraisal) of each article but this must be followed by synthesis of the information, so as to reveal the current state of knowledge on the topic.

The purpose of this written assignmentis to enable students to synthesise ideas, themes, controversies and recommendations found in the literature on healthy (or successful) ageing in order to realise understanding of the knowledge and ideas which have been established on this topic.

To assist you in the preparation of this assessment you are provided with

· A case scenario which gives context to the literature review

· 4 topic areas related to healthy ageing

· A selection of current, relevant literature for review

· Guidelines and resources for completing the literature review

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read the case scenario provided

2. Choose one of the following four topic areas as the focus of your literature review

· Social interaction and healthy ageing

· Gingko biloba, cognition and ageing

· Physical activity, resistance training and ageing

· Overweight, weight loss and ageing

3. Access the 4 journal articles listed in the chosen topic area through ACU library.

4. Skim read each article then read in detail

5. Analyse each article

· You may find it useful to structure your analysis of each article using the Critical Appraisal Tool to which you were introduced in HLS122 Evidence for Practice in year 1. This tool has been provided as a resource – available below

· Or you may like to use a summary table to assist you with the analysis and synthesis of the information contained in the literature. A summary table lists the characteristics of each article under the same discrete headings, such as “method” and “results”. This can help you to see terns and common elements among the articles being reviewed and also provides structure for the synthesis. A template of a summary table has provided below

6.Synthesise the information about the literature based on your appraisal

7.Write your literature review based on your synthesis of the literature. Write in an essay format - introduction, body, conclusion, reference list.

2. Assessment instructions

This assessment requires you to prepare a literature reviewfocused on the topic of healthy ageing.

A literature review “re-views” or looks again at what others have said, done, or found in a particular area of study. The purpose of conducting a literature review is to find out what is currently known (and reported) about a topic or issue. A literature review isnotan annotated bibliography ie a summary of each article. It requires analysis (critical appraisal) of each article but this must be followed by synthesis of the information, so as to reveal the current state of knowledge on the topic.

The purpose of this written assignmentis to enable students to synthesise ideas, themes, controversies and recommendations found in the literature on healthy (or successful) ageing in order to realise understanding of the knowledge and ideas which have been established on this topic.

To assist you in the preparation of this assessment you are provided with

· A case scenario which gives context to the literature review

· 4 topic areas related to healthy ageing

· A selection of current, relevant literature for review

· Guidelines and resources for completing the literature review

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read the case scenario provided

2. Choose one of the following four topic areas as the focus of your literature review

· Social interaction and healthy ageing

· Gingko biloba, cognition and ageing

· Physical activity, resistance training and ageing

· Overweight, weight loss and ageing

3. Access the 4 journal articles listed in the chosen topic area through ACU library.

4. Skim read each article then read in detail

5. Analyse each article

· You may find it useful to structure your analysis of each article using the Critical Appraisal Tool to which you were introduced in HLS122 Evidence for Practice in year 1. This tool has been provided as a resource – available below

· Or you may like to use a summary table to assist you with the analysis and synthesis of the information contained in the literature. A summary table lists the characteristics of each article under the same discrete headings, such as “method” and “results”. This can help you to see terns and common elements among the articles being reviewed and also provides structure for the synthesis. A template of a summary table has provided below

6.Synthesise the information about the literature based on your appraisal

7.Write your literature review based on your synthesis of the literature. Write in an essay format - introduction, body, conclusion, reference list.

The case scenario

Frederic Arum is 78 years old, Australian-born man of French ancestry who lives in his own home in Drummoyne, a Sydney suburb, and has lived there for the past 40 years. He is a widower, having lost his wife to cancer 10 years ago, and has 5 adult children and numerous grandchildren ranging in age from 5 – 23 years. He is a retired university professor and quite active in his retirement – he is a member of a local choir which practices once a week and perform at community events and venues about once a month; he plays golf at least once a week; he maintains his large garden with the help of a gardener once a fortnight. He sees a lot of his family and every Sunday his daughter hosts lunch for the whole family. He looks after his own home, although he has recently started using a cleaner once a week.

He has always enjoyed good health although has had his share of colds and flus and emotional ups and downs over the years. It was a difficult time when he lost his wife but it made him more determined to make the most of the “time he has left”. He has recently started to have a bit of joint pain and stiffness, which is slowing him down at times and he has noticed that his memory has been unreliable at times. “Signs of old age” he tells himself, but he hopes it doesn’t get any worse. He mentions these changes to his GP at his next appointment, and asks what he can do to slow down or even stop these ageing changes getting any worse. The GP suggests he -

1. Start weight bearing exercise (lifting weights) twice a week using an experienced trainer as this “strengthens the muscles and the mind”

2. Lose some weight to reduce “pressure” on his joints. At 180cm tall and 90.5kg Frederic is overweight and could lose about 10kg to move into the ideal weight category according to BMI. The GP suggests a lower calorie diet of 1800kcal/day as a reliable method to lose weight safely.

3. Join a club, socialise more as this has “been shown to promote health at all ages”

4. Take 120mg twice a day of ginkgo biloba to improve your memory and help prevent AD

Frederic isn’t so keen on going on a diet, although he would like to lose that extra 10kg. As for lifting weights, well, he thinks he just might end up doing himself an injury if he starts with that nonsense. He is keen to get relief from his joint pain however and thinks maybe it would be nice to meet some new people. He asks his GP what sort of evidence she has that if he does these 4 things his joints might stop aching and his unreliable memory improve.

The GP provides some scientific journal articles to Frederic and suggests he read them to get an “understanding of the evidence we have for recommending these activities to you”. Then he can come back for another visit to have a chat about it and make some decisions.

Four articles need to the literature review

Overweight and weight loss

1. Batsis, J., Gill, L., Masutani, R., Adachi-Mejia, A., Blunt, H., Bagley, P., Lopez-Jimenez, F. & Bartels, S. (2017).Weight Loss Interventions in Older Adults with Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Since 2005.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,65(2), 257-68

2. Jura, M. & Kozak, L. (2016).Obesity and related consequences to ageing.AGE,38(23)

3. Locher, J., Goldsby, T., Goss, A., Kilgore, M., Gower, B. & Ard, J. (2016).Calorie restriction in overweight older adults: Do benefits exceed potential risks?Experimental Gerontology, 85, 4-13

4. Waters, D., Ward, A. & Villareal, D. (2013).Weight loss in obese adults 65 years and older: A review of the controversy.Experimental Gerontology, 48, XXXXXXXXXX

I have chosen the the topic no 4 which is ;

Overweight, weight loss and ageing

The literature review should be on the above topic and need to use the four acritical provided . but extra more references needs to be use. 1 reference per 150 words. Please see the rubrics on the unit out line.

1. 6. Useful resources

2. This section includes a number of resources that should be of use to you when preparing your literature review

The rubrics for the assignment is inside the unit out line.

Ut is the assignment one /task one/ literature review