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Chronic Illness & Supportive CareAssessment Task 11000 words (40% weighting)Purpose of assessment taskThis assessment task will enable you to investigate the psychosocial impact of chronic illness on the person living with the illness. It will also facilitate the investigation of evidence-based nursing care strategies as well as researching the importance of care partnerships between the nurse and the patient.Due date:Friday 24 April 2020Time: 0900amLocation: Assignment dropbox on Cloud Deakin unit siteFormat: PDF• Please check the document before submitting to the dropbox to ensure the formatting has not changed.•You are responsible for ensuring that the correct version of your assessment task is properly uploaded into the correct assessment dropbox.Topic background:Living with chronic illness not only impacts the person physically, it may also have a significant impact on the psychological and social elements of a persons’ life.Recognition that psychological and social factors shape the person’s experience of chronic illness, creates the need for nurses to develop effective care partnerships with their patients and clients (Chang & Johnson, 2018).Assignment Questions:1.Discussthe most significantpsychosocial impacts of a chronic illness(Diabetes)on a person who is living with that particular illness.(400 words)2.Describetwo (2),evidence basedsupportive nursing care strategiesthat the nurse could use when caring for aperson living with a chronic illness.(300 words)3.Discussthe role & importance of care partnerships in promoting positive health outcomesfor people living with chronic illness.(300 words)Instructions for this assessment task:To be successful with this assessment task you are strongly advised to:ØDraw upon relevant recommended readings, cloud concepts, literature published within the last 10 years and content provided in this unit.ØIdentify relevant literature, which should mainly include peer reviewed journal articles. The prescribed textbook and the recommended readings in the unit are a good place to start. References to Wikipedia, and .com sites are not appropriate for this assessment task.ØHeadings related to each question should be used for this assessment taskØCheck your assignment against the marking rubric and the instructions before submission to ensure you have addressed all the requirements.Presentation requirements:oFont:12-point type size.Times or Times New Roman.oSpacing:Double-line spacing (Do not insert extra lines between paragraphs or the references list entries.)oPage numbersPage numbers to be provided on all pages except front page. Place page number in the top right hand corneroMargins:2.54 cm at the top, bottom, left-hand, and right-hand sides of the page.oParagraph indentsIndent the first line of each paragraph (using the tab key or paragraph tool).Exceptions: abstract, block quotations, titles and headings, table titles and notes (consult with APA 6 style manual for specific detail).oJustification of textAll text needs to be aligned to the left, not justified

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Chronic illness Assignment Plan 
Q1.   Chronic illnesses like diabetes are related to the psychosocial and emotional impacts on 
the patient. As the incidence of diabetes leads to the incidences of depression and anxiety, on the 
other hand people suffering from mental illnesses tend to have a higher prevalence of developing 
mental disorders (Holt, 2018). People suffering from Type 2 diabetes do not live in isolation but 
their disease has substantially decreased their lifestyle patterns. People with T2D expressed 
negative concerns over their lifelong disease burden and how that would be perceived by their 
friends and family (Bhattacharya, 2012). Patients have to undergo several changes limiting their 
food habits, or increasing their physical activity that can also affect their psychological and 
emotional states.  
According to Lloyd et al. (2018) the growing evidence that link between diabetes and 
depression across 14 countries show that approximately 10% of people with diabetes have a 
diagnosis of major depression and a further 17% experience moderate-to-severe depressive 
symptoms. In common with the general population, women with diabetes are more likely to 
develop depression than men with diabetes, as were those with lower educational attainment and 
those who were physically inactive. Diabetes distress was associated with depression, showing 
the overlap between these two conditions (Holt, 2018). Another study by Smith et al. (2018) 
showed a 47% increased risk of diabetes in those with baseline anxiety.  
 Incidences of diabetes were also correlated to poor quality of life in individuals. Their 
social status, the availability of social support and financial conditions were also related. People 
who have a better social support and good quality of life followed the treatment guidelines better 
than those that didn’t. This implies that emotional support also plays a major role in supporting 
the conditions of the disease. Patients were more open to joining support groups and continue 
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further treatment (Achigbu, Oputa, Achigbu, & Ahuche, 2015). Again the incidences of diabetes 
were shown to increase in family settings as well (Holt, 2018). As chronic illnesses have a root 
in psychological and emotional imbalances, Ju et al (2018) demonstrated that peer support was 
effective in reducing the distress that aggravated their conditions of life and helped in 
implementing and following better treatment strategies. Depression and anxiety are two of the 
most common mental disorders among people suffering with diabetes. This coupled with 
increasing hopelessness; feelings of sadness and worry,

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