Developed by enhance your future pty ltd 8 chcage001

Developed by Enhance Your Future Pty Ltd 8
CHCAGE001 - Facilitate the empowerment of older people Version 2
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5. Promote the health of each of the older people you are working with including:
6. Throughout your assessment you will need to work legally and ethically with
each client. To demonstrate this you will need to discuss each of the following in
relation to your clients with your trainer/assessor:
a. Codes of practice
b. Discrimination
c. Dignity of risk
d. Duty of care
e. Human rights
f. Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
g. Work role boundaries – responsibilities and limitations
h. Work health and safety

Developed by Enhance Your Future Pty Ltd 9
CHCAGE001 - Facilitate the empowerment of older people Version 2
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QUESTIONS
The following questions may be answered verbally with your assessor or you may write down
your answers. Please discuss this with your assessor before you commence. Short Answers are
required which is approximately 4 typed lines = 50 words, or 5 lines of handwritten text.
Your assessor will take down dot points as a minimum if you choose to answer them verbally.
Answer the following questions either verbally with your assessor or in writing.
1. Why is it important for older people to be given the responsibility of directing
their care?
2. What are duty of care requirements?
3. List at least four support services for older people.
4. What is person-centered practice and why is it important?
5. How can you contribute to your companies policies and procedures?
6. Where are some of the areas in which rights of the older person are detailed?
7. If you recognise that an older person's rights are not being upheld, who should
you report to and how can you report to them?
8. Discuss the different types of abuse you may encounter when working with older
people in community services.
9. What are some of the age-related changes that may affect older people?
10. List four strategies for supporting independence and autonomy.