SWK358e: Speak to an older adult (aged 62 and above) who is still in the workforce The employment may be a full-time, part-time, or odd job: Eldercare Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Question 1

Speak to an older adult (aged 62 and above) who is still in the workforce. The employment may be a full-time, part-time, or odd job.

a) Discuss the challenges faced by the older adult in continuing his/her work beyond the official retirement age.

b) Appraise the policy of employment and employability in ensuring meaningful job opportunities for him/her or older adults in general.

Question 2

Read the following news article that was printed in The Straits Times on 15 June 2020:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/understanding-elder-abuse

a) Explain the various forms of elder abuse; its reasons and impact of the co-occurring factors. Pay attention to the three underlines and answer accordingly.

b) Apply the relevant skills in engaging and intervening on each of the following hypothetical cases of elder abuse and/or neglect. You may add on additional information on the family background, where relevant.

i) A son who refuses to take his elderly father, who has dementia, for his medical appointments.

ii) A maid who ignores the employer’s instruction to feed the elderly with a soft diet or porridge but instead chooses either to force-feed the elderly with rice or to skip meals entirely.

iii) An elderly with Parkinson’s disease, living alone in her owned private apartment, and has gone lost on few occasions while venturing out to get her meals.

Question 3

In planning and developing service innovation in elderly care, it is crucial to relook and reimagine intermediate and long-term care (ILTC) in the 21st century. Besides reading up on Agency for Integrated Care and related readings on ILTC, outline:

a) FIVE (5) current and/or impending challenges faced in long-term care.

b) FIVE (5) broad strategies in innovating approaches and models of aged care Up to 10 marks will be awarded for overall coherence, grammar, and structure layout, and proper citation of the assignment.