NZQA registered unit standard
23387 version 3
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Title
Describe the ageing process and its effects on a person’s lifestyle
and wellbeing
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
7
This unit standard is for people providing services in a health or
wellbeing setting.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the
ageing process and its impact on a person’s health and
wellbeing; and how the ageing process may affect aspects of a
person’s lifestyle and wellbeing.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Older Persons' Health
and Wellbeing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory note
Definition
Person – a person accessing services. Other terms used for the person may include
client, consumer, customer, patient, individual, resident, service user, tūroro, or tangata
whai ora.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the ageing process and its impact on a person’s physical health and wellbeing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The ageing process is described in terms of how it impacts on the body’s
systems.
Range
1.2
may include – musculo-skeletal system, urinary system, gastrointestinal system, cardio-vascular system, nervous system,
reproductive system, endocrine system, respiratory system, skin,
sensory system, immune system;
evidence is required of one impact for five body systems.
The ageing process is described in terms of how it impacts on a person’s
activities of daily living.
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activities of daily living include – eating and drinking, mobility,
ability to perform personal cares, elimination patterns, sleeping
patterns;
evidence is required of one impact for each activity of daily living.
Range
1.3
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Common health conditions associated with the ageing process are described in
terms of their potential effects on a person’s ability to perform activities of daily
living.
conditions may include but are not limited to – osteoporosis,
arthritis, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, diabetes,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
evidence is required of at least five conditions.
Range
Outcome 2
Describe how the ageing process may affect aspects of a person’s lifestyle and wellbeing.
Range
aspects of a person’s lifestyle and wellbeing may include but are not limited to –
housing, work, income, recreation, relationships, family/whānau, learning,
community participation, spirituality, cultural identity;
evidence is required of five aspects.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The effects of the ageing process are described in terms of how aspects of a
person’s lifestyle and wellbeing may change.
2.2
Changes to aspects of a person’s lifestyle and wellbeing as a result of the
ageing process are described in terms of the person’s adaptation and potential
need for support.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 23386 replaced unit
standard 5019.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 October 2007
31 December 2017
Revision
2
21 January 2011
31 December 2017
Review
3
16 April 2015
N/A
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23387 version 3
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited
enquiries@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
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