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Comparison Analysis

The document summarizes two videos about residential care facilities for the elderly in the Philippines and Australia. For the Philippines, the Haven for the Elderly facility provides free food, shelter and medical care to 253 residents. Staffing ratios are insufficient at 1 house parent for 25 elders. Australia has stronger standards of care through its Aged Care Quality Standards which are assessed by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. The standards focus on elder dignity, care plans, clinical care, daily living supports, service quality, feedback and governance. Overall, the Philippines system struggles more due to less funding and resources compared to Australia's affluent model.

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Comparison Analysis

The document summarizes two videos about residential care facilities for the elderly in the Philippines and Australia. For the Philippines, the Haven for the Elderly facility provides free food, shelter and medical care to 253 residents. Staffing ratios are insufficient at 1 house parent for 25 elders. Australia has stronger standards of care through its Aged Care Quality Standards which are assessed by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. The standards focus on elder dignity, care plans, clinical care, daily living supports, service quality, feedback and governance. Overall, the Philippines system struggles more due to less funding and resources compared to Australia's affluent model.

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MISSION

VISION Cavite State University shall


A premier university in provide excellent, equitable and
historic Cavite recognized
Republic of the Philippines relevant educational opportunities
for excellence in the CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY in the arts, science and technology
development of morally Don Severino Delas Alas Campus through quality instruction and
upright and globally relevant research and development
competitive individuals. Indang, Cavite activities. It shall produce
professional, skilled and morally
upright individuals for global
competitiveness.

College of Nursing

NURS15: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS


(ACTIVITY 1)

Presented by:
Maureen Mae L. Mañacap
BSN Level IV – Section 3

Presented to:
MARY ANTONIETTE D. VIRAY, RN, MAN
SUNNY ROSE M. FERRERA, RN, MAN
MARIBEL L. CHUA, RN, MAN
Clinical Instructor, Level IV

February 26, 2022


Date

In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements in NURS 15 for the Degree of Bachelor of


Science in Nursing
Residential Home care facilities provide long-term personal care who are
unable to care for themselves; a place for people who don't need to be in a hospital
but can't be cared for at home. The facilities provide room, board, housekeeping,
supervision, and personal care assistance. Usually, residents are elderly and frail
whose families can't take care of them.

Caring is an essential value in nursing, especially in geriatric nursing. A nurse's


role in aged care is to provide direct and individualized long-term care for elderly clients.
It is challenging to take care of the elderly since they have more needs and demands.
As such, nurses need to provide their best services to meet such requirements.

In most cases, most nursing home residents will live the rest of their lives in the
facility. It is essential to make it feel like the clients are in the comfort of their homes
through providing the appropriate care that they need.

AGED CARE QUALITY STANDARD (AUSTRALIA) AND HAVEN FOR THE


ELDERLY (PHILIPPINES)

Both videos presented the residential healthcare facility in both countries. Here are
key points from the two videos.

HAVEN FOR THE ELDERLY (PH) AGED CARE QUALITY STANDARD (AU)

• Food, shelter, medications, and other • High quality care for elderly
services are free consumers is the standard.
• 102 Male and 151 Female residents • Aged Care Quality and Safety
are residing on 14 cottages Commission. Is a government sector
• 1:25 is the ratio of a house parent to that monitors the quality and safety
25 older adults of the elderly consumers.
• Abled patients, semi-abled, and
AGED CARE QUALITY STANDARDS
bedridden clients have separate
1. Consumer Dignity and Choice
rooms
2. Ongoing assessment and planning
• Residents can move freely
with consumers
• Residents can do household chores 3. Personal Care and Clinical Care
as a form of exercise 4. Services and supports for daily living
• Residents can earn money through 5. Organization’s service environment
crafts 6. Feedback and complaints
• Has a clinic with free services 7. Human resources
• 1.4 billion pesos is the fund allocated 8. Organization governance
by the government to for government
residential homes • Aged care quality standards are
assessed and measure through self-
assessment and through visitation,
assessment contact, and quality
review
• Nursing care facilities needs to apply
for re-accreditation
• If a facility failed to meet the
standards, they will be given a time
frame to make improvements

Aging adults need to cope with the changes happening in their lives by seeking
help to meet their needs. One of the options is to stay in a nursing home care facility
that caters to all of their necessities.

In the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)


is responsible for establishing residential home care facilities. Since the population of
older adults is increasing, the funds for senior care needs to be improved. According
to the Philippine Statistics Authority, older adults living in the country grow every year.
And by the year 2030, they are expecting the number of older adults to increase up to
14 million.

Providing geriatrics healthcare will be challenging in a third-world country due


to a lack of human resources. From the documentary, the ratio of a house parent to
elderly is 1:25, and the ideal ratio is 1:3 or 1:4 for the health care provider to maximize
their services. Because of the shortage of health care providers, the needs of the
elderly are overlooked.
On the other hand, the Australian government is stepping up its gerontological care
game by creating and following the Aged Care Quality Standards. Providing high-
quality and safe choices for elderly consumers. The Australian government also has
an Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) that protects and enhances
the safety, health, well-being, and quality of life of elderly consumers, ensuring that
the older adults are given the appropriate care they need. The following are the 8
Aged Care Quality Standards:

1. Consumer Dignity and Choice


2. Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers
3. Personal care and clinical care
4. Services and supports for daily living
5. Organization’s service environment
6. Feedback and complaints
7. Human resources
8. Organizational governance

Due to financial instability and lack of workforce, the Philippines is struggling to


meet the needs and demands of gerontological care compared to affluent countries
like Australia. The government can’t provide complete assistance for the elderly such
as institutional care, medical and health care insurance.

In the Philippines, I think what is lacking is not just in the gerontological health care
system. Still, the overall healthcare system lacks resources, financial instability, low-
quality services delivery due to less staffing. Improvement of these lacks increases’
quality care services and is achievable through developing aged care quality
standards as the Australian government did. Developing and implementing this can
be very challenging for a third-world country.

REFERENCES:
8 Aged Care Quality Standards. (n.d.). [Illustration]. Kopwa.Org.

https://www.kopwa.org.au/our-care-approach/

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. (2021, September 30). Australian Government

Department of Health. https://www.health.gov.au/contacts/aged-care-quality-and-

safety-commission

Aged Care Quality Standards video | Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. (2021,

June 20). [Video]. Aged Care Quality.

https://www.agedcarequality.gov.au/resources/quality-standards-educational-video

Investigative Documentaries: Kalagayan ng mga senior citizen sa loob ng home care. (2020,

February 8). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S4loz2hFp4

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