Real Experience of Illness

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GzGjlTVm5JJZDvnixPFnFjd4qMohEBDZ?usp=sharing Task Description: ESSAY LENGTH: 2500 WORDS This assignment requires you to write a 2500 word essay considering the experience of illness as it is related to a real case. “Experience is not an unstable irrational and emotive concept but rather it is the world, it is knowing.” Lumby (1994) “It may be that the most important element of care that we offer….is our constantly deepening respect for the lived experience, and the realization that what we see on the outside may be just a reflection, and often not an accurate one, of the living that is occurring within. The greatest compliment then that may be given to a carer is to be invited into the lived world of a person. Dittman-Kohli (1990) There are more than just physiological aspects involved in how a person faced with a health or capacity challenge experiences an illness, ageing or a disability. We have come to understand that each lived experience has sensory, emotional and cognitive/behavioral elements. A biopsychosocial-spiritual model of illness suggests that the experience is an amalgam/ a complex interrelationship of all these aspects of illness. It is also often something that can be difficult for a person to express in words or break into its component parts. There are many theories concerning how a person constructs his or her internal ‘experience’ of an event or situation. This construction is unique to the individual. In this essay you are to explore the experience of illness through the use of both the theoretical and empirical literature combined with the story of a real experience of illness as offered by a client. Within the first couple of weeks of the semester a recorded interview with a client facing an illness challenge will be placed on the COUN7015 Blackboard site. You are to watch the interview and consider this experience of illness as this client relates it and discuss this experience with respect to both the theoretical and empirical literature surrounding the experience of illness in general, as well as the lierature concerning the particular health challenge faced by this client from the interview. As such you will be offering an analysis according to the literature of this specific case ie., a case study. In many ways this is the form of writing of what may be occurring in your head in terms of therapy process ) as you work with this client (Assessment ‘Hearing the Story – Hypothesis Generation – Further Assessment _Intervention). To remind you of the process you arte thinking through, the document “Process of Therapy Expanation” will put up on the COUN7015 Blackboard site. The essay therefore will have a number of aspects organized in a coherent manner. Below are aspects that you should think about and research and may find valuable when discussing this case: You may consider and discuss what is meant by the term experience of illness (the experience of having a health challenge). Consider the theories and means concerning how an internal experience of illness may be constructed. In other words, how does theory and science suggest that we take the input from the health challenge and internalize it to become uniquely our own. You can exemplify particular theories with pertinent suggestions based on the interview material You may consider the literature associated with how one aspect of the lived experience may affect other aspects of the experience of the person dealing with a capacity challenge (The Story) You may consider the various factors that influence the experience of illness eg., considering all aspects of the biopsychosocial-spiritual model You may consider models that explain some of the behaviors / experiences eg., health beliefs, meaning etc. You may consider and justify what you identify to be the most influential aspects affecting the illness experience of the person in the interview. (This offers a basic case formulation for this case as you see it).Case Formulation) On the basis of what you have heard in the interview, the hypotheses you have developed and the literature, you may suggest other information that you would like to know from this client that you believe would assist in case formulation refinement (Further Assessment) By consideration of the literature concerning people facing the type of challenges as discussed by your client, you may suggest basic approaches to the care you would consider may be valuable for this client at this time and even perhaps in the future. (This may include both approaches offered through you as a counsellor and also broader interventions to people facing such health challenges). (Intervewntion) In writing the case report you would likely offer a brief outline of the case followed by a more indepth analysis of the case linking it, relating it and/or explaining it through the use of the literature. Hence you would be offering literature that is consistent with the experience and also attempting to explain reactions that may not have been consistent with the available literature. It is very important that your discussion and the arguments presented are supported by strong empirical evidence (research studies) not just theoretical and opinion articles
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Health Information Patient Handout

To prepare: Select a health issue of interest to you. Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue. Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic. Review the two health literacy websites listed in this weeks Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information. To complete: Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected. Include a cover page. Include an introduction that provides: An explanation of your issue and why you selected it A description of the audience you are addressing In the handout itself: Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience. Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.). Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.

Critically analyse which type of hedge fund it would be best to add into an international portfolio currently consisting purely of bond investments.

Provide an answer to ONE of the assignment titles below: Critically evaluate the main explanations for the Forward Premium Puzzle. Critically evaluate the benefits and risks from including a private equity fund into an international portfolio currently equally weighted between equity and bonds. Critically analyse which type of hedge fund it would be best to add into an international portfolio currently consisting purely of bond investments. “The international capital asset pricing model is an appealing theory but has little practical use.” Critically analyse this statement. The coursework counts for 40% of the overall mark for this module. Word limit: 2500 words excluding tables, references and appendices. Assignments in excess of the word limit will be penalised. Marks will be awarded for: Knowledge, Understanding, Analysis, Evaluation and Structure & Clarity.

Exploring the Visual Language of Display

Task: This course was designed carefully. The first six weeks introduced you to the basic theories and thinkers who contribute to our understanding of display, and the basic histories of display. The last six weeks introduced you to the basic ways we work with display as: designers, curators, advertisers, marketers, and managers. Weeks 1 6 were planned to go with weeks 7 11.Consider week 6 and the content covered that week: Twisted Sisters: Semiotics and Dialectical Material in Parody and Guerrila Advertising. Theorists: Marx, Foucault, Levinson.Consider, also, the content covered that week: Stereotypes and Statements in Branding and Advertising.Do you see how they were meant to go together?This assignment asks you to work with these pairings from week 6. You are to write a 3,000 word illustrated report USING THAT OPTION and with the following structure: – Introduction (500 words) – Theory, History and Method (1,000 words) Your Spring Break assignment helped you do this already! – Discussion and Illustrations (1,500 words) The report is to be based on the following scenario: ? REFERRAL Scenario: You are to consider the images used in the week 6 lecture and any other examples of parody brands, guerrilla marketing, and spoof advertisements you would like to include from your own research. Choose your favourite of each (1 parody brand, 1 instance of guerrilla marketing, and one spoof advertisement). One of EACH. What do they say, do, and contextualise? Guidance: ? What visual and illustrative techniques were used in the displays? ? What references will you use in considering them? (. historic, artistic, theoretical, etc.) ? How was gender, gendered images or stereotype used? ? How did the display use design, location, space, lighting, colour and typography? ? Apart from the object/item/brand what else will be displayed (. what ideas, lifestyle, politics, etc. was suggested?) ? How and who does it engage? ? Are the displays direct or subtle, and what is the difference in terms of its reception? ? What political statement is made/discussed with this material?

Change Management

Researching a range of current academic journal articles related to change management, o Explaining clearly what current research literature is saying about change management, o Clearly interpreting it to demonstrate understanding and be able to explain what it means in terms of todays organisations, o Drawing supported conclusions as to the validity of current change models. Students need to format their research, analysis and conclusions into a professionally presented, 2000 word report. Research Requirements: Students need to support their analysis with reference from the text and a minimum of eight (8) suitable, reliable, current and academically acceptable sources check with your tutor if unsure of the validity of sources. Groups seeking Credit or above grades should support their analysis with increased number of reference sources comparable to the grade they are seeking. Presentation: 2000 + 10% word report format Word .doc or .docx. Title page, executive summary, table of contents, appropriate headings and sub-headings, recommendations, reference list (Harvard Anglia style), attachments if relevant. And I give you some notes: – you have to apply some Model: + Lewin + Kottler + Prosa / Adkar + TQM (eg: Toyota) + Learn Production (Eg: Toyota, coles plastic bags, David JOnes headoffice move to Melbourne) – 2 examples => Already improved – Major improvement STRUCTURE: 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Analysis 4. Application Company 5. Recommendations/Conclusions
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Understand How Reimbursement Contributes to the Need for Cost Containment (DB 2)

write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. You are the manager in a health care organization, and you have been directed to come up with a plan to cut your budget by 5%. Discuss the following: What expenses will you cut? Justify the cuts you choose. Describe how these cuts will affect patient-centered care. Include both positive and negative effects. Provide at least 1 reference for this discussion.

Understand How Reimbursement Contributes to the Need for Cost Containment ( INDV Project 2)

You have been placed on a committee in your health care organization. The committee has to create a set of cost containment strategies that will positively impact (decrease) operating expenses. The committee is also challenged with increasing reimbursement. Provide 5 cost-cutting strategies that the committee could recommend to the executive board. Describe how these cuts will benefit patient care or business systems. Provide 5 ideas on how to increase revenue or reimbursement. This answer can include short-term and long-term goals. Describe how these revenue or reimbursement systems benefit patient care or the business systems. Provide at least 2 references that reinforce the strategies you have chosen.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of occupational science Critically analyse the domains of self and occupation Critically analyse concepts of person, environment and occupational performance Critically review the importance of context and culture in assessment.

To complete a 2000 word assignment in which you apply the elements of Person, Environment and Occupation to assess yourself as an occupational being. assessment criteria: Demonstrate a working knowledge of occupational science Critically analyse the domains of self and occupation Critically analyse concepts of person, environment and occupational performance Critically review the importance of context and culture in assessment. Adhere to the School of Health and Social Care guidelines for presentation and referencing. Adhere to the School of Health and Social Care guidelines policy for confidentiality and consent. demonstrate a working knowledge of occupational science. critically analyse the domains of self and occupation Self maintenance roles, self advancement roles add to personal skills, professions or other betterment, self enhancement roles these contribute to personal accomplishments and enjoyment. Occupation A group of activities that has personal and sociocultural meaning, is named within a culture and supports participation in society. Occupations can be categorised as self-care, productivity and/or leisure (COT 2015) what to do? Identify a situation/experience in which you can view yourself as the occupational being (person) An occupation that you have been involved in on placement An occupation which relates to the learning outcomes Pay attention to the environment in which this situation/experience takes place (environment) Consider yourself in that role or activity (occupation) examples of occupation can be: Direct engagement with a service user/carer Writing client notes Teaching a technique to service user/carer Leading a group An assessment structure of assignment: It can be written in the first person Follow the usual structure for written assignment. An introduction Main body of work where you demonstrate your understanding by following assignment brief and covering the assessment criteria. Summarise with a brief conclusion Adhere to the School of Health and Social Care guidelines for presentation and referencing.