Assessment1 essay Weighting 40% Word count 1500 words Aim of assessment: The purpose of this essay is to enable students to gain insight into health and socio-political issues in aged care at a...

Assessment1 essay Weighting 40% Word count 1500 words Aim of assessment: The purpose of this essay is to enable students to gain insight into health and socio-political issues in aged care at a national and international level and to demonstrate synthesis of this evidence and its application in policy and practice. Task : In this assessment task you are required to write and essay on following topic: Critique the world health organisations’ active ageing model of care. Your critique should include a description of the way that older people are represented in policy , legislation and society. Points to consider: • Your essay can be focused on specific country and cover these principles globally. • Critiquing a model of care is essentially evaluating the model. Critique should include discussion of positives and negatives of model. • You should also include the discussion of the way that older people are represented in policy,legislation and society.the way older people are represented has an impact on health policy and models of care. The active ageing model of care is an example of this. More information on this topic is provided in modules. This assessment requires you to: • Write an essay incorporating an introduction , body and conclusion( NB no headings). • Define the term ‘social capital’ and provide examples of how this concept has been applied in health and social policy and program. • Critique these examples with reference to the literature