Task Description

For this task, you are required to post to all three forums and to reply to other students’ postings (in-text referencing and reference list are required for each forum posting). The three topics for forum discussions are as follows:

1. Analyse key factors that have contributed to the changes in life expectancy globally, and within Australia over the last two decades.
2. Examine one psychosocial perspective of aging (e.g. active living, the social aspect of aging, social connections, loneliness, withdrawing from society, etc.).
3. Investigate care services in Australia that nurses, families, and older people can use to address this psychosocial issue.

Forum 1: Analyse key factors that have contributed to the changes in life expectancy globally and within Australia over the last two decades. (300-350 words) (Forum 1 postings due date: 8/11/2021)

Forum 2: Examine one psychosocial perspective of aging (e.g. active living, the social aspect of aging, social connections, loneliness, withdrawing from the society, etc. (300-350 words) (Forum 2 postings due date: 15/11/2021)

Forum 3: Investigate the availability of care services in Australia that will assist nurses, families, and older people can use to address this psychosocial issue (300-350 words) (Forum 3 postings due date: 22/11/2021)

Instructions

• You are required to post in each forum, and also to reply to other students’ posts by the due date. Please save all three forum postings and replies into a word document.
• Each student must participate in these discussions as they are a core component of Assessment Task 1 and you will not be able to submit your Assessment 1 until you have completed the forum discussions.
• After all three forum discussions, each student has to complete a report based on the three forum discussions. Please copy and paste all the three forum posts and replies (if other students comment or reply to your post, you can adjust/edit your post).
• You have to complete your report using essay format, save it in a word document and submit your assessment 1 on the due date.
• Make sure you appropriately reference your work using in-text references to support any statement of fact.
• Write sentences in full (do not use dot points).
• Include a reference list on a separate page at the end of the report
• N.B Introduction and conclusion sections are NOT required for this assessment.
• The reference list is excluded from the word count.