STUDENT ASSESSMENT BOOKLET-I

CHCAGE002 Implement Falls

Prevention Strategies

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 Assessment Overview

This Student Assessment Booklet-II includes Task 1 for assessment of this unit.

About Your Assessments

This unit requires that you complete 3 assessment tasks. You must complete all tasks to achieve
Competency for this unit.

Assessment Task About this task

Assessment Task 1: Written questions
Assessment Task 2: Workplace
observation
Assessment Task 3: Workplace project
You must correctly answer all questions to show that you
understand the knowledge required of this unit.
For this task you are required to implement falls
prevention strategies for 1 older person, monitored and
evaluated the strategy in a collaborative, positive and
respectful manner
For this task you are required to implement falls
prevention strategies for 1 older person, monitored and
evaluated the strategy in a collaborative, positive and
respectful manner

How to submit your assessments

When you have completed each assessment task you will need to submit it to your assessor.
Instructions about submission can be found at the beginning of each assessment task.
Make sure you photocopy your written activities before you submit them – your assessor will put the
documents you submit into your student file. These will not be returned to you.

Assessment Task Cover Sheet

At the beginning of each task in this booklet, you will find an Assessment Task Cover Sheet. Please fill it
in for each task, making sure you sign the student declaration.
Your assessor will give you feedback about how well you went in each task, and will write this on the back
of the Task Cover Sheet.

Prerequisite
The prerequisite for this unit is NIL.

PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance
criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be
evidence that the candidate has:

 implemented falls prevention strategies for at least 2 older people and monitored and evaluated
those strategies in a collaborative, positive and respectful manner


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KNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks
outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the
context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:

 the ageing process and how it might affect the risk of falls
 factors, including stroke, contributing to the risk of falls and their impact on older people and
their carers
 normal posture, gait and balance and how to recognise deviations
 medical causes of falls, including stroke and how to recognise signs of those causes
 the physical and psychological effects of falls on older people and their carers
 falls prevention strategies and indicators of when a strategy should be halted

 legal and ethical considerations for working with older people, including:

 duty of care
 human rights
 privacy, confidentiality and disclosure
 work health and safety

 documentation requirements including the importance of accurate, objective and appropriately

detailed records

For all documentation on the performance criteria and assessment requirements of the unit CHCAGE002
Implement falls prevention strategies, please refer to the training.gov.au website with this link:
https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/CHCAGE002.

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 ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET

Students: Please fill out this cover sheet clearly and accurately for this task.

Student Name

Assessor Name

Unit: CHCAGE002 Implement falls prevention strategies

ASSESSMENT DETAILS

Written/Oral questions Workplace Project

Assessment Type
Workplace Observation
AGREEMENT BY THE STUDENT

Read through the assessments in this booklet before you fill out and sign the agreement below.
Make sure you sign this before you start any of your assessments.
Have you read and understood what is required of you in terms of Yes No
assessment?
Do you understand the requirements of this assessment? Yes No
Do you agree to the way in which you are being assessed? Yes No
Do you have any special needs or considerations to be made for this Yes No
assessment? If yes, what are they? …………………………… …………………………
………………… ……… … … .………………………………………….
Do you understand your rights to appeal the decisions made in an Yes No
assessment?
None of this work has been completed by any other person. Yes No

I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with any other Yes No
student/s.

I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts to complete these Yes No
assessment tasks.
I understand that if I am found to be in breach of policy, disciplinary action Yes No
may be taken against me.

STUDENT DECLARATION

I,__________________________________, certify that the statements I have attested

above have been made in a good faith, are true and correct. To the best of my knowledge and belief, these

tasks are my own work.

Student Signature: …………………………… Date: ............... /................./...................................

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 ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET – Attempt 1

Result Satisfactory (S) Not Yet Satisfactory

(NYS)
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK (Assessment Task 1)
Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback.

Assessor signature: Date:

ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET – Attempt 2

Re-assessment Result Satisfactory (S) Not Yet Satisfactory

(NYS)
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK (Assessment Task 1)
Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback.

Assessor signature: Date:

ASSESSMENT TASK COVER SHEET – Attempt 3

Re-assessment Result Satisfactory (S) Not Yet Satisfactory (NYS)

ASSESSOR FEEDBACK (Assessment Task 1)

Assessors: Please return this cover sheet to the student with assessment results and feedback.

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Assessor signature: Date:

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ASSESSOR DECLARATION

I declare that I have conducted a fair, valid, reliable and flexible assessment with this student, and I

have observed the student demonstrate unit outcomes through consistent and repeated application of

skills and knowledge over a period of time and provided appropriate feedback.

Signature:

Date:

STUDENT FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT APPEALS

You can make an appeal about an assessment decision by putting it in writing and sending it to us. Refer
to your Student Handbook for more information about our appeals process.

I have received my assessment result and I am satisfied with the given feedback for this assessment.
I am not satisfied about my result and I would like to appeal regarding my result.

Student Signature: …………………………… Date: ......... /.........../..................

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 Assessment Task 1: Written Questions

TASK SUMMARY:
You are to answer all the questions in this task.

RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THIS TASK

 Access to textbooks and other learning materials.
 Access to a computer and the Internet (if you prefer to type your answers).

WHEN AND WHERE DO I COMPLETE THIS TASK?

 This task may be done in your own time as homework or you may be given time to do this task in class (if
applicable). Your assessor will advise.
Write in the due date as advised by your assessor: _________________________________

WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBMIT?

Your answers to all the questions.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET SOMETHING WRONG?

If your assessor marks any of your answers as incorrect, they will talk to you about resubmission. You will need to do
one of the following:
 Answer the questions that were incorrect in writing.
 Answer the questions that were incorrect verbally.

INSTRUCTIONS:
 This is an open book test – you can use your learning materials as reference.
 You need to answer all questions correctly.
 You must answer the questions by writing in the space provided.
 If you need more space, you can use extra paper. Make sure you write on each extra piece of paper your name
and the question number/s you are answering.
 You may prefer to use your computer to type your answers. Your assessor will let you know if you can email
your answers as a Word file, or if you must print and submit hard copies.

QUESTION 1
a) Falls incurred by older people are usually referred to as ‘multi-factorial’. What does this mean in relation to the
older population? Provide a supporting example.
b) Provide at least five examples of internal and external risk factors that may contribute to a fall in the older
population. Provide your response in the table below.

Internal risk factors External risk factors

c) Explain why there is a strong correlation between age and the occurrence of falls.
QUESTION 2
Think of someone you know of or a client you may have worked with who encountered a fall. Describe the impacts on
both their family and carer.

QUESTION 3

Jules has had a stroke which has left him paralysed down his left side. He finds it difficult to walk and his speech is
badly affected. Jules’s cognitive function is not affected.
His family and GP feel that he is at risk living on his own. He is at high risk of falling, he may have another
stroke, and he is unable to be understood on the telephone if he needs to call for help.
His family and GP all want him to go into aged care – at least until he recovers (hopefully) from the stroke.
Jules says that he doesn’t want to go. He will stay at home no matter what the risk. He can look after himself –
and if he can’t that is his problem and not anyone else’s!
His family say that he has to go into care – the risk is much too great for him to live at home alone.

a) What rights does Jules have? Will he have to move into aged care?

d) Explain what causes a stroke and describe why individuals who have had a stroke are at high risk of a fall.
e) What are some common signs or symptoms of a stroke? Provide at least five.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

f) What is the impact on Jules having experienced a stroke, and on his family?

g) Describe the role each of the following specialists play in supporting an individual who has had a stroke: speech
therapist, occupational therapist and rehabilitation therapist.

Speech therapist:

Occupational therapist:
 Rehabilitation therapist:

QUESTION 4
What are three sources of information that you could access to find out the legal requirements for privacy,
confidentiality and disclosure in the workplace?

1.

2.

3.

QUESTION 5

Fleur is assessing the level of risk for a new client at an aged care residence. One of the assessments she does
shows that the client is showing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
The client is worried that the doctor will make him take anti-depressant medication.
Fleur tells him not to worry. She has done a short massage course and is also good at talking to people. If he
would like she will give him a massage each day and she would be happy to talk through his worries with him
sometimes.

What is wrong with Fleur’s approach? What should she do?

QUESTION 6
a) Provide five types of medical causes that contribute to falls in older people.

1.

2.

3.

4.
5.
b) Identify the steps in a complete gait cycle.

h) What are two examples of normal age-related gait changes? What are two examples of abnormal changes in gait?

Normal age-related gait:

1.

2.

Abnormal changes in gait:

1.

2.
i) Draw two arrows. One to represent healthy posture of the spine and one arrow that represents abnormal posture
of the spine. Draw an outline of a person if this helps to support your response.

j) What are some common symptoms of balance disorders?

QUESTION 7
a) For each of the risk areas, provide four falls prevention strategies

Risk area Falls Prevention Strategies

Internal

External

k) Provide three examples of situations that may indicate that a falls prevention strategy should be halted?
QUESTION 8
a) Provide the relevant Act or legislation in relation to older individuals, for each of the following legal and ethical
considerations in the table below. Include an example for each.

Duty of care

Human rights

Privacy, confidentiality and disclosure

Work health and safety

l) According To the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, which standard refers to the
prevention of falls?
m) Using the standard, provide the criteria for each of the following sub-standards.

Screening and assessing risks

Preventing falls

Communicating with patients and cares

QUESTION 9
In the table below, in your own words, provide a brief explanation of the who, what, when, why and how of
documentation and reporting (20 - 30 words for each).

Who

What
When

Why

How