Hey Everyone,
This week, I have started to research the topic for my Position Paper assignment. The topic I have chosen to study for this assignment is 'New Zealand's current health strategies for the elderly focus on physical well-being. More focus should be given to support their social well-being.' I decided to agree with this statement.
I have found this research process long and quite draining at the moment but I am enjoying finding out about different actions countries and ministries are taking to ensure that the elderly are being taken care of.
To start off my research, I wrote down all the key words in the statement and searched them to try and find some very general research. This gave me a lot of insight into the rights of the elderly in New Zealand and the plans for healthy ageing in New Zealand. Although it was great to find these resources, they were very general like a lot of the information I have found so far. I have just started to get deeper into my research using Google Scholar and speaking to some of the carers in my Grandad's rest home.
It has been pretty tricky to find reputable resources that oppose my position. Most sources I have found that oppose my position are not from New Zealand and are still pretty vague.
I am looking forward to beginning to craft my position paper and finding out how everyone else in my team got along with their papers!
I'm going to finish off with a quote from Neil Armstrong, "Research is creating new knowledge." This quote suits with the topic this week. I am learning more and more while I am researching and it is awesome!
Sunday, 30 July 2017
Thursday, 20 July 2017
Introduction - Week 1
Hi Everyone,
My name is Bridget Gavigan and I am 18 years old. I live on a farm 10km south of a small town called Pahiatua (which is about a 30 minute drive to Palmerston North over the Pahiatua Track). I have a lot of interests and hobbies which include; animals, hockey, swimming, rugby, weight lifting, horse riding and I would say that my 'unconventional' passion is definitely music.
Ever since I was young, I have wanted to study at Massey because that is where my Dad got his degree. On a home video we have video footage of me at aged 5 saying something along the lines of "I'm going to go to university and be a Zoo Keeper and look after the monkeys during the day then every night I'm going to play my guitar and sing to big crowds." I know that sounds like quite a profound thing for a 5 year old to say but I have always had big dreams and I have always stuck with what my little heart was set on.
I intend on either study a Bachelor of Science majoring in Zoology or study to become a Vet Nurse when I study full time next year. Whether I decided to go down the Zoology path or the Vet Nursing path, I think my 5 year old self would be proud (as long as I end up performing to big crowds at some stage of my life!)
My science interest comes in from my beautiful best friend Maddison who suffered from a genetic disease called Cystic Fibrosis and sadly passed away last year. Cystic Fibrosis attacks mostly your lungs but also the liver, pancreas, intestines and kidneys. It intrigued me as to how this disease was impacting her so since hanging out with her in hospital for years, I became a little sponge for anything to do with human or animal science.
My strengths as a communicator definitely include my ability to talk in front of crowds and not get nervous. I also think my ability to communicate my thoughts through writing and speech. My weakness is probably when I sit back when working in a group and let others make a decision that I don't totally agree with. I tend to do this because I'm quite a shy person (weird considering crowds don't make me nervous!) and I don't want to upset anyone or disrupt the dynamics of the group.
I had an idea that I would finish off my blogs with a quote that I found over the week that inspired me or made me think extensively about it.
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." - Mahatma Gandhi
My name is Bridget Gavigan and I am 18 years old. I live on a farm 10km south of a small town called Pahiatua (which is about a 30 minute drive to Palmerston North over the Pahiatua Track). I have a lot of interests and hobbies which include; animals, hockey, swimming, rugby, weight lifting, horse riding and I would say that my 'unconventional' passion is definitely music.
Ever since I was young, I have wanted to study at Massey because that is where my Dad got his degree. On a home video we have video footage of me at aged 5 saying something along the lines of "I'm going to go to university and be a Zoo Keeper and look after the monkeys during the day then every night I'm going to play my guitar and sing to big crowds." I know that sounds like quite a profound thing for a 5 year old to say but I have always had big dreams and I have always stuck with what my little heart was set on.
I intend on either study a Bachelor of Science majoring in Zoology or study to become a Vet Nurse when I study full time next year. Whether I decided to go down the Zoology path or the Vet Nursing path, I think my 5 year old self would be proud (as long as I end up performing to big crowds at some stage of my life!)
My science interest comes in from my beautiful best friend Maddison who suffered from a genetic disease called Cystic Fibrosis and sadly passed away last year. Cystic Fibrosis attacks mostly your lungs but also the liver, pancreas, intestines and kidneys. It intrigued me as to how this disease was impacting her so since hanging out with her in hospital for years, I became a little sponge for anything to do with human or animal science.
My strengths as a communicator definitely include my ability to talk in front of crowds and not get nervous. I also think my ability to communicate my thoughts through writing and speech. My weakness is probably when I sit back when working in a group and let others make a decision that I don't totally agree with. I tend to do this because I'm quite a shy person (weird considering crowds don't make me nervous!) and I don't want to upset anyone or disrupt the dynamics of the group.
I had an idea that I would finish off my blogs with a quote that I found over the week that inspired me or made me think extensively about it.
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." - Mahatma Gandhi
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