Guidance: The ‘demographic shift’ could be the ageing population, lifestyle factors increasing chronic illness and co-morbidity, or the
increased prevalence of mental health issues.
You may wish to select one of these areas to focus on, providing evidence this challenge exists. What are the key issues within these
changes: what impact do they have or what new demands do they bring? Are there any possible/proposed solutions/actions to address the
challenge? Try and focus this down to a managerial level – what day to day challenges does this bring to delivery of health and social care
services?
Ensure that you’re looking at appropriate academic sources which would be suitable for your essay, as sources of information.
