Person Centred Approach In Health And Social Care Essay

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Person centred values should always influence all aspects of the health and social care setting because it focuses more on the individuals rights and how they wished to be cared for, because no residents would like the same care, for example one resident would prefer a shower on a Tuesday afternoon rather than the Sunday morning as another resident might prefer, as well as acknowledging the fact that their needs and wants may change. A person centred approach focuses on that person and allows them to receive the best quality of care whilst promoting independence as well as thinking about that individual, rather than fitting their care around the service and what’s best or less time consuming for the staff. Person centred values must influence …show more content…

As care plans includes all sort of details such as what they prefer, and dislike as well as their medical history so we as care practitioners are acknowledged of what to do if anything happens such as who to contact in emergency etc. Again, an individual’s care plans has their history of their background such as previous interests and hobbies for us to know what activities they would most likely participate in, also shows information about their family, for example, were they were married, if they have any children or grandchildren etc. By gaining all this sort of information about them, not only improves the way that they are cared for but also able us to interact with them about their past as well as making conversation will show that we are interested in their lives so that we can empathise with them and not just be there to …show more content…

For example if one of our resident has given us consent to assist them with personal care and once started they refuse or change their mind we must immediately stop and leave them to it for a little while and go back to see if they need any more assistance. If consent cannot be established for an activity or an assist, we must always respect this and write down in reports and rounding’s charts that they have refused, and is done to protect the staff fro, any sort of legal action that could be taken against them, as well as protects the rights of that individual as we cannot force them to take part in an activity that they don’t like. For us to ensure that we get the correct and positive consent, we need to make sure that we communicate effectively with our residents and making sure that they understand what information that we give and ask them, because if they do not understand they may give the wrong consent, as well as this we should always give them options to choose from, and always need to look out and listen for any delayed responses or checking to see if they are comfortable with the decision that they have made as they may take time to process the question or information asked. As health care professionals we should get to know the individuals preferences and

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