My Learning Related to Person-centred Care and its Application to Care of a marginalised group- (paramedics)
For our group’s presentation we chose to research how the everyday role of a paramedic impacts mental health and wellbeing. We explored: the statistics for poor mental health in the profession, the causes related to the role, campaigns and support networks in place to assist both paramedics and students, the symptoms and coping strategies for everyday stress, as well as how trusts manage traumatic incidents. But how does this learning relate to person centred care? - In order to effectively reflect on my learning from the topic, I will be using the reflective framework by Rolfe et al 2011 (Jasper 2013) including a ‘what? So what? Now
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lack of resilience. Instead the statistics point to the job as a whole being the cause, with the potential for all staff being at risk. If a majority of staff are being negatively affected it also highlights a requirement for more support. Employers are aware of this; In reference to staff wellbeing, The East of England Ambulance Service have stated, “We ask them (ambulance staff) to undertake a job that is often unpleasant, emotionally charged or dangerous and we, as a Trust, have a legal, moral and ethical responsibility to support them in coping with their everyday role" (EEAST 2016). This statement has demonstrated key principles of a person centred approach by acknowledging the individual challenges faced by paramedics as well as appreciating the necessity of support. This same trust has attempted to tackle some of the negative aspects of a paramedics job and since launched the ‘Don’t Choose to Abuse’ campaign due to a continued increase in abuse against staff, with 250 physical assaults recorded in 2016/17 (EEAST 2017). The subsequent campaign is evidence of the continued acknowledgment by remaining attentive to reports by staff, and producing a tailored campaign in …show more content…
Employers? GPs? ‘Health Psychology’ (Odgen 2012) states that more responsibility is placed on the individual for their illness, due to the combination of factors such as behaviour, beliefs, and social factors. Consequently more responsibility for treating the illness is place on the person, instead treating them as a passive victim. Unfortunately the perspective of paramedics means they are less empowered to receive support, with 80% of ambulance personnel believing their organisation does not encourage them to talk about mental health (Mind 2015). According to Engle’s biopsychosocial model (Odgen 2012), health can be negatively impacted by contributing social factors (stigma of mental health issues) and psychological factors (the behaviour of not seeking support). If paramedics aren’t empowered to talk about mental health then these statistics won’t improve. The blue light programme attempts to remove this stigma to empower people to seek
The case study will identify a number if strategies to apply supportive approaches using the principals and practices of providing person-centred care, reflected against a real client situation within an organisational perspective. The case study is considering the situation with reflection of the two questions chosen from the Person-centred Care Assessment Tool. In relation to one’s ability to engage and be supported in the facilitation and management of person-centred care directives, within the role of a leisure and health officer.
For a very long time, mental health was a disease people would not dare speak about. The stigma associated with mental health meant that it was viewed as a curse or simply poor upbringing. Crazy, right? (Pardon the pun). Although it’s not seen as a curse by us in this generation any more, many people with mental health issues still have to face ignorance, prejudice and discrimination from our society just because of their lack of understanding or reluctance to try and understand. Be that as it may, these attitudes directly impact upon how and if people choose to seek help, making the negative and ignorant opinions and attitudes of others potentially dangerous to many individuals and the people around them.
Person centred practice is used to support individuals by doing things that people see when using health and social care services as equal. Person centred skills that are enforced to support individuals are used for several reasons, for example lives of individual’s that are supported are improving and are developing. This means by letting their family at the centre of their decisions and working alongside them to their best
The purpose of this Reflective assignment is to demonstrate how the application of the Registered Nurses standards for practise (2016) can be used in reflective practise. The Registered Nurses standards of Practise (2016) states that RN’s should develop their practise through reflecting on experiences, knowledge, actions, their feelings and beliefs and recognise how these factors shape professional practise(RNSP, 1.2).Reflection allows individuals to look back on their day-to-day situations and how they made us react and feel; what we would change if we had the chance, to create a different outcome; and what we would do next time to enhance the way we conduct ourselves in a professional manner.
...igning practitioner training programmes that include direct service user input. Current practices within services were discussed and highlighted a power imbalance between the service user and practitioner where the practitioner often holds all of the power and the views of the service user are often not considered. Possible resistance to a working partnership was discussed followed by suggestions to address these barriers to change. This highlighted that there are already policies in place that encourage a working partnership but Tait and Lester (2005) suggest there is no real evidence that these policies are being used regularly in practice. This essay has shown that a working partnership where the service user is involved in every aspect of their care is possible but policies and strategies need to be implemented and attitudes need to change for it to be achieved.
The discussion of mental health is slowly being brought to the social surface to create a more inclusive society for those dealing with a mental illness. However, those with a mental illness are continuously being affected by stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination by those who simply don’t comprehend the complexity of the human brain (Glaser, G.2017). As more people become mental health activist, they are exposing the plethora of issues surrounding the overall mental and physical stability of those who are negatively affected by the social construct of what it means to be normal.
As humans when we are faced with any psychological or emotional problems, our initial thought is to turn to a therapist, doctor or any other health practitioners. Our initial thought when we are faced with problems regarding our health is to turn to a health professional because for ages that’s how it has been. When it comes to our health, health professionals nowadays do more harm than help. Many might disagree, but often patients are misdiagnosed with mental illnesses they do not have. Misdiagnosis occurs when a therapist or other health practitioners decide that a patient is suffering from a condition that he or she may not be suffering with. When misdiagnosed, patients are given unnecessary treatment, which could potentially
Independently, within the Australian health care system’. The role of the paramedic is ever changing, but never so much as it is of late. However, there has been little reflection of those changes in either the perception of the discipline as a profession or the manner in which the profession is trained, socialised and educated. Paramedics currently at best are seen as semi-professional and a great deal of discussion about whether the discipline actually wants to achieve full professional status exists. In the past twenty years from 1995 to 2015, paramedics have been the main provider of pre-hospital care, transitioning from ambulance drivers to the current practitioner role. However paramedics are not yet classified as health care professionals, even though they work alongside and in conjunction with other recognised health care services. The paramedic industry therefore works independently from other health care organisations and autonomously and exclusively within their own state organisation. This essay explores the evolution of paramedics and investigates the advancement in the skills and recognition within the ambulance service over the past twenty years, highlighting their present status as a semi profession. Investigation into the state specific capacity of a paramedic and the imminent changes enco...
The Person-centred theory takes an approach which looks at personality and human relationships. Rodgers believed that those who are psychologically healthy are said to have ‘positive self-concept’ which is made up of three different parts: self-image, self-esteem and ideal self. Self-image is the way the individual sees them self for example how they see their own personal qualities or how they see their body image. Self-esteem is how the individuals feels for example do they feel they are valued by their family, friends or society. Lastly our ideal self is the way the individual would like to be for example healthier, more confident etc. Rodgers believed that by using the ‘core conditions’ the helper, in this case me, would be able to help the individual as much as possible I must show unconditional positive regard, congruence and empathy. To promote unconditional positive regard I must help the individual accept themselves by treating him fairly, using polite and encouraging language despite his aggression towards our staff and not expecting too much from him in regards to his health improvements. To show congruence to the patient I was open, honest and sincere with him to allow him to gain my trust to allow him to open up freely in hope that he would feel more comfortable around me. I also encouraged the patient to become more confident in himself and help him to want to get better and create a better ideal self. To do this I gave him some motivation to get up in the morning and get washed and changed to help him feel fresher and in regards to his homelessness I tried my best to ensure we were doing all we can to get him in contact with the correct sources to change his living situations. By using the person-centred approach and the core conditions I could see a large improvement in the therapeutic relationship between me and Mr Grey as he was
Person centred values influence all aspects of health and social care work because it is a law requirement in regards to the Human Rights Act 1988, Health and Social Care Act 2012 along with codes of practice for social care workers, health and social care should be based on person centred values. Person centred values in care is an approach that respects and values the uniqueness of the individual and seeks to maintain or if required, restore their individuality. This is done by creating an environment that promoted the personal worth, uniqueness and social confidence of the individual as well as respect, independence and hope. If person centred values become guidelines in health and social care settings it will help to provide anti-discriminatory
Imagine society blamed people for being diagnosed with illnesses such as cancer? Claiming that it was their choices in life that led to such an awful disease. To make them feel guilty of a situation that was in no way deserved by them. This happens all the time to victims of mental illness, but with the added burden of shame. Considering the shocking statistic that one in four will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year in the UK , why is it that we hardly hear of people suffering from mental illness? Why is it a cloud of judgment and misunderstanding still surrounds the subject? People with a mental disorder or with a history of mental health issues are continually ostracized by society. This results in it being more difficult than it already is for the mentally ill to admit their symptoms to others and to seek treatment. To towards understanding mental illness is to finally lift the stigma, and to finally let sufferers feel safe and accepted within today’s society.
Working as a clinical social worker in the Washington, DC area with patients diagnosed with life-limiting illness such as, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Lou Gehrig ’s disease (ALS), has taught me to be dedicated to a person-centered approach to therapy with patients and their families. Person-centered care is a trend that has been building in the social work community over the last few years. And I had considered the idea of person-centered care as a decent and noble practice. I now wholeheartedly trust the patient as the most salient guide in developing their own treatment. My most valuable work with patients is to listen and learn from each one, and let them determine their goals. The person in person-centered
Reflecting on the Person-Centered Therapy, it is similar to the Existential Therapy because it focuses on the client/therapist relationship, where the therapist needs to be totally genuine, empathetic and non-judgmental toward their clients in order to gain the client’s trust. I like the fact that the Person-Centered Therapy views the client as their best authority on their own experience, and being fully capable of fulfilling their own potential for growth. I also like the fact that the therapist is non-directive, does not give advice and there is no specific technique involved. Person Centered Therapy can basically develop their own technique as their relationship develop with the client.
The purpose of this paper is to define my professional nursing philosophy. I will utilize the nursing metaparadigm as a framework for integrating the concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing into my nursing practice. Secondly, I will discuss Jean Watson’s theory of human care and how this has personally impacted my profession as a nurse and guided my nursing philosophy.
It is deeply alarming that ignoring mental health is systematically ignored as an important part of health promotion. This is shocking because, in theory, mental health is recognized as an important component of health, the close link between physical and mental health is recognized, and it is generally known that physical and mental health share many of the same social, environmental and economic components. We know that facilities dedicated to those with mental health problems are more vulnerable to the resources of physical diseases in many parts of the world, and it is essential that mental health promotion should not be equally affected