Explain how and why person-centred values must influence all aspects of health and social care work. Person-centred values must influence all aspects of health and social care work because it places an individual in the centre of their care. The individual has control, is empowered about the decision relating to their care and are an active participant. An individual care focuses on their specific needs, wishes and interest based on likes and dislikes. Person-centred values influences all aspects of care because it focuses on the individual values, such as individuality, independence, privacy, partnership, dignity, choice, respect and rights. The person-values must influence all aspects of care because each individual is different and unique, …show more content…
UNDERSTAND ROLE OF RISK ASSESSMENT IN ENABLING A PERSON CENTRED APPROACH 7.1 Compare different uses of risk assessment in health and social care. Risk assessment can be used in various aspect in health and social care when providing support to an individual either in personal hygiene, mobility or outings. For Mobility (Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 amended): This allows care workers to assess risk relating to lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving materials. In order to prevent musculoskeletal disorders and work related ill-health and manual handling injuries. The guidance of regulation includes risk assessment, filter and checklist to help assess manual handling tasks. Risk assessment is done when assisting with personal hygiene to prevent, slip, trip and falls which can lead to serious injury or death. Outings: This is done while providing support with activities. This access the individual successfully participation in an activity, support to engage or support to access the venue for the activity such as rails or …show more content…
Risk assessment need to be regularly revised because there might have been changes in the individual situation over a period of time, therefore the individual care plan must be updated to incorporate the risk. It ensures that individual are protected from risk of injury or harm. This protects individuals prone to self-harm where control of substances hazardous to health a kept away from possible ingestion. Others risk includes risks of sharps and dangerous substances. Sharps are kept away in enclosed cupboards away from reach to prevent accidents or untimely death and individuals are checked for illicit substances that be damaging to health. Part of the risk assessment involved doing a UDS to monitor compliance from drug usage. It also incorporate reporting of injury, diseases and dangerous occurrences. Risk assessment ensures that care workers are trained before using any equipment and are competent with usage. Equipment used in carrying out task must be checked before any task, and serviced regularly. Faulty equipment must never be used but
This was followed up by changes in the department of health where people were to be given more choice over what services they needed. The National service framework further increased the need for individualised services that related to a person’s needs rather than fitting into existing services. The care standards act 2000 developed the need to develop individualised service provision for people and for services to adapt to these needs. Person centred care was then incorporated into many policies to promote independence and the rights and choices of
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.
Y.H.et al. (2012) told that Person centred care models start with education and training of
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
Putting the person at the heart of care is one of the essential roles in developing person centred care. (Department of health, 2005)
1.3 Benefits of following the person centered approach. With use of health and social care services. Description of person centred approach. Explain directive approach and problems with it.
Person centred care is defined as health care professionals work together for people who use the health care services. Person centred care also helps to support the patient’s knowledge and also helps the patient to develop an understanding of their health condition and also gives them the confidence to effectively manage and make educated decisions about their own health and also the health care in which they receive. (Health Foundation 2014). This suggests that each individual needs to be treated with the same amount of respect and they also need to be treat equally. Furthermore, the RCN (2015) argue that important principles of Person Centred Care are respect, dignity and compassion. As professional it is important that
Manual Handling is specifically regulated for in Chapter 4, Part 2 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work, (General Applications) Regulations 2007 (S.I. no. 299 of 2007). In the Regulations, Manual Handling is defined as any transporting or supporting of any load by one or more employees, and includes lifting, putting down, pushing ,pulling, carrying or moving a load, which by reason of its characteristics or unfavourable ergonomic conditions, involves risk, particularly of back injury, to employees.
In conclusion , professional values are important for nurses to practice and maintain. By striving to maintain these values nurses can improve credibility for the profession, give back to the community and improve care and patient outcomes for everyone. Practicing professional values will help push nurses to evolve, as health care and how it is provided changes due to the advancements in science and technology. Organizations will find success and develop a pleasant work environment that employees will be proud to be a part of. Maintaining professional values will allow all nurses to continue practicing for the simple reason of wanting to care for others and give back to those in need.
Values, although tend to be stable, they can be changed or can be developed because values have cognitive, affective and behavioural components (Baillie & Black, 2015). Potter and Perry (2014) added that values influence behaviour basing on a conviction that a certain action is right depending on the given circumstances. Culture, society and personality were identified by Rokeach (1973, as cited in Baillie & Black, 2015) as key precedent of human values. Furthermore, as a person becomes more aware of and reflective about him/herself, he/she can consider to change his/her value set and will also result in modifying his/her attitudes and behaviour. By understanding one’s own personal values, he or she will become sensitive to the values of others. Values are important in nursing and health care as they strengthen all aspects of professional practice, including decision-making (Baillie & Black, 2015). The key factors influencing values in nursing include professional education, training and
I think it is important that I clarify my own values to ensure that my care is client-centered. Self- reflection during care is also fundamental as it makes me aware of my actions and whether they are establishing a therapeutic relationship or doing the opposite.. Finally, I need to learn to be more empathetic towards my patient’s situations by being interactive, gaining insight and avoid being focused on the task and more on being with the situation. Some things that I will preserve are attentively listening, demonstrating attending behaviours and maintaining my patient’s dignity by ensuring privacy and
A structured holistic framework of various assessments, used to enhance the existing skills, to gain a picture of the needs of Mr. X, within the principles of person centeredness and that will help and guide in decision making in the health care practise.
It allows us to have a thorough look throughout the workplaces to recognise any processes, conditions etc that have the potential to cause injury or harm in some way to the employees or other people on site. Once the hazards have be...
A hazard is defined as an activity or object that has the potential to cause harm if contact is made with the person, object or activity (MHS, 1996; Harmse, 2007; HSE, 2006). These hazards in a work place need to be identified and dealt with accordingly to prevent any harm to employees or any individual acquainted to a certain activity or establishment. The key roles and principles of occupational hygiene are Anticipation, Identification, Evaluation and Control (Schoeman and van den Heever, 2014; Harmse, 2008; SAMTRAC, 2012). To practise in accordance to the above principle; a hazard identification and risk assessment needs to be conducted. Anticipation is the foreseeing of the activity