Dignity In Social Care

What has the same value as life? Quality of care is essential in building, maintaining, and promoting life.  The quality of care has the same value as life due to the scope and objective in bettering life.  Therefore, norms and values should be enforced with the quality of care in society.  Today, society is implementing what is known as “Dignity in Social Care” based on norms and values by society to encourage a specific level on the quality of care with the elders.  “Dignity in Social Care” is good practice or best practice in health and social care.  “Dignity in Social Care” is important to society because it enforces a code of conduct for other human beings  in institutions, companies, and society.  The purpose of the paper is to provide

researched information to implementing the concept “Dignity in Social Care” by defining eight dignity factors using elders who are LGBTQ1, females, racially diverse, and culturally divers.
The quality of care has been poor for some individuals in health and society related lack of good practice.

Good practices are developed by society known as norms and values.  The norms and values are a code conduct to human behavior.  The norms and values direct society for the greater good, which promote wellness, prosperity, and security.  However, some states and federal law have implemented a new standard to human behavior.  The new standard is called “Dignity in Social Care.”  “Dignity in Social Care” is a standard, which can be defined as the kind care, in any setting, which supports and promotes, and does not undermine, a person’s self-respect regardless of any difference (Deborah, Veronika, Christina, 2014).  The concept of “Dignity in Social Care” is centered around patient or the individual by providing a level of compassion in the quality of care.  In addition, “Dignity in Social Care” promotes autonomy, independence, respect, honor, pride, and worthy by a state of quality in care when working with individuals.  Or, as one person receiving care puts it more briefly, 'Being treated like I was somebody (Deborah, Veronika, Christina, 2014).  Treating somebody as a person promoted by eight dignity factors.  Dignity Factors should be present with an individual’s care to aid the person's sense of self respect.  The factors of “Dignity of Care” are design for developing and management the person's whole life as in figure

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Figure 1:  The Whole Person

The aspects of development, abilities, skills, interest, style, family, values, and goal complete the whole person as in figure 1 with the implementation of “Dignity of Care” factors.  The factors are important because it honor the individual's life as a whole person.  Eight dignity factors are choice and control, communication, eating and nutritional care, pain management, personal hygiene, practicalo assistance, privacy, and social inclusion.
Implementation of “Social Dignity with LGBTQI Elders”
LGBTQI elders are faced with challenges in the aging process from agism.  Ageism is discrimination against aging process based on culture, belief, and customs.  Some discriminations are finding affordable housing, treatment, and social function due to sexual orientation.  A metlife study on LGBT seniors in article “” by reported 26% were concerned about discrimination  and 20% have little or no confidence that they will be treated with dignity and respect by the health-care professional.”  What x reported is important because is shows that LGBTQI need more support in developing their sense of comfort and pride.  Support must be provided to all individual with dignity from health-care professional regardless of sexual orientation.  In addition, it is essential to define opportunities for LGBTQI elders.  “Dignity of Care” has two factors that can help address the LGBTQI needs in long-term care.  The two factors are practical assistance and social inclusion.  Figure 2 displays a cartoon to an attitude of discrimination.  The concept of the cartoon voices is a concern in type of needs required by LGBTQI.  Practical assistance and social inclusion can help reach out to reduce isolation with elder individual who are disrespected for sexual orientation.
Figure 2: Discrimination

The “Dignity of Care” factor known as practical assistances allows individuals to maintain a daily living standard.  The functionality of individual is to be maintained by encouraging their environment to work for them.  Some ways to implement practical assistances is by allowing individual to manage their own budget, assist with a working home environment, and encourage volunteer work.  For example, LGBTQI elders can build self-support confidence in their social environment by practical assistance from managing opportunities in society. Individuals get a sense of pride and honor being able to maintain their identity in society, independence, and self-support.  Some churches will provided transportation for the elder to get to and from church functions as a social network to promote quality of living.
Social inclusion is for individual to have the opportunity to maintain and understand a normal community.

Social inclusion  allows individuals to relate to the outside world by socialization.  Social inclusion is developed by support networks, community links, and social activities.  For example, individuals can read the paper, shop, craft, and outing as participation in implementing social inclusion.  The idea of social inclusion is to support everyday life and maintain skills, which reduce risk of social isolation and promotes wellness.  Again, LGBTQI receive assists from some churches.  The LGBTQI is asked to volunteer in society or churches to reduce isolation.  The volunteer work allows individual to socialize for the identification process of human behavior, which promotes a sense of

pride.