Person-Centred Values Must Influence All Aspects Of Health And Social Care Essay

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,

with their own way of life, preferences and views and should be supported in making their own choice. Care is geared towards each individual and is different from another individual. It advocate independence because it encourages individual to do things themselves.
1.2 Evaluate the use of care plans in applying person centred values.
Care plans is used as a tool to provide the right care for patient in a way to meet their needs. Using a patient care plan contributes to working in a person-centred way because it allows participation and control of their own lives, thereby regaining a meaningful life after a serious health problem. It involves the use of staying well and wellbeing approaches, the use of recovery tools and techniques such as Wellness Recovery Action Planning and health promotion initiatives.
It allows the patient to achieve their potential through personal development by the use of aims, needs and wishes attainment, accessing occupation, education, employment and learning opportunities, accessing community services and amenities and promoting wellness and recovery and an understanding of a meaningful and purposeful life.
Care plan can be used as a tool to monitor a recovering patient with mental health problems to access facilities such as supported living to get integrated into the society by using short, medium and long term goals, such as compliance to medication, abstinence from drug and alcohol, and engaging in positive activities of choice that reinforces recovery.

3. BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH CONSENT WHEN PROVIDING CARE OR SUPPORT
3.1 Analyse factors that influence the capacity of an individual to express consent.
1. DEMENTIA
A major factor that influences the capacity of an individual to express consent is their mental health capacity. This affect the individual to respond to reality based on theirl illness as they show symptoms of sickness and are unable to relate to their environment or have a grasp of their mental state.
2. LACK OF ADEQUATE FORM OF COMMUNICATION
Communication is a major tool to establish consent. This is because information must be passed in a way that communication must be establish through various feed-back mechanisms. The person passing the information must establish that the receiver is able to understand the information and make an informed decision. Failure to understand the information, requires necessary steps to be taken to facilitate a decision. This might require the services of an interpreter to enhance consent.
3. LACK OF OPTIONS
Inadequate options can contribute to an individual not been able to express consent. Individual must be given enough options and have an understanding of the consequences of their options. They must not be coarse in making a decision, but given enough information to make their own decision.
4. AGE
The individual’s age can play an important factor in expressing consent especially where the individual is a minor a consent can only be given by their parent.
5. PARTICIPATION
Individuals must been given an opportunity to participate in their care through the Care Programme Approach, by involving them in the formulation of their care plan, through active participation and giving of their consent.

3.3 Explain what steps to take if consent cannot be readily established.
Report can be made to the Manager or Person -in-charge: If consent cannot be readily established, the manager or the person in charge should be informed. This is because they might have vital information to facilitate consent, where consent is not accept any task done on behalf of an individual must be stopped. This is done to maintain their dignity and rights. If the individual refuses to give their consent, then there should be recorded for such refusal.

4. BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND PROMOTE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
4.1 Describe different ways of applying active participation to meet individual needs.
Different ways that active participation can meet individual needs is by discussion and encouraging the individual to know their own views about their care. They must be an active participant in their own care. No decision about them must be made without them unless if they are totally bed bound or cannot speak or reasoning by themselves.
Also, Introducing appropriate activities and they allowed for the right and appropriate activity to be geared towards their recovery, no activity must not be enforced on them. The right information must be given and their consent taken and they be persuade to have active part in the action.

5. BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUAL’S RIGHT TO MAKE CHOICES
5.4 Describe how to support an individual to question or challenge decisions concerning them that are made by others.
In order to support an individual to question or challenge decisions concerning them that are made by others the mental capacity of the individual must be ascertained, to determine whether they have capacity or not. The individual must give their permission, allowing them to express the need they require. Providing information, suggestions, additional support, and plan to challenge the decision, and also acting has an advocate especially if they are not confident to speak for themselves. This will require their signed permission to speak or act on their behalf. The individual providing the support must acquire the next of kin statues or obtain powers of attorney or guardianship.

6. BE ABLE TO PROMOTE INDIVIDUALS WELL-BEING
6.1 Explain the links between identity, self-image and self-esteem.
Identity is being able to understand and appreciate each person uniqueness. This encompasses everything about an individual such as behaviour, values, passions, likes and dislikes. Self-esteem is valuing the individual views and concerns in areas such as health, diet and needs and dealing with it in a positive way to ensure a sense of well-being. In provision of care, the identity and the self- esteem ensures care is centred on the individual based on their needs, this helps to boost the individual’s self-image.

7.

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

lift.

7.2 Explain how risk-taking and risk assessment relate to rights and responsibilities.
Risk taking is the ability of an individual to be aware of a hazard but still decided to carry out an activity. Risk assessment relates to the rights and responsibilities because:
It is legal requirement: The health and safety act puts responsibility on all health care workers to assess risk before carrying out any task. This is minimise and prevent risk while carrying out a task. Also freedom of choice of Individuals allows them to make their own choices, but provided information to make a reasonable choice is given to them to support their choice.

7.3 Explain why risk assessment need to be regularly revised.

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

reported.