I would also support infection control by cleaning up any spills immediately. A Dietician will also work within the care home and will have roles and responsibilities within the structure. They will evaluate the daily food intake of the residents and then use mathematical calculations to determine the appropriate diet for that individual. They may change the diets for the residents to add more proteins or to change the amount of water they intake. After the dietician calculates a suitable diet they will make recommendations to a physician so he can write the dietary order.
People want to get views, wishes and information across to others for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes this can be essential or even life saving in the case of giving someone a warning if they are in danger. It can be vital to make a persons quality of life better if they are communicating that they are in pain or it can be to make emotional contact with others to express feelings. 1.2 Effective communication affects all aspects of working in adult social care settings. This can be anything from communicating with residents and finding out their wishes or needs to talking to doctors, social services and other outside support.
Identify barriers to effective communication. Some barriers that could prevent effective communication would be slang, a foreign language, and health issues relating to communication, the speed you’re talking and the environment that you’re in. Explain how to access extra support or services to enable individual to communicate effectively. To gain extra support we could ask the persons close family and friends their preferred ways of communicating, a specialist nurse, support groups and interpreting and translation services.
1. Be able to work with individuals to identify their needs and preferences in relation to personal care 1.1-Encourage an individual to communicate their needs, preferences and personal beliefs affecting their personal care The caring environment may involve many different people therefore it is important as a carer you are aware of individuals needs, preferences and personal beliefs. This may involve a service user of a particular culture or someone simply preferring a bath to a shower either way it is good practice to understand the individuals requirements. Carers may experience difficulty understanding an individuals needs perhaps due to the person being unable to communicate. In cases such as this other forms of communication may
By providing an efficient intake process, a certain flow can be maintained to move the process along smoothly and more organized. If any of the processes are not organized there will be a lot of confusion and unhappy patients. Patient satisfaction should be a step that is included in any health care facility. The patient intake process usually began when a patient calls to schedule an appointment. This is usually where the patients personal information is obtain such as their name, phone number, date of birth, address, reason for the appointment, name of health care coverage and referring physicians if there is any.
Families need compassionate counseling and guidance, and a funeral director can offer support and assistance in making end-of-life decisions. When necessary, funeral directors may offer referrals to other specialists, including therapists and social workers. Funeral directors’ working conditions range from ideal to very trying. Funeral directors spend much of their time in attractive, well-kept funeral homes, and generally dress conservatively out of respect for families and the deceased. They often need to travel to private homes, places of worship, and cemeteries and crematoriums.
They are often called undertakers or morticians; they arrange the details and handle the specifics of funerals, taking in consideration the wishes of the deceased and family members. With the family’s help the funeral directors will establish the location, dates and times of wakes, memorial services and burials. But first they remove the deceased to a mortuary or funeral home to prepare the remains. They are to put together a ceremony that honors the decease and address the spiritual needs of the family and carry out to their final resting place or what some call interment. Funeral directors take great pride in their ability and talents to provide comfort to the family and friends so they are getting the appropriate services.
I work in a care home on two nursing units where very often I have to take care about terminally ill patients. Care provided must be very gentle and tailored towards resident's needs as well gaining knowledge about resident's illnesses and their stage from care plans and hospital documents is crucial. Depending on resident's condition accompanying and supporting is extremely important as well, because terminally ill person in most of the cases goes through five-stage process of dying which are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. And on every stage such an individual is going to need appropriate support and understanding. As a carer I have a duty and a desire to help as much as it is possible by meeting all the mentioned needs and reassuring residents using all my knowledge and experience which I have
Principles of communication in adult social care setting 1. Understand why communication is important in adult social care settings 2.1 Identify different reasons why people communicate * Expressing preferences * Getting to know each other * Whistleblowing * Letting people know ideas, wishes and needs * Obtaining information * Sharing information 2.2 Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of working in adult social care settings Effective communication includes handover with colleagues; writing in communication books any issues or information, talking to service users to get to know their preferences and needs. Effective communication is important to make sure information is precise and correct; it also helps to help the care provided run smoothly. 2.3 Explain why it is important to observe an individual’s reactions when communicating with them When communicating with an individual they may have trouble communicating or feel like they can’t tell you things or this could be due to feeling like they are being a nuisance. It is important to watch individual’s reactions to make sure they are not saying yes but feel uncomfortable with the situation.
According to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published in 2015 that the discussion with the dying person is an important thing to heal the painfulness of them. The topics can be about personal goals, wishes, and current care needs. The palliative care’s staffs know well about this. So this can make the last part of the patients’ life less emotionally stressful. Importantly, in this way, the patient and their family or loved ones will have chances to spend quality time together.