It creates low expectations and leads to people losing independence, choice and control in their own lives. They are disempowered: medical diagnoses are used to regulate and control access to social benefits, housing, education, leisure and employment. The medical model promotes the view of a disabled person as dependent and needing to be cured or cared for, and it justifies the way in which disabled people have been systematically excluded from society. The disabled person is the problem, not society. Control resides firmly with professionals as choices for the individual are limited to the options provided and approved by the 'helping' expert.
2.1 The medical model sees the patient with dementia as a problem. They need to adapt to fit in with society other wise become isolated. 2.2 The social model sees that society need to change to accommodate individuals with dementia, recognising the person other than the illness. 2.3 Dementia should be viewed as a disability because people with this are unable to function in the normal running of every day life. They can forget to take medications, forget that they need to eat or drink or wash and change their clothes.
I. Explain the purpose and provisions of the Mental Health Act. ‘The Mental Health Act is the law under which someone can be admitted, detained and treated in hospital against their wishes’. http://www.rethink.org/living-with-mental-illness/mental-health-laws/mental-health-act-1983 The main purpose of the Mental Health Act is to safeguard a person who is at risk of harming themselves or others. This act allows the detention of such a person in a facility with or without their consent.
Disability is defined in different ways. There are a number of models of disability, but the main models of disability are: The Medical model, whereby the disability is considered as the condition, or the affliction, or the illness. The Social model, whereby the disability is considered to be the society which presents the problems and prevents the individual participating fully in social life. And the Psychosocial model, that refers to mental ill health, as well as maladjusted, cognitive and behavioural problems which may prevent the individual functioning in social situations. Up until the early 1970’s people who had an impairment, or an illness were considered as disabled.
Sociological perspective of health posits that society depends on healthy people to function properly and also help to control illness (Parsons, 1975). Parsons identified the sick role of a person which demonstrates a condition of an ill person and its impact on society. He used four components to identify the state of an ill person role. Parson suggests that, for a person to assume a sick role the individual should not be held responsible for being sick, be exempted from normal duties, the person should be seeking help to get out of the role because the individual should not like being in the position of a sick role. However the theory of social stratification does not favour the sick role theory because it is not realistic for some class of people who may need a
Education is important with this form of treatment so clients can recognize how different factors affect the course of the disease and what they can do to manage these factors (Steinkuller and Rheineck 342). Family therapy is also a means of treatment where family members as well as the client see a mental health provider to find solutions and ways to deal with the disorder. Family involvement provides structure and could increase adherence to treatment leading to delays or reductions in relapses (Steinkuller and Rheineck 342). Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy involves stabilizing social and circadian rhythms based on the hypotheses that unstable daily routines result in increased bipolar episodes in individuals prone to them (Steinkuller and Rheineck 349). Social rhythm therapy recognizes the need for regular sleep/wake cycles, regulation of meals, exercise, sleep and plans for keeping rhythms stable when disruptions occur.
What is Holistic Medicine? Like other systems of health care, Holistic Medicine is also a unique system of health care. Broadly, it is based on the co-operative, interconnected and complimentary relationship that fosters the physical, mental and social status of the patient. In one’s life, physical, mental, economical, social and spiritual aspects of life count a lot. Holistic Medicine believes in the optimal acquisition of all these aspects of life.
That one receptionist can change the whole mood of the patient, which continuing on into the visit with the physician. This can make it hard for the physician to treat the patient because the patient may feel closed off now or less receptive to advice from the physician. So I would find interdependence very important knowledge to have in any health care field. Sensitivity is something that is necessary to have when dealing with others. In the health care field one needs to be aware of others feelings
The really hard part for patients with MS is how they are able to continue their lives and being able to adjust their lives to their disease. Often they will need help from the people close to them to be able to understand and accept that they have to find a new way of continuing their lives to accommodate their Multiple Sclerosis. MS sufferers usually become dependent of the people close to them and this leads now and again to stress in their relationships. Sometimes it can result in the breakdown of a relationship with a life partner. Multiple Sclerosis results in a person and their families going through a lot of physical, psychological and emotional hardship, caretakers can often feel trapped by the task of looking after a person with
Healthcare providers should be aware of patient’s culture, beliefs, attitudes, behavior and preconceptions to provide quality care. a. Misunderstanding and errors can occur when the patient does not understand the plan of care leading to physical harm and even death (Green-Hernandez, Quinn, Denman-Vitale, Falkenstern, & Judge-Ellis, 2004). b. Patients may reject health care providers due to nonverbal cues that do not fit their expectations (Black, 2005).