CU1667 Understand and Implement a Person Centred Approach to the Care and Support of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe what is meant by a person centre approach Person centre approach is about caring for the person, rather than the illness. Adapt your care to meet the individual’s needs. Assist the individual with their physical needs, emotional needs, physiological needs and social needs. It is also about ensuring that the person is the main focus of our attention and not the dementia. It recognises a person’s individuality, personal history and their personality; it puts the person, not the dementia at the centre of everything the care workers do.
Dementia 310 What is meant by person centred approach? A person-centred approach focuses on the individual’s personal needs, wants, desires and goals so that they become central to the care process. This can mean putting the person’s needs, as they define them, above those identified as priorities by healthcare professionals. Instead of treating the person as a collection of symptoms and behaviours to be controlled, person-centred care considers the whole person, taking into account each individual's unique qualities, abilities, interests and preferences. Person-centred care also means treating residents with dignity and respect.
As a carer I demonstrate person centred values by relating to what each resident would like, what care they need, what assistance they will accept and treating each resident as a separate person but at the same time treating everyone equally. 2) A care plan is very personal to each individual as it sets out the guidelines of what care they need and receive. Carers should be able to read a care plan and understand what assistance is expected, involving a wide range of different needs. By focusing a care plan on each individual it becomes ‘person centred’, this ensures that every patient is receiving the benefits of support and assistance from carers. At St Nicholas House we review care plans at the end of each month with each resident, this ensures that any changes or issues are addressed as soon as possible.
This is about ensuring that the person is the main focus of our attention and not the dementia. It recognises a person’s individuality, personal history and their personality.it puts the person, not the dementia at the centre of everything the health and social care workers do. The needs and emotions of each person are the focal point around which everything else is geared. 2. Describe how a person centred approach enables individuals with dementia to be involved in their own care and support.
This enables them to be prepared for the lost of their friend or family member and can help them cope. End of life care also includes the place where the persons life comes to an end, e.g a care home or hospice. Care and support should be given to all the staff associated with the person and other care home residents. 1.3 Explain what the care and support at the end of life should include End of life care and support should be tailored to the individual, which is known as person centred. This is important as each person will have different needs and what suits one person may not suit another.
Furthermore residential care assistants may also become involved in creating or implementing a care plan for an individual with dementia; this is to ensure that the client is being cared for in the best way and that all their needs are met. In the same sense residential care workers will have a role to assist a client with dementia in all aspects of their needs, for example physical, emotional and personal. Personal care is care such as helping to wash the individual, feed them and help them to the toilet/change their pad if needed. Therefore patients with dementia require a lot of attention and it is the responsibility of a care assistant to provide it in all areas. Those who work as a care assistant in a residential environment will need to work as a team in order to achieve a high quality of care- this is because
This means decorating their bedroom to their liking and surrounding them with their own belongings where possible. We will discuss with family and wishes expressed by the resident to them regarding how they want their death to be handled. Agreed ways of working provide guidelines for dealing with an issue as difficult as death in a way that is respectful to everyone concerned while meeting the individual’s physical and psychological needs. 1.2 At Hafan-Y- Waun we have an end of life plan that is ideally discussed with every individual in our care. This may not always be possible and it must be handled with much sensitivity.
When I’m carrying out all of these, I remember person centred values which helps me to be able to do what’s right for the client or what the client wants before carrying out any activities for the day, I go through my clients care plan but I also ask family of the clients if there has been any changes for example if my client needs to be awake and ready for a certain time, earlier or later than usual set time. I agree with them because it’s their right to change their mind. At this stage we talk together and rearrange. Personal relationships are based on emotions sharing similar attitudes, values and interests. They are also very informal, in personal relationships you share support between each other with feelings and thoughts as you can be who you are with family or friends.
The HCA should gain their trust and show empathy when providing holistic care, this is their Physical, intellectual spiritual, social, emotional cognitive and the envoirment they are in. The HCA should provide good practice care in a safe and supportive way and should always protect their dignity and show respect for them. They should not show any prejudice or pass judgement regardless of their behaviour or beliefs. The HCA should communicate effectively with the client so that good practice care is being provided. (O’Sullivan
Body: What is empathy and why it is important when providing healthcare to a client. Empathy is the ability to put your self in the shoes of the client and seeing things from their point of view. Allowing the client to see you understand their point of view and conveying this message of understanding to the client is an important part of showing you feel empathetic for what the client is feeling. Empathy is ‘the ability to enter the perceptual world of the other person’ (Burnard 1997, p. 172, cited in Higgs et al). There are many studies in regard to empathy.