Why is long-term care one of the greatest challenges facing the health care delivery system today? This paper will define long-term care and a continuum as well as discuss the services provided and how these services fit in the continuum of care, the resources that go along with long-term care and how it contributes to overall health care resources, and how long-term care services will be impacted in the future. “Long-term care also refers to health care needs or supervision that an individual may require for undetermined time, or even lifelong” (Long-Term Care, para. 1). Long-term care is not specific to a certain age group, and long-term care can be given in various settings.
Unit SHC36 Promote person centred approaches in health and social care 2.2 How do you use care plans when applying person centred values A person and their needs should be at the centre of the support process. A carers role is to make sure that a person has every opportunity to state how they wish their needs to be met. This is especially important when the issues regarding the person are difficult or of a sensitive nature. Person centred working is about putting people in control of their lives, whether it be a new service user or a person who has been “stuck in the system” for many years. Most places will have a format (usually a care plan) for identifying needs such as: * What they are able to do independently * Personal Care * Nutritional Needs * Daily Life * Choice and Control * Risks * Medications * Work, leisure and learning * Physical and mental health It is important that everything is included in the care plan.
Unit 4222-302 Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people's settings (SHC 32) Outcome 1 1.1. In my work role my duties and responsibilities are to provide care to residents, preserving their privacy and dignity, also to promote the residents independence and to make sure they maintain their freedom of choice. My duties include providing the resident with their personal care needs, dietary needs and also to provide them with their daily medication. 1.2 .The expectations of my work role are to provide the resident with their personal needs as instructed in their individual care plans. I am expected to follow the home's codes of practice and conduct and the CSSIW's care standards.
NVQ Unit 1 – Introduction to Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings. 1.1 – Define the term ‘Duty of Care’. A moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety or well-being of others. 1.2 – Describe how the duty of care affects your own work role. The duty of care in my work role is based around looking after the residents in our care and maintaining their safety and dignity.
Introduction As the contemporary society forges ahead amazingly, the public demand has become increasingly diversified. Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) has been particularly prominent in health care discourse since the 20th century (Brown, 1998). As many of APN’s job scope are overlapping with the traditional medical role, frequently, they are struggled to articulate what it is as nursing-based care providers that they uniquely bring to their patients (Dunphy & Winland-Brown, 2006). Caring is a word often associated with nursing, and it is one of the symbolic characters to differentiate APN from medical team. A transformation conceptual model, the Circle of Caring (Figure 1) is developed by Dunphy and Winland-Brown in year 1998 especially for APN in North America (Dunphy & Winland-Brown, 2006).
Introduction to duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings SHC24 Understand the implications of duty of care OUTCOME 1 1. Define the term “Duty of care” Health and social care professionals have a “duty of care” to ensure the wellbeing of service users. We all have a “Duty of care” to consider the effects of our actions upon other people who may be affected. In health and social care this basic principle includes following the various rules and legal obligations that surround our work. Your workplace will have a set of policies and procedures, which you must follow.
Other working relationships may include landlords, housing benefits officers and other benefits agencies, cleaners and maintenance workers. 2.1 & 2.2 It is really important to adhere to an agreed way of working so that there is continuity in the standard of care between workers. It allows service users to know what to expect from their staff. Working to an agreed scope ensures that policies and procedures are followed protecting service users, the employee and the organisation. Full and up-to-date agreed ways of working can be found on the KSLS shared drive under Supported Living/Policies and Procedures.
Unit 205 Task A Letter Dear Mark, Health and social care organisations have what is called a duty of care towards the people they look after. That means that they must do everything they can to keep the people in their care safe from harm. It is not only the care establishment that needs to prioritise the safety, welfare and interests of the people using its services, but also the care workers of the establishment. Care workers also have a duty of care for staff members, to ensure that working conditions are safe, and suitable to deliver the service. It also means having the responsibility of being a caregiver for another person.
Thirdly, where is Mr. Trosack going to be discharged to? Will it be to his home or some other alternate facility “based on the functional status, available home supports, need for rehabilitation or placement in long-term care setting” (Palmer, 2004). All of these issues are extremely important when planning discharge management for an elderly patient. Assessing the physical functioning of the patient allows one to gauge the level at which the individual may be able to maintain independence while maintaining a maximum quality of life. This “is a balance sought by the elderly, their caregivers, and society in general”.
Its aim is “to help people with any end stage illness to live well until the end of their life.” G.S.F. (2005) Previously, palliative care was often only introduced at the end stages of an illness when a cure was no longer likely, however, it is now widely recognized that many aspects have an integral part to play throughout the course of many diseases and can be used in conjunction with treatment such as chemotherapy, that are intended to prolong life. Department of Health (2000)