Individual Needs Essay

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Explain how and why person-centred values must influence all aspects of health and social care work Person centred values and care mean that everything is from the individual's point of view. It’s about what they want and how they want it to be provided rather than others deciding what they need and offering what is available. Being heard and respected can make the individual feel more empowered and less likely to be seen as a target for abuse. They can say what there concerns are and how they want to be supported. Active participation means that they are not just recipients of care but involved in it and supported to be as independent as possible. Again this is empowering and it encourages them to be more aware of potential dangers. Promoting choices and rights shows that carers respect individuals. It might mean acknowledged individuals rights to take risks, accepting choices that the carers might not make for themselves, checking that the individual has full information to make choices etc. It also means understanding your duty of care, maintaining confidentiality etc. All of which should make abuse less likely to happen. 1. Explain how to evaluate the use of care plans in applying person centred values The way in which you would adapt the care plan to make it focus on a persons values would be to sit down and discuss with the client how they would be comfortable with the care that they’d be receiving. It may mean that a client would prefer things to be done in a specific way which a carer wouldn’t usually do. In order for the client to be comfortable with the service that the care company provides it need to be established how the client would like things to be done around their own home, it can become a problem if things aren’t done in a way in which a service user likes. 2.3 Explain how you adapt your actions and
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