Support Independence Health & Social Nvq L2

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HSC2007 Support independence in the tasks of daily living Outcome 1. 1 - Individuals can benefit from being as independent as possible while doing day to day tasks because it provides them with independent living skills that they may or may not of had before or advancing them further. It also gives them a sense of self worth, dignity and confidence as they aren't relying on someone else to do everything for them. It also gives them some independence and some control of their own life and choice making. 2 - Active participation promotes independence because if they are joining in with an activity / skill building they are learning how to do different things that they may have not known before, which they could then use independently or with little support e.g :- making a cup of tea, after helping to make it, they can then use the knowledge from active participation to do it independently. 3 - Daily living tasks may be affected by an individuals culture or background because it may mean that certain things cant be done on certain days of the week and certain foods can not be eaten e.g :- on Fridays Roman Catholics will only eat fish (no meat). it can also be affected by religious beliefs e.g :- Asian female having to work with females as it is against their beliefs to work with males. 4 - It is important to provide support that respects individuals culture ad preferences because it would be wrong to try and change an individuals culture and preferences, also it could be all that they known since they where little and are scared of anything that is unknown to them. So it is important to make them feel comfortable within a multi-race community. 5 - I would identify suitable opportunities for an individual to learn or practice skills for daily living by providing a wide range of different activities. I would make sure that they had been observed so that their
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