The Main Barriers To Accessing Health And Social C

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THE MAIN BARRIERS TO ACCESSING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE The barriers to people who cannot access care are: Physical Barriers: physical barriers occur to people with disability because they may be lack of ramps for them to go around the hospital or even GP, even a women with a baggage’s can find it hard to get around when there is no ramps. This can also affect these types of people and many more by if there is lack of lifts and too much stairs for them. Also people in the wheelchair may have problems reaching for the lifts and this would make it difficult for them to make it to their appointment. Psychological Barriers: psychosocial barriers affect people with mental issues to have access to care, it can also affect some people in many different ways; so people can have fear of losing their independence and they may not even like the fact of being looked after by other. Financial Barriers: financial barriers occur to many different people for many different reasons. This can be because someone is on low income and they have to travel by bus or train for their appointment, they would not have enough money to get to one place. Some one that is over the age of 18 year would have to pay for their medication if they’re not on income and this can be hard if this person is not working. Also if they want to see the dentist they would have to pay for their treatment. Cultural and Language Barriers: cultural and language is one thing that stops people from accessing any health care service because English may not be that persons first language and there is no way they can communicate with the doctor/nurse, because English is not there first language they may not know what services is available to them out there. On the other hand, someone that come from a religious background may not be able to see a female or male doctor based on their religion and beliefs, also
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