The belief in the caregiver will encourage the patient follow the plan of care benefiting both patient and caregiver. If the caregiver or patient is perceived in a negative perspective, patient or caregiver, healthcare communication fails creating a negative effect on caregiver and patient. Healthcare communication can happen in different forms and can be as simple as a person’s posture or facial expression. A negative attitude shown by a caregiver can make a patient feel inadequate in the situation and unable to participate in his or her care. A negative attitude of a patient can create doubt in the caregiver that the patient has a desire or even know how to participate in his or her care.
Mental Health Patient Rights vs. Neglect May 25, 2013 Mental Health Patient Rights vs. Neglect People with mental illness are a vulnerable section of society, whose decision-making capacities are affected by their disorders, so such patients may not seek or accept treatment for their problems (Cady, 2010). At the same time, recognizing and respecting rights of the patient with mental health disorders is essential for a health care provider, especially regarding the fact that evaluation and treatment of such patients can be “more coercive and less open to public awareness and accountability than the treatment of patients with other medical conditions” (Cady, 2010, p. 118). The issue of giving mental health patient rights is a rather controversial one, as often the right of the patient to refuse certain treatment or care may result in serious health consequences for the patient and can be seen as neglect of the healthcare provider.
Sometimes these feelings are unreasonable but they can be justifiable. If this is the case, we must take a look at the communication process and take corrective action. The last step is responsiveness. This goes hand in hand with availability. From a patient and their family’s perspective, nurses do not have good responsive skills.
Barriers in communication in a health and social care environment Language - Language can be a barrier in itself, being understood by the person you are trying to communicate with, if the person has a hearing loss they may only get pasts of what you are trying to communicate. Physiological barriers - These may result from individuals' personal discomfort, caused for example by ill health, poor eyesight or hearing difficulties. Facial expressions – are appropriate based on your topic, listeners and objective. When you’re smiling while communicating a serious or negative message, you create a discrepancy between your facial expression and your message. The same discrepancy applies when you’re communicating a positive message without facial expressions.
If I feel the decision the individual makes would cause harm to themselves, myself or any other being I am them faced with a dilemma. If a client refused to take their medication I would be faced with the dilemma between my duty of care and the individuals rights. If this situation arises I would explain to them the reasons why they have been prescribed this medication, advantages it has for their wellbeing and the disadvantages it would have if they don’t take it. If the
These professionals should understand the importance of self-care to avoid burnout. After all it is difficult to help people when suffering from burnout. It is unethical to treat clients while suffering from burnout. The ethical principles of the NASW, ACA, APA, and the AAMFT, clearly states that burnout impairs the ability to treat the client competently and that the therapist should consult a colleague and take remedial action before assisting any clients. This incompetence can cause considerable harm to vulnerable clients (Zur, Ph.D., n.d.).
UNIT 23 support personal hygiene 1.1 Explain why personal hygiene is important Personal Hygiene is important as keeping a good level of hygiene helps to prevent the development and spread of illnesses, infections and bad odours. It also makes you feel good about yourself and makes you feel valued. 1.2 Describe the effects of poor personal hygiene on health and wellbeing If you don’t maintain your personal hygiene it can affect your mental health leading you too feel insecure about yourself making you lose confidence. Your emotional wellbeing would also be affected by you not feeling good about yourself. Your physical health would also deteriorate and your social life would also be affected due to your physical appearance and a bad odour radiating around you making it unpleasant for others to be around.
Be aware of dilemmas that may arise about Duty of Care and the support available for addressing them 2.1 Describe dilemmas that may arise between the Duty of Care and an individual’s right You may have a case as a care worker where an individual may want to do something which could be a risk to their own health and safety. It’s your duty of care to do all you can to keep them safe but you also have the duty to respect them as an individual. This causes a dilemma. An example of this is a resident no longer wanting to use her Zimmer Frame, but in her care plan it states that she uses it to help her move
INTRODUCTION It is quite axiomatic to note that people go through some difficulties in life which they need some one to talk to or console them, if not, they would be overcome by their difficulty and thus life would be unpleasant for them. In every aspect of life, lets say business or medical aspects, people tend to seek the advice from someone whom they feel has knowledge in the field or can give answers to their questions. Thus that act of counseling or guidance is brought to the fore, but this is in a loose sense. In a strict sense, Counseling is a process in which a counselor, or a therapist, helps you understand the causes for your problems and guides you through the process of learning to make good life decisions. From this we can see that a patient goes to his doctor for medical advice he is undergoing medical counseling or when a parishioner goes to a priest for advice he or she is seeking a spiritual counseling.
However this can appear to conflict with the medical model, as the medical model can somewhat be discriminating against people with disabilities. On viewing how the medical model could impact our practice, it could prove to be a very stressful setting. This is because individuals wouldn’t have the same opportunities or support in life. They would not be valued. They would be left to fend for themselves both staff and children.