These are: * Personal care skills – which covers things like personal hygiene, dressing themselves, eating, drinking and continence. * Independent living skills – which covers shopping, cleaning, cooking, budgeting for themselves * Relationship skills – which covers maintaining their social networks and effective communication with
1.1- Continually improving knowledge and practice is imperative in order to ensure high standards are kept as circumstances, expectations and environments change. Continually improving and adapting practices benefits both residents and carers ensuring that each individuals needs are catered for. 1.2- The potential barriers to professional development are unwillingness to learn new skills for fear of failure or fear of technology. Loosely defined goals are also a potential barrier along with lack of resources. 1.3- Inductions provide you with the basic knowledge and skills you would need to start working in a new job role.
If muscles are being used on a daily basis they will remain strong and firm (with exceptions of some diseases affecting them). While moving and repositioning anyone it is important to remember that most of the joints have limited abilities and trying to make them move outside of their range may cause a severe pain or serious damage to the skeletal or muscular system. Those take long time to heal and are very painful. In order to be able to move nerve fibres that go through the whole body send impulses from the Central Nervous System into the muscles that enable them to contract and relax. Poor moving and handling techniques may damage those fibres which would affect moving ability of a
Person-centered values provide a foundation on which we can base and build our practice. We need to understand what the values are, how we can promote them and why they are important. A value is simply what is important in the life of the person we are supporting. These are the person centered values; Individuality, rights, choices, privacy, independence, dignity, respect, partnership, equal opportunities. 1.2 person centered values are important with care plans as Care planning is all about improving the lives of those who receive care.
4222-319 1.1 It is highly important to make sure that a holistic approach is used when planning care and support, this is because unless we look at the individual as a whole or we may miss underlying issues that may prevent progression. For example if a service user wants to set a goal of losing weight by using exercise if diet is not looked at and information given, the service user may not reach the goal they are trying to attain. This can also be true of a goal of communication if the service user is not given information about what is appropriate communication they may run into issues. 1.2 +1.3One of the main ways of supporting an individual to lead their assessment and planning progress is to ask them lots of question maybe about what they feel they achieved, what they’d like to achieve and what help and support do they think they require to achieve these. Depending on the service users capabilities, I would use a goal setting circle with lots of areas of their lives, they could then give themselves a number of where they think they are at the moment, where they’d like to be and what they think they need to do to achieve this in all areas of their life.
1.2 what is important to the person - what matters to them, from their perspective clearly identifies the supports that the person requires - what is important for them to stay healthy and safe, and it identifies what needs to stay the same or be enhanced in the person’s life, and what needs to change (in order that the person has more of what is important to them in their life). Actions are set that identifies what need to change and who will do this by when. 1.3 Person-centred thinking can make a huge difference to individuals and their families. It gives them a feeling of being important, of being part of the decisions that are made. Sometimes when people have to leave their own homes or lose some of their mobility, they can feel very alone.
1.2 Explain how active pariticipation promotes independance in the tasks of daily living. Active involvement in learning to develop life skills can help people to become independent. Learning in a safe environment and knowing that there is support at hand in case it is needed will give a person confidence and reassurance. 1.3 Describe how daily living tasks may be affected by an individuals culture or background Gender perception and culture can infl uence daily living tasks. For example, some might fi nd it more acceptable for women to deliver personal care and tend to household tasks because this is how they were brought up.
People living with one or more long term conditions have the right to decide what support they need and from whom. To promote independence, professionals should: enable individuals and their family to take part in a range of activities and join networks in the community help individuals to use equipment to aid their independence • support informed choices Putting in place communication boards showing information in a way that is understood by the individual. • improve quality of life By making an individual’s choice of activities, food etc. person centred so that they enjoy what they do in life therefore making them happier. Assess the levels of help an individual would need to participate in a range of new activities In this case management is to help the client attain a higher level of activities if this is not met, then we need to assess why the first plan did not work and create a new plan.
Some individual who are being supported in the community will find care worker support and encouragement invaluable. For example, it is better for individual to do shopping and manage at the till independently (unless support is necessary) and this will help to develop their confident and life skills. 3, Describe how daily living tasks may be affected by an individual’s culture or background Daily living tasks may affect those depending on their culture or background, as what someone may have been brought up believing, may not necessarily be accepted as the general view of society within UK in their current times. Gender perception and culture can influence daily living tasks, For example, some might find it more acceptable for women to deliver personal care and tend to household tasks because this is how they were brought up. Some people may feel that certain roles should be male or female.
They will benefit from having greater adaptability and resiliency. 1.2 There are many different activities that individuals may participate. The purpose and outcomes of these activities will vary on the individual’s abilities. Swimming or walking can promote an individual’s fitness or mobility. Life skill activities such as general housekeeping ie;- cooking, cleaning, ironing, can give individuals what they need to be able to live an independent life.