It is a tool that enables a shift of power from professionals to the people who use the service. Person centred planning is a practical way for people to have choice and control in their lives. Person centred approach Person centred approach based on Carl Rogers work takes control away from the expertise of a therapist/carer towards a theory of that the individual can find fulfilment of their personal potentials. It can be difficult to put into practice because the approach does not use techniques but relies on the personal qualities of the person/carer to build a non judgemental and empathic
Dementia 310 What is meant by person centred approach? A person-centred approach focuses on the individual’s personal needs, wants, desires and goals so that they become central to the care process. This can mean putting the person’s needs, as they define them, above those identified as priorities by healthcare professionals. Instead of treating the person as a collection of symptoms and behaviours to be controlled, person-centred care considers the whole person, taking into account each individual's unique qualities, abilities, interests and preferences. Person-centred care also means treating residents with dignity and respect.
“Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact on Consumer Choices Outline” Amanda Heighton Martha Hunsberger Katie Mays Lakisha Swann Tiffany Swartz HCS/490 October 1, 2012 Makala Pollard Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact on Consumer Choices Outline I. Introduction: The administration on Aging (AoA) is the Federal agency responsible for advancing the concerns and interests of older people and their care givers. The mission of the AoA is to develop a system that is coordinated and comprehensive, cost effective and community-based services that helps the elderly to maintain their independence, and their health in their communities (AoA.gov). The AoA is there to assist the elderly and disabled in maintaining their dignity while being cared for. It is there to also assist families in providing for them the necessary things needed to care for their elderly member.
The vital principle of the model is that person can take responsibility for their health and the health of others. Nurses are encouraged to rate their patient's dependencies or each of the self-care deficits on the following scale: A person's self-care deficits are a result of the compensatory system, in which the nurse provides total care; the partial compensatory system, in which the nurse and the patients share responsibilities for care; and the educative-development system, in which the patient has the primary responsibility for personal health, with the nurse acting as a consultant (Orem, 2005). The Roper, Logan and Tierney model The second method was, The Roper, Logan, Tierney model. This was selected as methods because it focuses on holistic care and base on the idea of health rather than illness and disease. It focuses on the patient as an individual and his relationship with the five components of the model.
The Health Foundation 2014 suggests that more person centred care is needed, so that people are supported to make informed decisions about managing their own health and care. In order for this to happen changes in behaviour and mindset from patients and clinicians supported by a service that has patients at the heart of it. Any decision point along the patient’s plan of care it is particularly relevant where practical options and choices are made available, including the choice to do nothing. Rationality needs to be understood in both the individual's goals and effectiveness of the intervention. To be effective, shared decision making requires: to play an active role in decisions about their care.
It is done in more professional manner and it focuses more on the present and future. It helps its clients to believe in themselves more and improve their skills and competence in what they want to do. Coaching helps people in determining their goals and how to achieve them. It guides people to have a balanced life. Mentoring is still different from coaching because in coaching, it is strictly a coach-client relationship.
Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 Promote Person- Centered Aproaches in Health and Social Care. Descibe person - centred approaches. Person-centred is about providing care and support that is centred or focused on the individual and their needs. We are all individual and just because two people might have the same medical condition, e.g.dementia, doesn’t mean that they require the same care and support. To work in a person centred way you have to develop a clear understanding about the individuals you are supporting.
CU1667 Understand and Implement a Person Centred Approach to the Care and Support of Individuals with Dementia 1.1 Describe what is meant by a person centre approach Person centre approach is about caring for the person, rather than the illness. Adapt your care to meet the individual’s needs. Assist the individual with their physical needs, emotional needs, physiological needs and social needs. It is also about ensuring that the person is the main focus of our attention and not the dementia. It recognises a person’s individuality, personal history and their personality; it puts the person, not the dementia at the centre of everything the care workers do.
This is due to the fact that the therapist and client are seen as equal partners rather than as an expert treating a patient (McLeod, 2008). Nothing like other therapies, clients are responsible for improving their own life rather than the therapist. This is different from psychoanalysis and behavioural therapies whereby the “patient” is diagnosed and treated accordingly. Instead, the client consciously and rationally decides for themselves what the problem is and what should or can be done about it. The therapist is more of a friend who listens, standby their clients and encourages their clients.
According to Professor Draper ,getting to know the person behind the illness is the key principle of person centred nursing care.We as the care providers needs to listen diligently to our patients conditions, treat as a unique human being. Psychologist Carl Rogers, founder of person care centred define as " structure result from distributing pont of view and assertion of oneself ". It is a positive persuasion belief of our senses, ideas, and valuing of a person capabilities of what he/she can do. It is having assurance to see her actions as interactions made with confidence. Roger use these therapy in treating individual as a person to improve his quality of life.