M2 D1 Communication Health and Social Care Level 3

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M2 – review strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and D1 evaluate strategies used in health and social care environments to overcome barriers to effective communication and interpersonal interactions Health carers communicating with patients who are hearing and visually impaired have effective ways of communicating. People who are hearing impaired use sign language to communicate with each other; however carers who don’t know sign language find that symbols can make a huge difference when trying to communicate. For example using literacy symbols can help a hearing-impaired person make choices can increase involvement and confidence. A patient who is partly deaf may be able to read and write so it is useful to carry a notepad to communicate with them. There are lots of factors that could influence the communication barrier in both a positive and negative way. In our group we discussed how the environment can influence the way in which we communicate. We discussed the example of a service provider being influenced for a job he or she can find it hard to concentrate in the environment they’re in like having pictures on the wall of the office that they’re being interviewed in. This can affect the way that they communicate because they may become distracted by the images on the walls or the views out the window. By changing the physical environment it can improve the effectiveness of communication including the replacement of poor lightening with brighter lightening. You could also sound proof rooms, reduce background noise or create quiet areas away from noisy activity, put up multilingual posters and display signs clearly and fit electronic devices to help people with hearing difficulties. I think these strategies such as having electronic devices in a setting will be useful in health and social care
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