Visual impairments can also be difficult in these situations and may affect a person’s ability to read body language, facial expressions and see gestures. Persons who have dual sensory loss will find it extremely difficult and be frustrated during day to day tasks. It can lead to loss of interests in activities and in some case may cause a person to have little or no contact with the world around them. It can have serious effects if a person misinterprets what they are being spoken to about by their family, friends and possibly medical professionals. Persons with hearing impairments would need to focus on reading lips and body language to uphold conversations just as people with visual impairments would rely on their hearing to be able to function effectively within society.
This is a barrier because it means that the service user can’t fully access all the information that is required in order for them to use the service entirely e.g. a blind service user would be unable to read the consent form, needed to have a life saving operation. To overcome this barrier, positive care environments must provide alternative forms of communication e.g.braile or verbally. If a service user has a hearing impairment, it would mean that the individual would struggle to communicate verbally with the service workers and be unable to hear them. This would make it difficult for the service worker to communicate information to the service user.
USE & DEVELOP SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE COMMUNICATIONS 1, 1.1 – As a deputy manager to the service users we support I communicate with them on a regular basis, I also communicate with other professional bodies who are also helping with support to the service users. These include other managers, support workers, occupational therapists, physiotherapies, doctors, district nurses etc. I communicate with all the above verbally, by emails, and also by listening. I have to utilise different communication skills, when communicating with individuals. For example: I communicate with a social worker by talking to the interpreter and looking at the person in question by lip reading.
| there a few factors to concider with promiting good and effictive communication such as. Disabilities: Disabilities such as hearing loss, impaired vision, mobility problems or speech impairment can affect the effective communication. Proper communication method should be known and pre-aware of before communicating the people with disability or different health issues. Cultural Differences: Communication differences can result from differences in culture. In some cultures, children are not allowed to speak in front of adult and some kind of body gesture, eye contact, facial expression and touch are inappropriate.
If unable to communicate they would be denied these rights. Depending on the area of care in which we work, we may be dealing with a certain group of people with similar communication needs, for example: learning disabilities, dementia, deaf, blind, stroke etc. Groups, individuals and the type of communication needs they may require: Sensory disabilities Disabilities which affect an individual’s senses, and in turn affect communication, include hearing loss and sight loss. These are the two main senses on which humans rely to interact with their environment. Without sight or hearing (or indeed both) communication will be affected and alternative methods will need to be used.
Explain what is meant by the term dysarthria. Dysarthria is a disorder of speech 3. Describe the communication challenges presented to the individual and self by dysphasia and dysarthria. People with dysphasia often have language that is fluent with a normal rhythm and articulation but it is meaningless as they fail to comprehend what they are saying because they have problems word finding. So they can be asking for something but the words mean something else and communication could be difficult when talking to the individual.
Make sure you understand what they mean and how you would use them. Recognize barriers to effective communication Different barriers to consider 1/ Sensory impairment (deafness, blindness) or both 2/ Culture spelling, different language or poor English. 3/ Religion Example men not permitted to support females with personal care. 4/ Health issues mental ill health like dementia. 5/ Background noise radio or tv 6/ Emotions difficulty in being able to listen to others.
People not being able to understand words that are unfamiliar to them. This can be overcome by simply asking the person talking to simplify or ask them to explain someof the words that you do not understand. * Lack of attention, interest, or distractions. People generally not taking an interest/attention or giving the in a certain situation or are distracted by another situation they are dealing with. * Language differences and the difficulty in understanding unfamiliar accents.
This effect can be to not hear or understand what people are saying to you. This can lead to misunderstandings. Health issues – when you are feeling ill, you may not be able to communicate as effectively as when you are feeling well. Using jargon – most parents do not understand the EYFS so try not to use jargon as most as possible. Assumption - listen to the whole conversation and give yourself time to respond.
If effective communication does not take place then service users can feel that they are not in control of their lives or the care that they are receiving and can be left feeling isolated and intimidated by situations. Service users also communicate their consent to any treatment and care that they are to receive and any medication that they are prescribed. Understand how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of an individual. It is important when considering communication to be aware of the needs of the service user. If the service user has any sensory impairments such as deafness or blindness then different ways of communicating need to be looked at such as sign language.