Unit 4222-332 Support individuals at the end of life. Outcome 1 Understand the requirements of legislation and agreed ways of working to protect the rights of individuals at the end of life. 1.1 Outline legal requirements and agreed ways of working designed to protect the rights of individuals in end of life care. Caring for patients at the end of life is a challenging task that requires not only the consideration of the patient as a whole but also an understanding of the family, social, legal, economic, and institutional circumstances that surround patient care. A legal requirement of end of life care is that the wishes of the individual, including whether CPR should be attempted, as well as their wishes how they are cared for after death are properly documented.
Even if this thought is not always shown outwardly it is the core of our thinking. Nash tells us it is important to know what you believe and stand for because as he stated, “Thy can be compared to a train running on tracks that have no switches. Once a person commits himself to a certain set of presuppositions, is direction and destination are determined” (Nash, 1992, 23). Our Christian life and relationships will all reflect our biblical Christian worldview in some way, every day. “Our faith has important things to say about the whole of human life” (Nash, 1992, 20).
WRITTEN QUESTIONS Unit Title: Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings Unit sector reference: SHC34 Candidate name: ……… ……………………………………………………………. Answer the following questions, give examples where necessary. Question | Answers | 1.1 Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role | As a professional working within health care, it is necessary and very important that we follow a code of practice which is set out by each employer in all work settings; this involves putting the needs and interests of those that we care for first. It is vital to keep everyone in our care safe from harm and unnecessary risk, which means we need to ensure that no individual in our care is abused or neglected. Also planning the day and having a routine which best fits around each individual ensuring that their best interests and personal choices come first.
This enables them to be prepared for the lost of their friend or family member and can help them cope. End of life care also includes the place where the persons life comes to an end, e.g a care home or hospice. Care and support should be given to all the staff associated with the person and other care home residents. 1.3 Explain what the care and support at the end of life should include End of life care and support should be tailored to the individual, which is known as person centred. This is important as each person will have different needs and what suits one person may not suit another.
In health and social care it is likely that service users and service providers are of different religion. The Human Rights Act 1998 ensures that all individuals know that they are entitled to their own opinions and religion. To make sure this legislation is followed and the rights of an individual are not infringed upon,
This is a great way to overcome this barrier as the service user will be able to continue with their religion with the health care professional knowing about it. Misunderstanding -There are many different strategies can be used to overcome this barrier in a health and social care
The duty of care in my work role is based around looking after the residents in our care and maintaining their safety and dignity. 2.1 – Describe dilemmas that may arise between the duty of care and an individual’s rights. Sometimes an individual may want to do something that could be a risk to their health and safety. As carer’s we must respect the individuals rights and choices while at the same time keeping them safe. 2.2 – Explain where to get additional support and advice about how to resolve such matters.
When someone is dying there are legal concerns that a nurse must keep in mind when caring for the patient. Many times family members are the caregivers during the end of life process and this can place a real strain on the family. There are many nursing diagnosis associated with end of life care, and nurses must keep in mind special nursing considerations and implications. “End-of-life (EOL) care is defined as an active, compassionate approach that treats, comforts, and supports persons who are living with, or dying from progressive or chronic life threatening conditions” (Ross, MM., Fisher, R., & McClean, MJ., 2000). Unfortunately, the issue of death has been denied, hidden, and thus feared by our current society.
As this is a dominate religious base, many of the healthcare systems are set up to understand this, offering up chapels, areas within hospitals to pray and in some circumstances assure that there is availability of chaplains that can assist the healthcare team in the healing of this family This is not difficult for nursing as its roots have grown out of public ministry, developed out of the understanding of sin and redemption (Shelly & Miller 63). Having the understanding that health state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO), assists in the nurses or care teams understanding of how we care for those various individuals while they are out of congruency with this state of health. Both of these faith perspectives have a theme of individual responsibility for health, this is a good starting place to assure that the basic care needs are met during the acute part of the illness. Human caring and respect covers both of these philosophies. Apart from medical technologies such as diagnostic, surgical repair and medication management, both of these relate to keeping the person whole results in physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
We can see by looking at this verse how God promises us that many years will be added to our lives if we live correctly according to our knowledge of Him. Now if we can get this understanding to the people that we are around, be if they are Christians or not, then they also would start to live a holy life. Everybody wants to live a good life but we have the tendency to live by what we have learned in the past good or bad. If we have learned bad habits and lived in a bad society then of course we would follow those morals and would not change unless we are instructed otherwise and then this task would not be so easy. First thing we do in gain the understanding and pursue the correct knowledge.