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Staff working in partnership with a service user’s family will become more aware of families' individual needs, and know more about an elderly person's home context, thus enabling them to be aware of how the care home is different or similar to their own home and understand the elderly person’s behaviour with this in mind.

The loss of control experienced by Ann may have had an impact on the time it took to progress through the stages. Involving Ann in the decision making, discussing options and offering continuity of care would help make the transition from her home environment easier.

Following the second part of Ellis’s framework (2013), going onto the core research issues the introduction and background to the study does identify the need for research to be done, the purpose of the research can be identified. It states in the abstract that the aim of the study was to offer a thorough report of the experience people go thorough when they have to make a decision on placing a family member into a special care unit among a diverse sample of carers. To achieve maximum variation

In this report I will be investigating how care services meet the needs of individuals by firstly analysing the needs of an individual using care services. Then I will go on to explain the roles of the care planning process in identifying needs, and explain the features of a positive care practise. After explaining that, I will analysis positive care environments and evaluate how they meet needs before finally explaining the role of legislation in promoting a positive care environment.

Of course there will be important conflicts of interest between service users and their carers which will need to be faced up to at an individual level. But services should not be provided by exploiting the personal commitment and dedication of carers. Families who care for individuals whose behaviour presents challenges are subject to considerable and continual stress, both physical and psychological. Although staffs is not permanently on duty as family carers can be, they are still subject to the same stresses when supporting people whose behaviour challenges. This is true even in settings which aim to do no more than contain people. Similar concerns apply to staff as to carers. The higher aspirations often found in progressive services impose extra strain on staff and here too it is important to balance the demands of working constructively with people who can be very difficult, day in and day out, with the needs of individual staff for emotional and practical respite and ongoing support. Demographic changes and rising expectations will

The concerns with this strategy would be the education of the people around the sites and at schools, i.e. the interpretation of the message determined by different monies and pay values. The communication of the facts and figures in relation to the rest of the world and the meeting of targets. Also the desire of the peoples looking still to profit from the original issue.

The majority of carers are women (finch and groves 1983) and significant proportions are under the age of 18. This is known as a young carer, which is defined as ‘someone, under the age of 18, who looks after, or helps to care for, a family member who has a disability, mental ill health, a blood borne virus or a problematic use of drugs or alcohol. They may provide hands-on caring, and/or may be affected themselves by someone in their family who needs care’ (Dundee Carers Centre, 2009). There are difficulties identifying young carers because many do not disclose their caring role for fear of being separated from their parents and family members, bullying and social exclusion. Also there is a large amount of emotional strain for younger carers who do not access the services they are entitled to.

The nature of the interrelation of care and nursing has been recognised by theorists over several decades internationally, back in 2002 caring both as a natural attribute of being human and the core of nursing was identified by Sister Simone Roach of Canada. Sister Simone Roach was responsible for a similar set of the 6Cs to the ones we recognise today.

This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. The essay consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce, including strategies that can influence the performance of others. The first part of this essay will consider how principles of support are implemented by using Overton house residential care home to evaluate and explain how principles of support are applied. Key concepts such as person-centred approach and dilemmas and conflicts arising from the

I began my essay by first defining what a Carer is, that helped me to differentiate between a Carer and a professional care worker and from that it enabled me to make a clear separation between the two roles. I found it beneficial to take notes from each transcript from unit one, this highlighted the key difficulties that Ann was experiencing. I then decided I would separate my assignment into 4 headings:

The article “Roles and Coping Strategies of Sons Caring for a Parent With Dementia” addresses the specific demographic of sons caring for a parent (or parent-in-law) with dementia and explores the roles and coping strategies of these individuals as well as the emotional impact that care giving has on them. The participants were recruited through information about the study that was provided to group participants and health care providers as well as paper and online flyers. The data was gathered using a semi-structured interview either over the phone or in person and these interviews were conducted over a two year span (from 2011-2013).

The book by Tom Kelley led me to find myself in the “building persona” (Kelley & Littman, 2005).Though I could identify little of mine in other faces described; the caregiver face is a great fit for me.The best care givers have competence, confidence, patience and great bedside manners (Kelley,2005). I try my best to keep a comforting and calming atmosphere for my patients. Best care givers make a difference in the lives of their customers through their guidance and navigation.

Professional caregivers who care for the dying must professionally employ high level technical skills while maintaining a compassionate focus on the problems facing the dying person and their families, often immersed in institutional politics, all the time suppressing their own anxieties. Meanwhile, providing a supportive environment that meets the needs of the terminally ill individual with confidence, whilst cultivating trust and feelings of dignity in the dying patient (DeSpelder & Strickland, 2005, 2015).

The are several challenges that come along with the dependence on informal care giving, unfortunately it “falls within the scope of unpaid care work-activities that serve others, require time and energy, and are not financially rewarded” (Mendez-Luck, 2008, 266). This is becoming more of an issue due to the declining trend in fertility rate; people are having fewer children which is putting a strain on the informal care giving support systems. People are being forced to balance their personal goals and occupations with the sacrifices that they have to make for their

Caregiver support groups play a valuable role in assisting individuals with coping with a loved one’s disease, injury and/or disorder. In this paper, I will discuss the support group, topics discussed and my personal feelings about the support group.