Behavioural Change Report

Behavioural change
report
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1)The rationale for focusing the behaviour change intervention with a specific population .....3
2)A critical review of theoretical perspectives that have been applied to supporting behaviour
change in selected population.....................................................................................................5
3)Potential barriers at the neurophysiological, individual, interpersonal, organisation levels
and how to overcome from these barrier.....................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Behavioural change can be refer to as any modification or transformation of human
behaviour. It consist of a wide range of activities and approaches that put emphasis on
individual, community as well as environmental impact on behaviour. Change in behaviour of
individuals can have a major impact on their lifestyle and could result in occurrence of number
of diseases (Pothitou and et.al., 2016). It is because behaviour plays a vital role health and well-
being of a person. In this study, the rationale for focusing the behaviour change intervention with
a specific population is going to discuss. Furthermore, a critical review of theoretical
perspectives that have been applied to supporting behaviour change in selected population will
be cover. At last, potential barriers at the neurophysiological, individual, interpersonal,
organisation levels and how to overcome from these barrier will be evidence in the study.
MAIN BODY
1)The rationale for focusing the behaviour change intervention with a specific population .
Behavioural change is common in individuals who are experiencing some kind of
physical or mental problems. Changes in behaviours can be categorized as delusions, confusions,
mood swings, depression, disorganised communication and hallucinations. Such categories are
not particularly disorders. They are just a way where a health professional create several types of
speech, thoughts and behaviour. Such changes in personalities and behaviour can be occur
through mental or physical problems. For instance, individuals who are suffering from dementia
often experiences such sort of behavioural changes. However, the most developed behavioural
changes in individuals suffering from dementia is aggressive behaviour. Dementia is basically a
medical condition of mental processes which is caused by brain injury or disease. It is often
symbolizes as memory loss, personality changes and impaired reasoning (Verelst and et.al.,
2016). Aggressive behaviour of individuals include screaming or shouting, verbal abuse and
sometimes even physical abuse. It can occur suddenly with no suitable reasons and could be a
result of frustrating situation. It is difficult to cope with with the person having aggressive
behaviour. Interventions are need to be developed by the carer in order to deal with the patients
of dementia having aggressive behaviour. Some of the effective strategies that could be
implemented are discussed here.
Analyse the cause-
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It is important for a care worker to analyse what happened just before the reaction that
has trigger the behaviour of patient.
Check the environment-
In many cases, some unseen physical discomforts may be a cause for the aggressive
behaviour of patients suffering from dementia (Larsen and et.al., 2016). Some of the
environmental checks that a nurse needs to consider are too much noise from the surroundings or
number of individuals in the room. It is the responsibility of a nurse to find out such disturbing
elements in the room and remove that irritant from the area to analyse if it helps.
Communicate clearly-
it is the responsibility of a nurse or a care professional to communicate with the patient in
a clear and a calm manner. It has been analysed that communication in a direct and simple way
helps an individual to regulate the mood. It would be helpful to breakdown the tasks of patients
into some simpler steps so that they would not feel any frustration or discomfort.
Develop a strategy to mange the behaviour-
It is important for a carer to develop some effective strategies for anger management of
the patient suffering from dementia. It is necessary to make some changes in the care pattern of
the individual and identify if it works or not. A nurse should seek or some changes such as
change in the manner to talk with the person and make some modifications in the existing
environment. It is the duty of a healthcare professional to focus on what is the best interest of the
patient and what suites them well. It is important to ask with the general practitioner if the patient
is having any physical illness which might be a cause for their behavioural changes. As pain is
the major key for aggressive behaviour for people living with dementia. It is often remain
unrecognised in the formal care setting such as care homes. It is important to look for the
symptoms from the individual of discomfort or pain like, facial expressions, clenching their
teeth, weird body language, a change in appetite, restless or high temperature.
Social interaction or stimulation-
It is a need for most of the individuals to spend some time with other persons. A lack of
social interaction could make a person feel bored, unhappy and isolated. IT is the responsibility
of a nurse to make sure that the patient of dementia is regularly indulge in some social
interaction activity (Warren, Becken and Coghlan, 2017). It may be just chatting or reading
together. It is essential for a healthcare professional to to give a proper time for this and give full
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