CHCCCS015 - Case Studies and Privacy and Confidentiality Act

This article discusses two case studies of elderly patients and the modifications that can be made to their environment to facilitate their safety and independence. It also covers the Privacy and Confidentiality Act in aged care, including the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Care Act 2014. The article provides insights on risk assessment, laws related to privacy and confidentiality, and references for further reading.

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Contents
CASE STUDY 1..............................................................................................................................1
CASE STUDY 2..............................................................................................................................1
Privacy and confidentiality act.........................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

CASE STUDY 1
In Liz's case study, it is predicted that she is old enough and might be suffering with
some joints-related issue . Some modifications that can be adopted to Liz's environment to
facilitate her to live at home with safety and security are:
 Provide assistant: Home care facilities may provide a full time female assistant to Liz so
that she can help and carry to her room by providing her support (Stadler, 2021).
Assistant can assist Liz and provide her help with every routine activity.
 Install and assemble equipments: Home care facilities can assist Liz by installing helpful
equipments that help Liz to moving and walking up the stairs. Availability of equipments
at home may ease Liz to perform routine activities like going to bathrooms, can help her
to get to and from bed (Bani Issa and et. al., 2020).
 Doctor visiting: Home care facilities can tie up with a professional physiotherapist, who
visit timely to Liz and provide therapy to her and provide suitable treatment.
CASE STUDY 2
In case of Mary, she is suffering from Parkinsonian disease. As per her wish to prepare
own food and work independently without being dependent on others, it is important to provide a
risk assessment with duty of care for Mary. Risk assessment can be done by maintaining dignity:
 Help can be provided to Mary in her routine practices by identifying the areas of hazards
where there are chances of getting harmed (Iancu and Iancu, 2020).
 It is important to evaluate all the risks and then decide control measures that can be
adopted to prevent Mary from getting harmed.
 Risk assessment need to be reviewed on regular basis and update as and when necessary.
Privacy and confidentiality act
Confidentiality refers to the principle of respecting someone's privacy and their choices. It is
important to care privacy of the information given by a elder patient to care workers and
maintain control over the authorisation regarding who can access the given information
(Podgorica and et. al., 2021). Health and social care professionals includes doctors, care workers,
nurses, social workers, and support workers; provide aged care should always be concerned
about personal information about individual associated with their care units without the taking
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permission of patients. Privacy with information is a critical and serious issue in relation to aged
care and all the principle are applicable to it as those with confidentiality (Board and
McCormack, 2018). Privacy is necessary and should always be treated as a priority in aged care
department. Privacy concern with the maintenance of moral requirements. Many legislations and
laws has been framed by government to control and maintain confidentiality and privacy of
elderly patients.
The Human Rights Act 1998
This right maintains the right to respect the private and family life of an individual. However,
this right cannot be overridden when necessary.
The Care Act 2014
This act promotes care providers to adopt person-centred approach in order to safeguard others.
The care act also explains the significance of sharing information when needed in order to keep
people safe (Hestevik and et. al., 2019).
Other acts are: The Health and Social Care Act 2015, The GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Bani Issa, W., Al Akour, I., Ibrahim, A., Almarzouqi, A., Abbas, S., Hisham, F. and Griffiths, J.,
2020. Privacy, confidentiality, security and patient safety concerns about electronic health
records. International Nursing Review, 67(2), pp.218-230.
Board, M. and McCormack, B., 2018. Exploring the meaning of home and its implications for
the care of older people. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(15-16), pp.3070-3080.
Hestevik, C.H., Molin, M., Debesay, J., Bergland, A. and Bye, A., 2019. Older persons’
experiences of adapting to daily life at home after hospital discharge: a qualitative
metasummary. BMC health services research, 19(1), pp.1-13.
Iancu, I. and Iancu, B., 2020. Designing mobile technology for elderly. A theoretical
overview. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 155, p.119977.
Podgorica, N., Flatscher-Thöni, M., Deufert, D., Siebert, U. and Ganner, M., 2021. A systematic
review of ethical and legal issues in elder care. Nursing ethics, 28(6), pp.895-910.
Stadler, A., 2021. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its Impact on
Privacy and Confidentiality in Healthcare.
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