Impact of Significant Life Events on Human Behavior

The assignment provided is about the impact of significant life events on human behavior. It involves analyzing various research studies and theories that explore how such events affect people's mental health, relationships, and daily lives. The document reviews studies on topics like gambling, car ownership, atherosclerosis progression, crime rates, residence life for college students, and meaning in life. It also examines the role of social supports, psychological comorbidities, and spatial context in influencing human behavior. The assignment aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how significant life events shape individual experiences and outcomes.

HNHS 121 Supporting
Significant Life Events

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1. Impact of significant life events on individuals.......................................................................1
2. Group responses to significant life events that occur to one of its member. ..........................2
3. Impact for others in health and social care when an individual experiences significant life
events...........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
1. Effectiveness of organizational polices and procedures..........................................................3
2. Social Networks provide support to individuals experiencing significant life events.............4
3. Suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life events...........5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
1. Analyses possible organisational responses to the need to support individuals experiencing a
significant life event. ...................................................................................................................6
2. Personal Contributions to the support of individuals experiencing significant life events......6
3. Recommendations for improving the support available in healthcare Organizations.............7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Supporting individuals refers to giving support to the individuals who are suffering from
significant life events. The Significant changes is mandatory in every individual life, also
individual accept changes and development in their lives it is very essential, as it is the time
when individual are not followed and not supported given guideline, they may also affect their
life and that is creates the negative effects on themselves, as well as the social environment in
general. In This report there are three case study that is discusses about the different scenario.
The first scenario is. Impact of significant events on the lives of an individual and also describe
that how they are reacted and face this type of situations.
Further, it also discusses that Group responses to significant life events that occur to one
of its member. Apart from this, the report will describe that how health and social care
organizations provide support to individuals in the difficult situations. In the second scenario
report will Evaluate the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures in supporting
individuals affected by significant life styles. Further report will describe that how social
networks may provide support to individuals. Also, report will describe the suitability of external
sources of support for individual. In the third scenario report will describe that health care
professionals responses to the need to support individuals experiencing in a significant life event.
Also, describe personal contribution and some recommendation to the health and social care
professionals.
TASK 1
1. Impact of significant life events on individuals.
Impact of significant life events on individuals. The live events defined as different changes that
happen in the life of any person in any situation and in a sudden, sometimes individual cannot
understand what is happening in the life. They not have been ready for sudden changes, so they
need to take some times for deal with this type of situations.
From the case study of Rita it has been described that Rita was affected by the breast cancer. So
she is not mentally or physical prepared for this type of situation, she is emotionally depressed
because she is not ready for the big diseases.
Physically affected
Rita was physically affected, for this condition which increase the anxiety and depression so the
survival is more difficult for her life. It can harder for her because she is not feel happy, and she
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cannot eat properly, also cannot do exercise and meditation properly. The anxiety and depression
is increased the feelings of frustration in their life. So Rita was disappointed for having breast
cancer. Having breast cancer Rita also not connected with their friends, so they feel very
depressed and this can make very difficult for them for recover from the depression and
frustration. Also, Rita is not concentrate on their health she cannot eat properly as result the
cancer is affected their body, and she died in a few months.
Mentally affected
Rita was mentally affected, she forgets all think. Also in the last stage of cancer she loss
their memory, she cannot identify their friends. So for looking this situation of Rita this is clearly
identified that she cannot care her health that is the reason she not survives, also Depression can
be affected the life for long period, so Rita cannot survive because their mind cannot work
properly, as it reason that, depression can lead to loss life.
Emotionally affected
Rita also, face many problems in their life. The support by family members have missing in their
life. So, it is the big reason Rita has missed in their life, and she cannot come up which leads the
anxiety and affect their health.
The stress will affect the mental health of Rita in both emotional and psychological form.
2. Group responses to significant life events that occur to one of its member.
Sue is the best friend of Rita, When they know that Rita was survived from the breast
cancer they also feel disappointed. But sue is always make feel to the Rita. They always support
her friend. Sue always motivate to Rita, they always try that Rita accept the things that happen in
their life. Sue has always tried to encourage them and also they provide good vibes to Rita for
overcome the anxiety and depression (Kranzow, HINKLE, and FOOTE, 2015).
Other people of the community has also tried to encourage Rita for compete this
situation, all members has organized the outdoor activities for providing the fresh environment
to Rita, they do many activities to overcome the anxiety, also member of the shelters has planned
the outdoor vacation to motivating and encouraging her. Also, when Rita missed her family
members, so the member of the community has also support the Rita that they are the family
members of her. So basically all the members are support to her for overcome to this situation
that affect her life. Also, the community member can provide help sue for organize the Rita
funeral on according to the Rita last wish. So all members provide help to sue for financial
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contribution as well for making proper funeral. In addition, the community members also
provide the help to sue for they handle the shock of her friend death. Members has also provided
some financial help to sue for manage all thinks also provide the model and emotional support to
overcome the situation (Clarkson, 2018).
Negative impact of sue life
Sue also affect when they know about that Rita has breast cancer. So sue has feels alone
because they also not have any family support. Only the Rita has the support of her life. So they
also feel disappointed, and weak they also not care of her life she cannot happy and they feel
weak every day. Sue also not participate in outdoor activities and not communicate with other
person. She feels that no one care for her. She cannot eat properly, also cannot do exercise and
meditation properly. They also feel that they are not survived anymore and she is not happy with
their life.
The Social support from friends and communities helps the individual to overcome
themselves from significant life event as it can be seen in case of Rita the Sue is backbone for
her.
3. Impact for others in health and social care when an individual experiences significant life
events
Health and social care can influence the individual by providing the best service to the
individuals. The health and social care professionals such as doctor, nurse, they all are giving the
best services to the individual.
Rita is suffered from the significant life events when they die of the breast cancer. She
does not take any hospital service she refused medical treatment, so the professional also
understand them, and they respect her wishes (Farrington, 2017). So, the health care professional
also provides some emotional help to the Rita.
The community members understand, and they feel upset when Rita is died due to breast
cancer. Also in other side, in the case of health and social care professional the staff of the health
care institution feels upset because they also, emotionally connected with their patients, so that is
the big reason that they also emotionally connected with their patients, and they felt that the
patient her family members. So, in the case study of Rita, the health care professional was also
support the Rita should not taken any medical treatment because this is the last wish of rita. So,
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the professionals respects the last wish of Rita, but they always encourage the Rita that she is the
tough fighter, and she is the strong personality to compete these diseases.
Involving individuals into systems that offer emotional support.
The health cares professional support the Rita for her last wish
TASK 2
1. Effectiveness of organizational polices and procedures
Organizational polices and procedures plays a crucial role for providing support for the
people who face significant life event. These Organizations are the hospitals, care centers,
counsellors and financial advisers. These organizations maintain certain quality of standards into
their work and ensures effective healthcare service to their clients. From the Case study of
Sandra it is been clearly drawn that Sandra left all alone after her husband Mike died at the age
of 45. She had her children to take care off as a single mother now (Godinho, Kushnir and
Cunningham, 2018). The only support she gets is from her counsellor Rebecca. Counsellors
comes under the National Counseling Society. The supporters provide financial facilitates,
health care facilities and emotional support to their clients like in case of Sandra her counsellor
Rebecca works as a backbone for her. Rebecca her counsellor helps her to overcome from the
pain of the husband death. The person-centred approach relay on the principle that the individual
is at the middle of the appraisal process as the adept in their own life. The Sandra is person
centered who is suffering from significant life event of her husband death.
The Sandra goes into deep depression zone where she has no one for the back support.
She has responsibility of her children as they are too young. Basically she also need a financial
support to educate her children. To raise them to fulfill their demands she got into tension that
how she will manage her home without her husband. Counsellors supports individuals and their
social networks affected by significant life events The National Counselling Society holds
practitioners that accredited by the Professional standard's authority. Accredited Register is the
result of programs set up by Department of Health. The Authority accredits people working in
the variety of Health and social care occupations (Currier, 2018). The accredited registered
program offers enhanced protection to the public and to the members who are looking for
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registered counsellor and the qualified Counsellors who becomes registrants. Rebecca the
counsellor told her to talk freely about her fears for the life like insecurity for her children, fears
of financial insecurity and fear of loneliness. The Rebecca her counsellor gives her practical
advice and used to give her life lesson. The Rebecca used to listen her without making any
judgment. She used to listen her with empathy.
2. Social Networks provide support to individuals experiencing significant life events.
The Social Networks provide support to the individuals who experience significant life
event like in case of Sandra she is supported by the counsellor Rebecca and understand by her
sister in her family. At the moment her sister analysis her situation she gave her advice to meet
the counsellor Rebecca. Her sister also provide support and fulfil her responsibility by
suggesting her to do counselling. She creates a social network for Sandra without her the Sandra
can never meet the Rebecca.
Sandra social support was her sister who gave her advice to meet the counsellor Sandra
sister was a social worker and being a social worker duty starts from her home. She suggested
that she might get benefited from the bereavement counsellor. Counselling totally changed her
life. At the time she met Rebecca she completely transforms her as a person she takes her out
from the deep depression zone. Sandra used to sleep her bed all alone. The Rebecca study about
Sandra's sleeping patters.
The Sandra is tired of sharing her problems with her friends. Sandra felt that her friends
were sick of hearing about her despair. The Rebecca also encouraged her to come out of her
husband Mike's memories by telling him that she should donate her husband clothes in a charity
or should give her brother. She told her that they need these clothes and things more than she
needs it. The Reason behind doing this exercise of counselling is that her counsellor Rebecca
wants her to come out of the depression zone and keep the bad memories far away from her.
Because of her Counsellor Rebecca, the Sandra started loving herself again (Banerjee and
Bloom, 2015.). She sees a light of hope that life doesn't stop by a bad incident life goes on.
Rebecca was the one who give her complete freedom to take out of her emotions. She brings a
sense of closure. She listens her and motivate her to fight with this bad time. She gives her
assistance to overcome from the initial shock after her husband death Mike. Rebecca give her an
opportunity to reveal her emotions and get make her relief from the pain.
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3. Suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life events.
The external sources of support affect the significant life event like in case of Sandra her
external support was her sister who is social worker and gives her advice to meet a bereavement
counsellor. Support helps her to handle the shock in better and efficient manner. The external
support is the main purpose to promote the health and well-being of bereaved people like
Sandra. The main reason behind why people need external support is that this Organization
provides the free cost care and conduct regular workshops in order to help people to recover
themselves from the pain. Organization like Curse Bereavement Care promotes the health and
well being of the people (Michael, Solenko and Karnieli-Miller, 2018). This Organization
supports the people to overcome from the emotional hurt. This Organization supports the people
by giving them financial assistance and by providing healthcare facilities. They also help them
by providing psychological support like in case of Sandra her emotional support is her
counsellor. The counsellor give her guidance and necessary life advice in order to recover
herself from the pain and gives her financial advice to raise her children providing him better
education. The Counsellor also supports her in listening her problems and fears of the life in
absence of her husband Mike. She gives her practical advice. The community based healthcare
service give assistance to the people like Sandra in order to overcome from the significant life
event like she has faced.
TASK 3
1. Analyses possible organisational responses to the need to support individuals experiencing a
significant life event.
Advance directive is legal document in which a patient specifies what actions should be taken
for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or
incapacity. The different health care system uses the advance directive in their business to give
the proper facilities to the patients. An advance directive helps loved ones, and medical
personnel make important decisions during a crisis.
2. Personal Contributions to the support of individuals experiencing significant life events.
The Support to people who experiences significant changes in their lives. This is
important because people generally breakdowns and stop living their lives. Thus, the people who
supports such individuals are much more needed. This types of people help the individual in
bringing their lives back. I am very good in supporting people. I listen them and try to
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understand their problem and after knowing the problem I tried to resolve it. I give them
practical advice of life what I used to learn from elderly people. Old aged people are very
practical approached people I used to listen them and based on their experience I combined all
the knowledge I have gained and pass on to the others. I also worked in NGO where I get to
know how people suffers and come out from the worst condition. One thing I know is life never
end after happening of One bad incident so I motivate people that they that should not give up. I
give them financial support as much as I can (Clark, Chatterjee and Melia, 2016). I even supply
the excess food which I collect from the peoples homes or restaurants to the poor people. I like
to spend time with peoples and I listen their problems and perception they had towards the life.
My interrelationship and communications skills are also good. The communication skills
is also needed to talk to the sensitive people. I help the people who are in intense depression
zone who looses there hope and even don't want to live their lives they are not Happy from
themselves. I teach them the importance of life. I tell them they have furthermore opportunities
and good things are way to come in their lives. I sit will them talk with them and shares some
moments of joy and laughter with them. I also used to conduct laughing sessions at my home.
Laughter is the beast medicine to get rid of any problem or any health disease. I used to work in
heath care center where we provide health care facility free for the poor people. The heath care
facility treat patients with care and helps to cure them.
3. Recommendations for improving the support available in healthcare Organizations.
The support available in healthcare Organization is important for the peoples, patients
and family members to go through hard period of life. There are lots of the area where the
organization can improve themselves. At starting the newly opened health care centers need to
make a separate department at their workplace in order to interact with the people that undergo
with severe changes in their lives such as they loss there loved ones or have faced a danger
disease. The Care home and hospitals can also provide burial services and assistance to the
people who are facing difficult times of life. The healthcare Organization can supply free
medicines to the poor people and individuals and their social networks when affected by
significant life event. They can run educational programs where they will be teaching about how
to improve the quality of life. Daily sessions should be conducted in this health care organization
for teaching them about the importance of life. According to the research many people in UK
suffers from the depression. They even don't value their lives so these organizations needs to
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teach the importance of life first and they need to guide people who feels hopeless in their lives.
The Healthcare centers should also conduct Yoga and mediation session in order to improve the
lives of the people (Holdsworth, Nuske and Hing, 2015). The Health care center needs to follow
the dietary chart for improve the health of the patients. The Health care organization can also
motivate the people to do exercise on regularly basis in order to avoid the diseases. The Health
care organization can also run the blood donation campaigns. The most of the people dies due to
lack of the blood. The Health Care Center can organize the laughter session in order to brings
smile back in the lives of the people who has faced significant life events.
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CONCLUSION
The report has been concluded about that the people face significant life changes, providing
support to individual that they experience significant changes in their lives is very essential, as
many times, different health care professionals provide the many facilitates to the individual they
motivate the individuals. Also, report has been concluded about that individual are not able to
overcome this shocked that they loss their loved one. During the case it has been describes that
Rita was suffering from breast cancer, that is the reason she sudden death. And her friend sure is
also affected she feels alone So they also feel disappointed, and weak they also not care of her
life she cannot happy and they feel weak every day. In addition to it, report also high light on the
case study of Sandra goes into deep depression zone where she has no one for the back support.
She has responsibility of her children as they are too young. Basically she also need a financial
support to educate her children. To raise them to fulfill their demands she got into tension that
how she will manage her home without her husband. That it is very important to help such
people who face difficult situations in Their life, mainly because on many situations they are not
able to get out of these difficult situations. Also, report has been described and evaluate the
organizational responses to the need to support individuals experiencing a significant life event.
At the last report has been highlighting the health care professional support to the people by
providing the best services. They provide treatment to those people who have experiencing
significant life events.
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