Person Centered Practice in Healthcare

This report discusses the concept of person-centered practice in healthcare, including its benefits and approaches. It also explores the impact of legislation and policy on person-centered care and the importance of obtaining consent. Additionally, it examines how active participation enhances the well-being and quality of life of individuals. The report is based on a case study of an NHS trust providing healthcare services to patients at their own workplace and home care services to the elderly.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Main Body ......................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Explain person-centered practice..........................................................................................3
1.2 Explain how you critically review approaches to person-centered practice.........................4
1.3 Explain how you analyze the effect of legislation and policy on person-centered practice. 5
1.4 Define how centered-person practice informs the methods in which consent is established
with the individuals.....................................................................................................................6
1.5 Discuss how person-centered practice can result in the positive changes within
individuals’ lives.........................................................................................................................7
3.1 Explain how you can evaluate active participation enhances the well-being as well as
quality of life of individuals........................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCE ..................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals ....................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Person-centered care refers to the way of thinking as well as doing things which sees the
individual using health & social services as the equal partners in the process of planning,
developing as well as monitoring care to ensure that there needs will meet. People centered
practices consist of thinking, sharing ideas, listening, coaching as well as seeking feedback. This
is an ongoing approach and ensure that each person is getting help in order to enhance their
living beings and standards. This current report is based on NHS trust which mainly provides
health care services to the patients at their own workplace along with home care services to old
age people. In the present report, various topics are going to be covered which includes
approaches associated to person centered practices along with the influence of policy as well as
legislation are also going to be covered. In addition to this, it also includes the ways in which
centered person inform their consents. At the end of this report, it includes how active
participation influences the well being and quality of life of an individual person.
Main Body
1.1 Explain person-centered practice
Person centered approach is basically referred to as the humanistic approach in which main
preference is provided to the core requirement of patient as well as their preferences in taking the
treatment. Here it can be said that while providing domiciliary services to the patient medical
practitioners especially staff is required to acquire person centered approach in their practices so
that they can effectively provide right treatment to the patient. In addition this, it has also been
observed that inclusion of person centered approach simply allows medical practitioner or carer
in developing strong relationship with the patient. This soft relationship help the carer I
convincing patient for the best treatment. Also, carer can also ask patient about the kind of
treatment to which they are highly familiar and can easily take it for the improvement of their
health in rightful manner.
Moreover, it has also been acknowledged that staff is also required to emphasize on
including completely free and fair practices while providing treatment to the respective patient in
an appropriate manner. In addition to this, it can be said that person centered approach is also

said to be as the client centered approach where first and foremost preference is provided to the
patient’s choice in terms of health care treatment. Also, patient can also make choice of the kind
of treatment they want to take or the particular person from whom they are willing to take the
services in their elderly. This directly makes the overall decision making process of the carer
quicker and some of the minor decision which consumes time are being taken by the patient
only. The main benefits of person centered approach includes providence of quality services to
the patient, quick recovery of the patient, develops the will of recovery among the patient as their
needs and requirements in terms of the medical treatment has been prioritized by the career.
Along with this, it also realizes the patient that they are self managed and self supported by
themselves which directly contributes in managing the behavioral changes.
1.2 Explain how you critically review approaches to person-centered practice
Person centered practice is now a days commonly used by the individuals within the health
care sector with the motive of providing high quality services to the patients with the inclusion of
their services of their own choice. While doing this in effective manner, health care practitioners
effectively makes use of different approaches with the motive of performing this in best possible
manner. The main four approaches among them are Pathway” planning, “Maps” planning,
“Person centered portfolios” (otherwise known as “Essential Lifestyle Planning”) and “Personal
Future Planning.” All of these approaches are used by the medical practitioners for different
purposes and different situations which is being faced by them at the time of providing medical
services to the patients in an appropriate manner. Here, it can be said that the usage of all these
approaches are mainly taken for providing personal empowerment to the service users. In order
to implement these approaches effectively medical practitioners are required to emphasize on
indulging into adequate level of planning so that it can satisfy the core aspect for which it is
being used by the medical practitioners.
Path is acknowledged as the first and foremost approach which emphasizes on planning
alternative tomorrow with hope. This approach is commonly used to treat young people who
have their personal goals and objectives. Inclusion of path approach for treating these types of
patients helps them out in satisfying and fulfilling core needs and requirements of young
patients. On the other hand when it is talked about the another approach that is maps planning

approach used for person centered practice, in order to share beautiful future to the patient as per
their own vision towards the same. This approach also allows patient to visualize their future
effectively and indulge into its planning by acknowledging their own strengths and using them as
the main thing in accomplishing their goals and objectives in the near future. Where’s person
centered portfolio is considered as the next approach which is generally used by the medical
practitioner when they are treating adults. In this, the person is more diverted towards their
family and friends thus they include their close ones in their decision making process. Also,
inclusion of family and friends towards the same simply helps out individuals in getting
recovered sooner with their appropriate support. The overall developed knowledge on the same
clearly depicts that all kind of person centered approach has their own importance for different
patients. Thus, it is important for the practitioners to make use of right approach by simply
analyzing the core requirement of the patient so that they can get recovered in the quicker
manner.
1.3 Explain how you analyze the effect of legislation and policy on person-centered practice
It is highly important for the practitioners to make use of person centered approach while
providing domiciliary care services to the patient in order to help them out in their recovery in
quicker manner. Here, it can be said that the practitioners are also required to emphasize
adhering with the legislation and policies associated person centered practice so that they would
not indulge into any such illegal activity which might affect their practice in negative manner. It
has also been said that the intention of such regulations and legislation is to ensure that
individual using services must include care as well as treatment which is personalized
particularly for them. All these regulations are usually describes these action which assist in
providing appropriate and effective person-centered care as well as treatment which is mainly
based on their needs & on their preferences.
Some of the core legislation considered by the leather care practitioners while providing
Treatment to the elder people are mental capacity act 006, equality act, human rights act 1998
and many others. By analyzing all of these legislation as well as policies it can be said that by
following all of them in appropriate manner medical practitioners are easily able to execute their
job responsibilities in rightful manner. At the same right inclusion of these principles simply
allows medical practitioner in checking out that they are providing appropriate treatment to the

patients or not. Along with this, the respective policies ensures that the medical practitioners are
taking right decisions towards the patient without indulging into any sort of unethical activity
towards the same. Also, the inclusion of the human right act into the same allows medical
practitioners in providing right to patient or the individual to take decisions at their own level and
according to their own convenience too.
It has been said that the providers must ensure that they must consider the capacity of
people along with their ability so they get positive outcome in an effective and appropriate
manner.
1.4 Define how centered-person practice informs the methods in which consent is established
with the individuals.
Consent define as the procedure or means of informed agreement to the decision or an
agreement. It has also been said that the overall functionality of establishing consent are different
from people to people health capacity. In addition to this, consent to the treatment refers that a
person need to give permission to the medical professionals before they give any sort of medical
treatment, examination, test or analysis to the patient. All these needs to be completed on the
basis of explanation by the medical professionals. It has also been said that the principle of
consent is one of the most essential element of healthcare ethics as well as human rights law.
In the present context of person centered practices it has been said that there must be
effective communication and method in which consent is being formed and given. All the
medical team and staff members which give treatment to the patients must take consent from
them or from their family members. Before getting any kind of domiciliary care service to the
patients it is requested by the medical professionals to take appropriate consent from the family
members in a written agreement. It has also been said that they must gain permit of their own
choice. This as a result will disable the clients that they must be treated equally and with the
value they wished for. It has also been said that the clients or patients who are unable to
communicate and trouble giving their consent are needed to have some sound family members
who can give their consent for the same. For instance, if the patient is unable to understand
something, have hearing issues there must be use of proper sign language. Along with this, if a
client is not being able to speak English language or any kind of language then it is required to
have a translator. The nursing council formulated various elements which needs to be accepted

when some of the patients having medical issues or refuses the consent for treatment. Some
people are:
• Unable to take information given related to the treatment,
• Not being able to interpret all the information provided.
1.5 Discuss how person-centered practice can result in the positive changes within individuals’
lives
Person centered practice refers to the place where individuals get care which can be a
healthcare center or the home of patient where they get personal care from medical professionals.
By getting care from professionals there might be seen some positive changes in the lives of
individuals. It has been identified that before patients get treatment on the basis of their present
medical condition. It has also been said that decisions are regularly developed for the people as
they are define as independent once they get free from the disability. It is said that if person’s
choice are being taken away from them for long term might affect their illness and affect them. I
the more patients get opportunity the more they feel motivated and encouraged. It has been said
that while giving patient domiciliary care service they will be able to enhance their living beings
as they are highly motivated and get equal opportunities to meet their needs. They also develop
trust with the medical professionals so they can improve their overall well-being in an effective
and appropriate manner. In time people around the country will experience equal opportunities as
they get places and chances to meet their needs and wants. Along with this by empowering the
decision making process of an individual person related to their life then they will be able to
experience more and more consistency. Person centered practices puts the individual person at
the center place of everything they do. It identifies that each and every patient is quite unique as
well complex in their own way. Along with this, it shows respect that their needs preferences as
well as the knowledge they have related to their health along with their healthcare needs. By
focusing or emphasizes on the health and requirements of people, it is said that the lives of
individuals will be improved in an effective and appropriate way. As a result it has been said that
if healthcare professionals use person centered practices then it will assist them in order to
improve the living beings of a person. Therefore, using person centered practice in order to give
domiciliary care service to the patients help in improving and developing positive changes in
their living beings and standards.

3.1 Explain how you can evaluate active participation enhances the well-being as well as quality
of life of individuals
Active participation or positive attitude of a patient towards their treatment as well as active
involvement leads towards enhancement of well being along with the quality of their life. It is
said that one major part of the person centered practices is that it includes their patient as one of
the active participants within their every day care. If the patient who are actively participating in
the healthcare center does not consider as person-centered practice. In this patient need to be
active and take participation on a regular basis which increases the well being along with quality
of life of an individual person. The healthcare professionals set goals as well as targets for the
patients as per their consent which assist them in order to improve their living beings. Attaining
these targets by the patients requires active participation and involvement which leads towards
the improvement of health of patient. In addition to this, it cab be evaluated by medical
professionals by examining the current and past status of health and examine their recovery
speed. This will help them in order to take decisions whether they need to modify their targets or
stick to them. By involving actively the well-being of individuals will be increased which
enhance the overall quality of life of the people.
CONCLUSION
On the basis of above specified report it has been analyzed that domiciliary care services are
those one which are offered to the individuals at their home. These services are offered by the
medical trained staff who have expertise in dealing and tackling the patients at home only. These
kind of services are generally offered to the elderly people but still in some special cases the
similar kind of services are offered to the individuals belonging to the other age group too. In
addition to this, it has been later analyzed that person centered practice is acknowledged as the
most effective one in treating the patient as it allows practitioners in including the patient's
preferences in terms of the treatment and taking other decisions related to the same. Along with
this, it has been later acknowledged that there are several approaches to person centered practice
that is being used by the medical practitioners according to different situations related to the
patient.

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