Person-Centred Care in Dementia: Assessment, Evaluation and Advocacy

Running Head: PERSON-CENTRED CARE 0
Person-Centered
Care (PCC)
Assessment of Care experience
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PERSON-CENTRED CARE 1
Contents
Person-Centred Care Form.........................................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Assessment of Care Experience.................................................................................................4
Evaluation and Critical Reflection.............................................................................................4
Advocacy....................................................................................................................................5
Theory Application....................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................8

PERSON-CENTRED CARE 2
Part-I
Person-Centred Care Form
Dementia, being a specific disease, it is a term that shows a group of symptoms like
decrease in memory or any other thinking skills which is extreme enough to reduce a
person’s ability to perform everyday activities. Dementia is a cause and happens in
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away
and die (Alzheimer's Association, 2019).
The case taken is a hypothetical case of Archie, she was a journalist and had an
excellent memory but at the age of 51; she diagnosed with AD because of her genetic
makeup. The increased possibility of disease was developing. Even her mom diagnosed with
the same disease at the age of 65 and died at the age of 70. Archie was not the first one in her
family to get diagnosed by AD.
Person-Centred Care in Dementia
Individual’s Needs People who live alone need basic self-care
like help in obtaining food, clothing or
shelter and managing physical and mental
health care; social, mental, emotional and
non-physical needs.
Cultural values and beliefs Education, knowledge, permanency,
stereotype, care, level of socialization and the
observed threat of AD
Individual and family’s preferences for
treatment
Emotional distance, end-of-life treatment
caregivers (family relationship) and
replacement; non-pharmacological and
pharmacological
Unique situation At the time of diagnosing, there were no
issues or problems when the tests were done;
the reason for AD was the genetic issue.
Level of health literacy of individual and
family
Archie’s mom was suffered from the same
disease and had proper knowledge about it,
so to her daughter.