Case Study on Principles in Health and Social Care

Principles of HSC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................3
TASK 1: UNDERSTADING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORT ARE
IMPLEMENTED IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTICE ..................................................3
1.1 Way in which principles of support are applied to guarantee ...................................................3
1.2 Procedures for protecting the clients from harm.......................................................................4
1.3 Analysing the advantages of person centred approach..............................................................4
1.4 Ethical dilemmas and conflicts involved in the case scenario...................................................5
TASK 2 UNDERSTADING IMPACT OF POLICY, REGULATION AND STANDARDS ON
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY............................................................................................................5
2.1 Implementation of policies that are relevant to Rachel ............................................................5
2.2 How local policies and procedures can be developed .............................................................6
2.3 Evaluate the impact of policy, legislation and practice on organisational policy......................6
TASK 3 UNDERSTADING THE THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
PRACTICE ..........................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Theories on human growth and development............................................................................6
3.2 Impact of social processes in health and social care..................................................................7
3.3 Evaluate effectiveness of interpersonal working.......................................................................7
TASK 4: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONAL POLICY................................................................................8
4.1 Role, responsibilities and accountabilities in the context of working with those within and
outside health and social care workplace.........................................................................................8
4.2 Contribution to the development and implementation of health and social care organizational
policy ..............................................................................................................................................8
4.3 Make recommendations to develop own contributions to meeting good practice requirements
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CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Principles in health and social care are playing important role for managing different
operations and health care practices within health and social care organization. It assists in
determination of role and responsibilities of doctors, nurses and other medical staff so as they are
able to deliver high quality services to the patients as per the their distinct needs. As per the health
and social care principles, every possible action is taken by health care practitioners for ensuring the
safeguard of the interest of patients that have significant impact on quality of health care services
(Duffy, 2004). Apart from this, it is addressed that assessment of health issues and requirement of
patents is being considered as a first and foremost duty of employees so as they can manage distinct
services with an most effective manner. In the context, public authorities have formulated various
acts through which regulatory authorities are able ensure patients are assessing appropriate services.
The present study is going to discuss different principles in health and social care with reference to
different scenarios which have been provided.
TASK 1: UNDERSTADING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCIPLES OF
SUPPORT ARE IMPLEMENTED IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
PRACTICE
1.1 Way in which principles of support are applied to guarantee
As per the present case, it is evaluated that Ahmed and Sylvia who are 70 years old are
suffering from different diseases which Ahmed is suffering from Alzheimer which is a form of
dementia and Sylvia is facing health issues related to hearing impairment so as she can only
communicate through sign language. In addition to that, Ahmed has lost the ability to differentiate
between night and day (Haworth and et.al., 2002). Therefore, mostly Ahmed spends the night
awake as well as walking around the house. In this regard, Angela who is addressed as care worker
has addressed that the caring for Ahmed is increasingly tiring for Sylvia who is considered as
Ahmed's informal carer.
By focusing the present scenario, principles of support are playing important role in
healthcare such as dignity. The concept dignity is essential for healthcare practitioners so as services
provide can treat each and every patient with respect and can manage different services as per the
distinct needs of services user (Rigby, Hill and Keeling, 2011). Further, patients must be provided
with choice at the time of delivering service that assists patients in selection of best services for
different health issues. In addition to that privacy is determined an another key principle that
influences healthcare practitioners that they do not have any authority to share private information
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of patients with others and privacy must be maintained that leads positive impact on employee
satisfaction level. All these principles are applied in case of Ahmed and Sylvia in which health care
workers has to manage dignity along with privacy.
1.2 Procedures for protecting the clients from harm
Different effective ways are present for ensuring safety of patients within health and social
care settings. As per the given case, Ahmed is facing health issues from Alzheimer disease and
Sylvia is having problems related to hearing impairment. Therefore, in order to protect them,
confidentiality is considered as most important element that provides significant benefits to patients.
Therefore, it is considered as primary responsibilities of healthcare worker (Theisen, 2013).
Therefore Angela has to ensure that information associated with the patients is not shared with other
individual. By complying different policies related to sharing of information, health and social care
workers are able to enhance their respond towards services users and their needs in the most
effective manner. In addition to that understanding their actual needs and health issues is also
considered as most effective strategy through which Ahmed and Sylvia can be provided significant
support (Devitt and Smith, 2007). This is because Slyvia is not satisfied with the decision
associated with the shifting of Ahmed to a care home so as it is essential to consider the views of
patients so that situation such as loss of trust from Angela may not arise. By taking feedback from
service users, management of health care organization are able to provide best services to different
services users.
1.3 Analysing the advantages of person centred approach
Person centred approach in health and social care is mainly associated with delivering
services to users as per their actual need. In addition to that, this approach provides significant
assistance to healthcare practitioners for rendering proper treatment by giving best efforts. This
approach provides significant beneficial for patients in each aspect. By applying the person centred
approach, health care staff are able to deliver best services as per the distinct needs that enhances
their satisfaction level as well (Healy, 2005). Furthermore, patients are influenced for taking
appropriate decisions by strictly maintaining dignity along with the privacy. In health and social
care, it plays important role to satisfy distinct needs of patients. Further, Ahmed and Sylvia are
need appropriate support from care workers while delivering different care services.
The approach assists health care workers while performing various duties at workplace with
an appropriate manner by considering current position of workers along with the care requirements.
In this process, proper communication between care worker and patient increases the effectiveness
of treatment and care procedures. In this regard, it is essential to support the preferences and needs
of service users like Ahmed and Sylvia who are suffering from different diseases so as Angela can
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