Reflective Account: Initiating Compassionate Person-Centred Care

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Reflective Account:
Initiating Compassionate Person-Centered Care
STUDENTS NAME:
1/24/2019

Reflective Account: Initiating Compassionate Person- Centred Care
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Reflective account on the implementation of compassionate person-centred care
initiated whilst on Placement Learning Opportunity
In this reflection, an imaginary name that is Rose will be used in order to maintain
confidentiality according to the Data Protection Act, (1998). This act provides a guideline for
all the employees working in the healthcare sector. It states that privacy and confidentiality of
patient’s information must be maintained in all cases in order to protect their rights.
Context
I presently work in a recovery orientated low secure service for women aged over 18 with
learning disability and/or autistic spectrum condition. I am responsible for the health of a 14
year old patient named Rose suffering from autism spectrum condition. Autism spectrum
disorder influences the nervous system and affects the overall emotional, cognitive, social
and physical health of the affected individual (speaks 2011). She was born to very old parents
that caused her disease in the first place. This is because a big cause of autism is being born
from older parents. Her parents died when she was 10 years old and she lives here ever since.
A lot of care and medication has been provided to her all these years but she is still not able
to fully recover and that is why I will be personally investing all my time and energy to make
sure she recovers. In this reflective her condition will be analysed in depth and the measures
taken for her treatment and also weather or not the effects turned out to be beneficial for her
or not will be highlighted. The entire process of her care as well as recovery will be talked
about in depth in this reflective.
Thoughts
When the responsibility of Rose was handed over to me I was determined to help her and do
all that it takes for her to recover. Rose is a very young girl and due to her learning disability
is not capable to be independent and thus needs to be taken care of all day long and that is
what I am determined to do. I have worked for patients with similar health issues in the past
thus am well aware of how she has to be treated in order to achieve fast and affective
recovery. With this experience my thought process was instantly active and I had a plan ready
to implement.

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Feelings
I have a younger sister of almost her age and that is what makes me emotionally attached to
Rose even more. It breaks my heart to see her in a state she is and that is why I treat her like
my own sister and provide her with emotional support along with proper medication because
it is evident enough that recovery from any disease is not possible without mental and
emotional peace (Smith et al. 2010). The disability that Rose has demands more emotional
affection and connectivity and that is what I aim to achieve (Schwenck et al. 2012).
Evaluation
A person suffering from a mental disability requires person centred care all day long because
their disability makes them unable to take care of themselves and also leaving them alone
may lead to worse consequences as they are incapable of understanding what is god for them
and what is harmful (Hobson 2016). In this case Rose was suffering from severe depression
caused by her disability. The loss of her parents was also a significant sorrow she carried in
her heart.
My method of treatment was to form a personal bond with her along with providing her
medical care. Rose generally did not talk a lot to people but the comfort I established with her
in the time I took care of her made her feel comfortable enough to talk to me and share her
feelings with me which acted as a stress reliever.
Social interaction is a very important part in recovering from any mental disorder. I
encouraged Rose to talk more and make new friends to keep her happy and occupied all day
long. The less a patient thinks about the reasons of their depression the less depressed they
feel. I encouraged her to indulge in activities such as colouring (Singh et al. 2014). Activities
such as colouring help patients with mental disabilities as it is easy and acts as a stress
reliever due to the involvement of positive factors such as life and colours in a picture
(Stasolla, Damiani & Caffòb 2014). This activity also kept her busy enough to not sit ideal
and cry about her sorrows that she was earlier doing. I took care of her proper and on time
medication to speed up her recovery (Banda, Hartb & Gitzb 2010).
My method of treatment encouraged her to be more occupied that resulted in significant
decrease in the rate of her depression. Her anxiety levels were significantly low. She started
to interact with other people and was more happy and healthy.