Health Care for Individuals with Specific Needs

This assignment delves into the importance of understanding individual needs within the UK healthcare system. It examines various organizations providing health and social care, highlighting government initiatives and interventions designed to support those with specific requirements. The role of the Equity Act 2010 in preventing discrimination against disabled individuals is also discussed. Furthermore, the report analyzes the impact of challenging behavior on individuals and society, emphasizing the need for appropriate support mechanisms.

UNDERSTANDING
SPECIFIC NEEDS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Concepts of health, disability, illness and behavior in health and social care.......................3
1.2 Perceptions of specific needs.................................................................................................4
1.3 Impact of past and present legislation, social policies, society and culture...........................5
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Analyses the different care needs of individuals..................................................................5
2.2 Current systems for supporting individuals...........................................................................6
2.3 Service availability in locality for individual that are having specific needs. ......................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Approaches and interventions available to
support individuals with specific needs......................................................................................8
3.2 Effectiveness of intervention strategies.................................................................................8
3.3 Potential impact of emerging developments on person with specific needs ........................9
TASK 4 .........................................................................................................................................10
4.1 Different concepts of challenging behavior ........................................................................10
4.2 Potential impact of challenging behavior on health
and social care organizations....................................................................................................10
4.3 Strategies for working with
challenging behavior associated with specific needs................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Health care and social care industry ensure better safety for individual. The people of UK
are become more aware regrading to their health and social services. The present report is based
on the social and healthcare of UK (Amaral, Jones and Karseth, 2013). This report make
analysis of Concepts of health, disability, illness and behavior in health and social care and make
assessment about change in perception of health care industry. It also makes analysis on different
types of legislation which imposed by UK government on medical care providers and make
analysis on different types of care needs which are required for individuals. At last, it makes
analysis on intervention strategies and approaches.
TASK 1
1.1 Concepts of health, disability, illness and behavior in health and social care
Health and social care is an important aspect in the lives of people. However, in recent
times the perspective has been changed regarding to the social heath care. Now people are
become more aware to routine check up and their basic fitness (Atkinson, 2014) The health care
industry works for rendering effective medical services to the individuals. Due to their this
awareness they can easily cope up many problems and also they can maintain long life. In order
to understand the approaches of the heath, disability, behavior and illness reburied organized and
logical approaches.
Health
A person is called health when he / she is able to perform all its activities easily without
any problems (Bruno, 2010). Therefore, a healthy person is that which able to attempt its daily
activities and have access to social services without any complication
Behavior
When person face any type of health or mental issues then their behavior changed. As the
outcomes, the person will show visible sign of mental problem brought by depression, become
reserved and aggressive (Amaral, Jones and Karseth, 2013). Behavior of patient give in
information to their specific needs.
Disability

Disability refers to the physical impairment that hinders an individual to have a normal
life or moving from one place to another place (Coghlan and Brannick, 2014) The disability is
also related to mental stability which limit the intellectual level in their daily life.
Illness
This can be defined as the condition such as diseases that is prolonged, hence affecting
individual to physically and mentally (Rubenstein and Wrangham, 2014). The person which is
suffering from the illness depended on the other to accomplishing their tasks and fulfill their
basic needs. Perter who is 42 years old person and with Cerebral Palsy and is diagnosed with a
mental illness – Bi-polar. Health and social care people need to take care of him. His
dependency has effect on the mental heath of sick person and also affects productivity of social
care.
1.2 Perceptions of specific needs
For the long time perception of basic needs have been neglected by many families and
government but over the last few years' perception of the basic needs have changed. Individuals
become more aware regarding to their heath and physical, mental health (Kollberg, Dahlgaard
and Brehmer, 2016) Now people become more aware regrading to their health and physical
fitness and for that they attempt many activities which make them more healthy and fit.
Medical model
It is that model which focus on the physical or biological aspects of disease and illness.
This model generally practiced by doctors or heath care professional. This model is associated
with diagnosis, Cure and treatments of disease. It is helps to care provider to improve the heath
of their patient by diagnosis their illness. In the present case study client perter, who is 42 years
old is Cerebral Palsy and is diagnosed with a mental illness – Bi-polar Affective Disorder. The
perception regrading to these diseases have been changes in the recent year. Through this model
Peter gets better services of medical and along with this health professional can also give
effective treatments.
Social model of health
This approach attempts to address the impact if social, cultural and environment factors
on particular individual. It makes focus on polices, education and healthcare promotion. In

order to improve the services related to social health services, UK government promoted more
staff so they can boost the quality of staff members.
UK government made different types of polices which supports the rendering better living
standard of individuals. As according to the Equity act, 2010 renders guidelines which states that
if any patients face any type of discrimination on the basis gender, sex, disability and financial
status then all these activities are considered as the illegal and shall be punished by state law
(Petch, 2012). Along with this attitude and perception of people towards disabled people
changing and they are becoming more aware. Society is providing better medical services to
those people which are suffering from the disability.
. There are many non government organization are also there which can provides medical
and social health services to those people who are suffering from the mental health (Rubenstein
and Wrangham, 2014). Individual groups and other social group are also brings positive car for
disabled people in this they create more awareness in society and provide better health care
services.
1.3 Impact of past and present legislation, social policies, society and culture
Legislation
it is very important because its ensure that people gets all their specific needs as per their
requirements without discrimination (Kollberg, Dahlgaard and Brehmer, 2016). There are
various types of laws and regulations which imposed by the UK government which helps to
individual to get protected from unequal treatments and other type of discrimination. This
legislation ensures that individual get all equal opportunities regrading to their health treatment.
Along with this it allowed taking part in communities activities and have right to choose their
own life styles. Peter is suffering from the Cerebral Palsy in which its ability of think is affected
(Shrivastav, and et.al., 2013) for example : As according, to discrimination Act 1995 gives
better guidelines that formulated for promoting equality for disabled people. Rights have been
given to mentally disabled people also in which they can protect themselves from any kind of
discrimination which take place during their treatment. As per this law, it is illegal for heath care
provider to make any kind of discrimination with their patients.

Another example with this Equity Act 2010 also restricts to any kind of discrimination with the
disabled people. As per the guidelines, of this act it is the duty of the healthcare provider to give
proper treatments to their patients.
Culture
Culture ans society polices also determined the kind of social care will be given to person
with specific needs. Over the past years it has been observed that people have discrimination
because of their illness (Peccoud and et. al., 2014.). They are putting then away from the all kind
of social activities. For example: different types of human right group impose pressure on state
to formulated effective polices for ensuring better health service for mentally disabled people.
Health and social care organization ensure that effective health care and medical services should
be provided to people which are suffering from the physical and mental disability.

TASK 2
Health and social care services and systems
support individuals with specific needs.

2.1 Analyses the different care
needs of individuals
2.2 Current systems for
supporting individuals
2.3 Service availability in
locality for individual that are
having specific needs
As according to the given
scenario, Anis is had brain
Haemorrhage and three brain
surgeries which left him
paralysed to the right side of
his body and also with
permanent speech
impairment. Due to this
disease he reacts
aggressively. Nilam his wife
she is feeling difficulty in
socializing with people and
isolation is increasing and
recently diagnosed with
hypothyroid disease. Due to
their parents care role Nafis is
suffering is feeling depressed.
Following are different care
needs of individuals.
Physical care need: it
basically includes those
facilities which help to person
for recovering from their
disease. Care person who is
rendering effective medical
care to Anis should be
In UK government current
system support individual and
provide all the requirement
which are important for them
for fill filling their specific
needs. Current systems is
supporting individual Anis
and Nilam who are required
to specific needs which are
effective for rendering better
health services. IAt present a
care provide assistance to this
family so that they can
recover from the illness.
Along with this they need
some extra additional support
for meeting their specific
needs. There are various
types of statutory and non
statutory organization which
are working towards
supporting individuals which
are as follows.
WHO: World Health
organization is international
body which is working for
heath of individuals in the
. Awareness has been created
in society for rendering better
social services. In UK
government make different
types of services that supports
ensuring conductive
environment for disabled
person and avoiding
discrimination with them.
GPS: this is one of the latest
technology which used by
health organization . With the
help of this device services
provider can track to their
patient and provide services at
the time of emergency.
Day centre: It is another
services which available for
the individual with specific
needs. Through these services
patients can assess different
types of medical services,
facilities and goods has been
ensured and due to that it has
been ensured that patients
should receive appropriate
care for the meeting specific

identifies the root cause of his
aggressive behaviour. In the
case of Nilam who is
suffering from the
hypothyroid disease so the
specific needs of this diseased
is that universal salt
iodization it helps to them for
preventing from this disease.
Social needs: It is includes
making effective interaction
with society and other person.
In the given case study Anis,
Nilam and Nafis should
make their interaction with
society. With the help of
better social and conducting
environment should be given
to the so that she can
socialize with her friends and
family.
Emotional needs: It includes
Making effective relation
with the patients and helps to
them for recovering from
disease. In this Nafis is in
depression because her
parents is not giving her
sufficient time to her. In this
context, she need to make
UK. By empowering
community with information
they can deal with people
with specific needs.
Therefore, the government
has to delegate officials in
communities.
NHS : National heath Service
is another statutory
organization which is
working towards improving
condition of person with
specific needs. Along with it
government and other
regulatory bodies can make
health promotion framework
that make society people for
educated people for
improving health and its
practices in society with
specific needs.
Local Hospitals: This comes
under non statutory
organization. Under this
government making some
modification so they can
provide better health services
to person with specific
needs. Along with this there
are different types of non-
needs come out from their
illness.
Hospitals :It helps to person
with specific needs to
improve their heath services.
It ensured that better access of
medical care for individuals
having specific needs.
Care home : It social and
health care groups which are
trying to promoting better
health services to people of
UK.
Transport: It basically
includes Ambulance, heath
services provided by
helicopter etc. In UK there is
also group of professional
who are fully dedicated
towards their work and help
to people without
discrimination
UK government has
formulated Equality Act,
2010 which protected rights

communicated with her
parents. Her parent’s extra
caring role frustrated to her.
So she need to be freedom.
Spiritual care needs:
Spiritual resources are
practices, beliefs, objects
and/or relationships that
people often turn to for help
in times of crisis or concern.
It includes music, prayer and
inspirational writing.
Financial care needs: it
includes various momentary
assistance which helps to
individuals for improving
their heath. On the basis of
diagnosis report medical care
should be provided to him.
To provide proper financial
needs care services make
Proper communication should
be ensured for assessing
individual needs and
rendering medical care to
people. No discrimination
should be take place in
healthcare organizations.
Along with this they should
government organization,
volunteers and local agencies
to develop healthcare services
in communities.
Secondly, Regular
monitoring of the Anis,
Nilam and Nafis should be
included so medical care be
identified the basic needs of
individuals and helps to them
for recovering from illness
and different types of
diseases. Anis and Nilam
should be interacted with
communities so they can
become again socialize. At
present a health carer is
involved which helps to them
in their household activities
so the family can recover
from the illness.
of person who are suffering
from the disability. Disability
discrimination act, 1995 I the
chosen locality there is lack of
proper education and
awareness among people.
Along with this there are
different types of For that
they need to support from the
society so they can make
people more aware regarding
to social health care.
and Primary health
care group which offer
preventing care without any
bias to community. At last
NHS is also offers different
types of services to their
patient by using phone and
provide useful information to
them.

be change the environment of
their homes so his behaviour
can also be changed. Health
should be monitor on the
regular basis so health can be
improved easily.
TASK 3
Academic article - ‘After the Bournewood Case – contemporary approaches to Learning
Difficulty/Older Peoples’ Care and Support/Challenging Behaviour’.
3.1 Approaches and interventions available to support individuals with specific need
Burnewood case is about the person who name as Austin and lacking of capacities. He was not
detained as per the Mental health Act 1983 and accommodated according to common law
doctrine. As per this case all patients come under the common law and when the need of care
ned of the individuals is end then they got free from the hospitals. After this case, UK
government make some changes in existing laws and ensure that all person which want the
specific need get all the requirement which he/ she deserved. This case support that proper
communication should be provided person who hold specific needs. So medical provider can
provide better health services to their patients.
There are various types of specific needs which are found among individual. This
specific needs include individual with learning difficulty and people who are suffering from the
metal illness. The medical organization and institutional which are providing services to old
people need to take care of them and effective measures should be included in it. Along with
this different types of approaches has been adopted for making important changes in current
polices and producers. In this behavioural interventions are also available which it is suggested
family members, friends and community people can make supports to individuals who required
specific needs. Individual with specific needs are also needs to access facilities such as food,

medicines and better medical care. In addition, there should be concealing sessions are need to
be organized for people who are facing learning difficulties and they need to be provided
assistance for them so they can easily overcome with the challenges. Effective strategics should
be formed in order individuals behaviour and aggressiveness should be controlled. Furthermore,
physical exercise and activities should also be there so they can easily overcome with their
disabilities.
3.2 Effectiveness of intervention strategies
Intervention strategics are focused on the improving the health if individual rather than focusing
on permanent cure. There are different types of interventions strategic which are available for
the people with specific needs. This intervention strategy focuses on improving mental and
physical health of individuals. Several approaches and intervention used aids Mental, physical
and social well being of individual and due to that better health. Physical intervention which
includes different types of physically exercises and monitoring individuals to ensure to handle
regression of the people. The psychological intervention which aimed as to improve the mental
health of individual and make them able to accept the changes which are taken place in their
life's. These interventions help to them for accepting changes easily in different types of
situations.
Along with these counselling sessions supports for rendering assistance to patients so
they can cope up with the aggressive and challenging behaviour which are shown by them. In
also helps to people to integrated with society and live a standard with other community people.
It also helps to them for developing better communication skill with other through which
counsellors can solve their problems and provide effective communication to them. Vocational
interventions is also helps to people who holds specific needs. It includes those tasks in which
they make able to individual to make financial gains and make them less independent in society.
This intervention help to them to cope up with the society and start new life. It also makes them
able to make effective interaction with society with positively.

3.3 Potential impact of emerging developments on person with specific needs
Emerging development also helps to individuals who are suffering from the specific
needs. There are different types of emerging development which are taking place in medical
science and help to individual to specific needs to rendering different types of services such as
learning difficulties, showing challenging behaviour and elderly people.
For example : The emerging development includes technological advancement and
different types of medical research which take place in the recently. Technological
advancements support better medical services to people. Following are impact of the emerging
developments on person with specific needs.
Service: services of the service provider has been improved, as it helps to them for keep
checking the condition of patients. It also helps to them for more developing different types of
research through which the people with specific needs overcome with their problems.
Legislation: Impact of emerging development is that it made different type of rules and
regulations for their clients and helps to them for receiving equal right for treatments.
Local, national and international preceptive : on the national and international level it is also
make research on on psychology of individual in which they focus handing the patients with
challenging behaviour and develop interaction with society and other people. On the local level
different types of modification which are made by government in the polices and producers will
support individuals from discrimination.
TASK 4
4.1 Different concepts of challenging behaviour
Disabilities: it is refers to the impairment that may be cognitive, development intellectual or
may be physical. It can also be refers to the imitations on people by the constraints of the
society.
Mental health : It is includes human emotions, psychological and social well-being. It effects
individuals thinking process. It is the "psychological state of someone who is functioning at a

satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment”.
Learning disabilities: Learning disabilities are neurologically-based processing problems. It is
classification which includes different area. It refers to limitation which stop individual for
learning new skills or knowledge.
Challenging behaviour
Challenging behaviour shown by an individual includes aggressiveness, showing temper and
shouting at other people along with this they find difficulties to make interaction with other
people.
Self harming activities such as suicide and causing injuries to themselves also is a part of
challenging behaviour which is generally shown by individuals. Such type of behaviour create
negative impact on the society and other people. In the present study which is based on the Mr
JC is also facing such types of problems due to their mentally disabilities. Sometime he become
aggressive and shouting on the other people if things are not arranging as per their
requirements.
The care staff find difficulties to handle their aggressive behavioural and due to this
they are not able to produce effective services to them. There are another reason which is
found in the challenging behaviour of individuals is that isolation with their families. Mr JC
have a habit is that use a particular chair if he does not find it on right place then he become
angry and abusing other people which is common sign of the challenging behaviour. In
addition, destructive behaviour shown by them and he become angry which given negative
impacts on other people and society. Self harm activities and verbal abuse also is a negative and
challenging behaviour. Mr JC is also facing such type of problem as he angry he becomes very
aggressive and starts swearing at staff members using extremely Degrading words in his native
tongue. Due to this staff of the care house become angry and unable to produce the best
services to them.
4.2 Potential impact of challenging behaviour on health and social care organizations.
Challenging behaviour create negative impact of individual and surrounding people. With this

behaviour they find difficulties to make interaction with society and other people. Social care
find difficulties to handle those people who are suffering from challenging behaviour. If the
social care gets the tough case then its become vary difficult for them to provide proper
treatments to them. The person who is suffering from the challenging behaviours can act violent
and also threaten to another people. It can also lead to some accidents that can dent reputation
of health and social care. In the given case study Mr JC unable to mental condition and he
become aggressive easily and start swearing at staff members which can harm to other people.
Care staff is very unhappy with their aggressive behaviour and not bale to give proper
treatments to them.
Due to his this behaviour staff members feel hurt emotionally and aggressiveness limit
to their interaction with other member of society. Along with this their associated people get
harm when he become angry with other people. The impact of challenging behaviour on health
is that they are not able to make any improvement in their work and along with the find
difficulties to make interaction with society and other people. This behaviour also effects
himself emotionally and people get afraid to make any kind of interaction with them which
make him lonely in the care house.
4.3 Strategies for working with challenging behaviour associated with specific needs.
In order to working with the challenging behaviours need to put with extreme care. For taking
care of individual who are suffering from challenging behaviours is very important. This type of
behaviour is shown by individual when they want to convey very strongly which sometimes
leads to them for acting more acting aggressive behaviours and also harm to other people. This
type behaviour is shown by them due to some accidents which take place in their life. Such
type of people are discarded by society and other people which make them lonely.
To overcome with such type of disease they need complete care. Through the proper
care they care house easily take care of them and also control their angry behaviour. In the
present case Mr JC is challenging behaviours. Due to this he become angry and shout on other
people and staff of social care is become unable to produce any kind of services to their people.

In such condition only one strategy which need to be follow by the social care is to give the best
possible care to their patients and along with they can also provide assistance to them which
might helps him for recovering from complex problems. For example: there is always
shortage of the staff in the health. This type of challenges always faced by them. So for
overcome with such problem they can ask for voluntary work from individuals which helps to
them for making providing effective services. Furthermore, medical support can also be
provided to people showing challenging behaviour so that they can recover from the problem
that is being faced by them. Moral support can also provide to such type of people so they can
control their activities in effective manner.
CONCLUSION
Summing up the present report is concluded that it is important to understand individual
specific needs before providing nay types of health services. In UK there are different types of
organizations which are working for providing health and social care to many people in their
country. Awareness has been created in society for rendering better social services. Government
makes different types of services that supports ensuring conductive environment for individuals
who required medical and healthcare services. Government conducts different types of
interventions strategic which are available for the people with specific needs. Along with this
Equity Act 2010 also restricts to any kind of discrimination with the disabled people. From the
above report is also concluded that with the help of emerging development have shown potential
in order to support individual with specific needs. Challenging behaviour create negative impact
of individual and society with their harmful activities.

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