Person-Centred Care: Case Study

Care Provider –
Case Study

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAINBODY....................................................................................................................................3
Person-centred care ....................................................................................................................3
Theoretical underpinning of person-centred care ......................................................................4
Ethical underpinning of person-centred care .............................................................................5
Main benefits and limitation of person-centred care..................................................................6
Application of person-centred care in to practice.......................................................................7
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Patient centred care id related to treatment of a person with utmost dignity as well as
respect which involves them in all the necessarily required decisions related to their health. It is
known as person centred care as it is directly linked to the health care rights of a person (Nilsson,
Edvardsson and Rushton, 2019). The following report is based upon a case study of Mr. and Mrs.
T. Mr. T is facing health issues related to dementia and some other chronic disease whereas Mrs.
T. recently had a fall and broke he hip. Now when she is back from hospital the old couple
decided to adopt a care taker for person centred care. They will take help of organisation
“Friends for Elderly”. The organisation was set up in 1905 which was named as friends of poor
and then in 1972 it was changed to Friends for Elderly. The report discuses concept, theories,
ethics, benefits, limitation, application and recommendations related to this person centred care
for Mr. and Mrs. T.
MAINBODY
Person-centred care
Person centred care is mainly refers to providing individual with personal care. Concept
of person centred care is much more than the way one deals with healthcare professionals. There
are policies formulated by government ans support care services which focus on ways in which
the health care should be provided by organisations which provide person-centred care services.
It is essential that Mr. and Mrs. T are provided with such a personnel by “Friends for Elderly”
who encourages effective two-way communication between them. This is essential so that the
health conditions could be effectively explained to the elderly couple. They require to understand
about various care and condition services which will include different options, prognosis as well
as cost and effects of their health care. There are a total of 13 fundamental standards of care
which were set up by care quality Commission which are required to be met by every healthcare
provider.
Person centred care provider make sure that they are altering and editing their services
according to the need of their customers. It is necessary for them to understand that patients
should be respected for having their views and wants. In the following case Mr. and Mrs. T are
elderly couple. The care provider sent for them from Friends for Elderly needs to take care of
fact that their say in the services must be given priority. They should not feel like a task or an