Supporting Independent Living

Supporting Independent Living

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Explaining the technology can be used to support users of health and social care services.1
1.2 Analyse barriers to use the latest technologies to support service users in living
independently. ............................................................................................................................2
1.3 Explain the benefits of these technologies of health care and social care organisations .....3
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Explaining health and safety considerations in the use of technologies in health care and
social sector.................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Discussing ethical consideration in the use of technology in health and social care............4
2.3 explain the impact of recent and emerging technologies development on health care
sector. .........................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................6
3.1 identify specific needs of an individual requiring support to live independently. ...............6
3.2 Make recommendation for technologies support to independent living arrangements. ......7
3.3 Evaluate the usefulness of technology for users of health and social care services. ............7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Supporting health care services with new technologies will be more effective and
effectual for the individuals who suffer from the major disease. Independent living its
philosophy is that to make person free from all disease working for equal opportunities present
report based on supporting independent living. Besides this, it will explain the use of new
technologies in social care organisation through which individual get better health services from
the organisation. Besides, it will going to explain the implementation of new technologies in the
sector in order to make new changes and betterment services in order to remove all health issues.
Likewise, the recommendation on the technologies weather they are effective or not for the
future development.
TASK 1
1.1 Explaining the technology can be used to support users of health and social care services.
Advanced new technologies has been impact on the social care sector in very positive
manner (Baharin, Viller and Rintel, 2015). Advanced technologies get benefited people with
disabilities. This process enables people with disabilities to have access to advances services. It
gives new services and treatment process to minimise the time cost. Health care sector has been
grown in many years and move towards opportunity growth. This makes people satisfied and
happy to have alternatives for their treatment. Overcoming from the issue where social sector is
not very much satisfied with the services of health care organisation. Changes in social care and
health care sector are very much important for development; therefore, it makes new changes
and new health opportunities for the people. This makes changes in social attitudes towards the
health care sector. New development in technology and medicines gives great impact on the
people with disabilities. Sometimes, disabled person could not find out the advanced technology
and treatment for them to live life in easier (Bedaf, Gelderblom and De Witte, 2015). In adding
to that, they are not enough capable to purchase highly paid services or treatment of high
advanced technologies. For example, there is one technology which assists the person with
disabilities for smoother movement. This also helps give learning speech therapy, it helps to
make better communication in health and social care. It summarized that high advanced
technology is very much expensive to afford. Besides this, there has been many development
series which helps to rescue and help to support services to patient. Like as per the case, Sally is
a 42 years old female suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. There are some techniques which helps
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sally to come over from his disease. Along with that technologies and their better treatment
supports people with disabilities to line life independently (Byles, and et.al, 2014).
With the help of advanced technologies now patient get treatment without admitting in
the hospital. This provides improved through effective and efficient treatments. Now, health care
organisation can easily diagnose patient with remote techniques which means to lesser visit in
hospitals, adding to that, now patient not need to waste their much time in hospitals.
1.2 Analyse barriers to use the latest technologies to support service users in living
independently.
In human needs there are various needs generated due to some kind of illness or disability
(de Witte, 2015). For every medical issue, it has some set of procedure and treatment to be
followed by the patient. In social care sector, they adopt some set of procedures and guidelines
which helps to make person comfortable and free from that particular disease. As per the case
where sally suffers from multiple Sclerosis for which they require health and social care services
with the help from technologies. As per the scenario MS disease requires health and social care
services with support from technology:
 In Multiple Sclerosis disease, it is very difficult to diagnose in early stages.
 In this disease, there are fewer chances and uncertainty over the relapse, remission.
 There is less availability of full proof cure of this disease (Drummond and et.al, 2015).
 Multiple Sclerosis involves several side effects and ache of diverse symptoms.
 Inexperience available staff for this MS disease.
 This disease comes with various symptoms such as pain and depression.
 On the basis of above mention handful barriers by adopting these technologies and aiding
them for supporting this disease. Along with that, it involves some barriers such as
mention below:
 May is the use of technology individual cannot response effectively against the treatment
and make wrong perception against them.
 Since, sally disease respond differently and comes with number of diverse symtoms and
ailment (Geenen and et.al, 2015).
 It also increased the cost and affordability criteria of the technology in health and social
care sector.
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