Supporting Individuals Through Significant Life Events: A Comprehensive Guide

This report delves into the impact of significant life events on individuals, exploring the psychological, emotional, social, and behavioral effects. It analyzes group responses to such events, highlighting the crucial role of family, friends, and social networks. The report further examines the impact on health and social care professionals, outlining organizational responses and strategies for supporting individuals and their networks. It concludes with reflections on personal contributions to supporting individuals experiencing significant life events and recommendations for improving support within health and social care organizations.

supporting significant life events

INTRODUCTION
This assignment will demonstrate the condition of individual facing the substantial life events or
losing their personal belongings. There are different types of health problems and issues which
is faced by the people in a society. Individuals who face privations and suffering from pain or
hard moments in his life after losing his special thing and person, who is most lovable for him.
There are different types of health and personal problems which is related to the personal life
of an individual called as individuals face significant life events (Yan, et al. 2014).
This report discusses the influence of live events on the life of an individual. There are some
special health and social care elements which support and guide the people to live their
livelihood. This can be the part not who are facing significant life events. There are some
different kind of strategies and techniques that are designed by the health and social care
sector. The strategies are made by the organizations for providing support and guidance to
their clients and patients. (Wellstead, 2017). This will be helpful in handling the problems and
reduce the impacts of specific life events which is affecting the lifestyle of a person. Because of
these problems the individual is not able to get the opportunities and face many difficulties in
life.

LO1
1.1 EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS ON
INDIVIDUALS
Life events can be considered as the different type of experience which is faced by an individual
in his life such as loosing job, divorce, health issues, injuries, accidents, and illness. There are
different factors which affects the life events of an individual. Here representation of the case
study of Jacqui who is an artist, working with mosaics. He is facing problem of insomnia. Jacqui
had started to loses the sense that what is real and what is important. Jacqui forgot everything
which is really important (Nurius, et al. 2015). He is not able to understand his problem that’s
why he consults to many doctors. He had around 40 appointments in a year for brain scans and
sleep studies. There are many effects of this problem which is described as under:
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT
There are different factors which impact the psychological health of a person. The Jacqui’s is
facing the problem of insomnia. He is not able to understand the things even, he forgets the
things which needs to be remembered. He is facing the society and his boss thought that he
was taking drugs. This is affecting his psychological condition. In this time, he need support and
care. He doesn’t want himself to face the worst condition therefore, he decided to go home
and live with parents.
EFFECTS THAT LEAD TO EMOTIONAL STRESS AND DEPRESSION
This case study will be discussing the problem of insomnia which can affect the mental health of
a person. A person is mentally disturbed by this problem he is not able to face the issues on his
own (Arand and Bonnet, 2016). The person can face the problem of depression because of the
high level of stress. These type of health issues impact the emotional condition of a person.
SOCIAL EFFECTS
In this situation, a person needs to be loved by his family, friends, and relatives which will
support him to face the problem. The social support is really important to reduce mental stress

from a mind. A proper understanding and sympathy from the society and his loved one will be
helpful for him to overcome the health issues.
BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS
The health problem highly affects the behaviour of an individual. Jacqui is facing insomnia and
he became hyper to others (Apolloni, 2017). Due to the mental stress, he is becoming rude to
others and that is changing his behaviour and nature. Insomnia causes aggressive and doubtful
behaviour in a person.

1.2 ANALYSE POSSIBLE GROUP RESPONSES TO SIGNIFICANT
LIFE EVENTS
An individual who is facing some health problem receives the different type of questions and
responses from his friends, family, society and others. Jacqui has to be strong and prepared to
behave with bravery and answer them for their questions regarding his health problem. To face
the health problem of insomnia the person need support from their family and friends to
overcome the problem (Apolloni, 2017). There are many people who do not get support and
guidance from his family and friends and face many complications alone. Jacqui is facing the
problem of insomnia and he is not living his life to the fullest. He is really confused about the
things and wants to overcome his health problem and for this, he needs love and support from
others. There are different groups which support an individual to face his health problems are
described as under:
COMMUNAL OR SOCIAL MEDIA
The social media or communal media can be a powerful and strong medium which can be used
by the family members or friends of the individual who is facing the health problem. They can
share their feelings and emotions which brings smile and happiness to the person.
SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Jacqui needs the support of his family and friends to face the problem. The love and care of the
loved once make the person strong enough to face the problems. Therefore, at last, he decides
to go home and live with his parents.
SELF-CONFIDENCE
Self-confidence is the most important thing to face any problem in life. A person with self-
confidence quality can feel the inner peace and satisfaction (Freeman, et al. 2015). In this case,
the Jacqui is really confused regarding his problem. He needs to be confident to face the
Insomnia or Alzheimer’s problems by his own.

1.3 ANALYSE THE IMPACT FOR OTHERS IN HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES
SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS
There are different ways and techniques which is used by the health and social care teams for
supporting the patients in their health issues. The doctors, nurses, and caretakers who care for
the person are completely dedicated and involved in their work. It is a matter of choice to give
proper care and treatment to the person (Qaseem, et al. 2016). There are many aspects which
impact the mental health of a person who is facing insomnia such as physical, social, psychology
and behaviour. When an individual is facing significant life events he is highly impacted by the
surroundings and the views of different people regarding his problem.
Figure-1 health and social care
Source: Tausczik and Pennebaker, 2010
The health and social care teams are really dedicated towards their duties and responsibilities.
They care support and love the patients for solving their problems (Brasure, et al. 2016). An
individual who is facing the health problem needs emotional support to face the next step of
treatment. There is a different type of techniques and therapies which is adopted by the health
and social care teams to solve the health issues of the peoples.
The health and social care teams must follow the standards of bereavement of care which is
really beneficial in reducing the depression and mental stress (Pöntinen and Ylhäisi, 2015). The

individual face the problem of depression in insomnia for which he really needs some therapies
which reduce his mental stress.
TASK 3
3.1 ANALYSE POSSIBLE ORGANISATION RESPONSES TO THE
NEED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT
LIFE EVENT
The health and social care organization completely dedicated towards the health of their
client’s ad patients. The response rate will be depending on the aggressive treatment and
accurate measures of patients (van Straten, et al. 2017). There are different policies and
principles which is followed by the health and social care organization to support the significant
life event of an individual such as:
APPLYING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
There is a different type of policies and principles which focuses on the proper care and support
of an individual who is suffering from the health issues (Gao and Zhang, 2016). In this case, the
Jacqui is facing the problem of insomnia so the doctor will design a care treatment plan
according to their disease. The policies adopted by the organization can be beneficial for
reducing the health issues of a person.
CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSES
People choose the hospital care at the last stage of their health problem. This is the situation
when the individual need to consult the doctor regarding his health issues. The critical incidents
impact the image of a specific organization or hospital.
ROUTINE SERVICES
The routine services are helpful in evaluating and calculating the regular data of the clients and
patients of the organization (Kolarikova, 2014). CSU’s and PCD processes are helpful in
collecting the regular data and maintain it confidential.

SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIAL NETWORKS
The social network is a wide range of initiative which can be helpful in self-management of the
organization (McCall, et al. 2018). With the help of social networks, an organization can conduct
a session of counselling to solve the health problems of their customers.
CONTINUUM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT SELF-MANAGEMENT
Figure 2: Strategy for support self-management
Source: Elliott, 2010
ADAPTATION TO THE SERVICES
The different types of services are designed for managing the needs and support the individual
in their health issues (Winkelman, 2015). The different types of services are created for
providing the best treatment and care to the person who is suffering from the health problems.

3.2 REFLECT ON OWN PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT LIFE
EVENT
Insomnia is a sleep disorder which can be for short term, some days, long-term, or lasting for a
month or more. This is generally caused by any stressful event which is really tough to face for a
person. People with the problem of insomnia cannot concentrate on things. Insomnia includes
some risk factors like having a mental disorder, travelling a long distance, being under a lot of
stress, and working at night. The medical treatment and guidance of doctor are really important
to overcome this problem (Clarke, et al. 2015). At the time of facing such health problem
support of family and friends is really important.
For me, the values of the self-support are come across with the decision-making of the patients
(Steve, 2016). The patients are willingly able to manage and proactive motivate the people
using the target listeners and observer. I, as a registered person, need to maintain the
standards and principles for providing appropriate services and treatment to the clients.
PERSONAL CARE
For me, the social care services are really helpful in maintaining all the possible services which
can be beneficial for the health of others (Menninghaus, et al. 2015). It has been analysed from
a research that patients can reach their satisfaction level by choosing their own choice of
treatment.
SELF-AWARENESS IN RELATION TO SUPPORTING OTHERS
Self-awareness is really important for supporting others (BUSCH and BRUCH, 2016). A person
who is working with the health and social care organization needs to be careful about his own
health it will bring confidence in a person to care for others.

3.3 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SUPPORT
AVAILABLE IN A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATION FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR NETWORKS WHEN AFFECTED BY
SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS
IMPROVEMENT TO SUPPORT
The health and social care organization collect the data of their clients to know their current
situation. In order to handle their health problems, some previous information is really
important (Taylor, 2014). All the data collected by the organization will be confidential and safe.
The data given by the clients will be helpful in reducing their health problem.
POLICIES AND OPERATING PROCEDURES
The healthcare organization must follow the policies and procedures which is developed for
providing the best services to the clients.
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
In the health and social care organization, the staff is guided to treat the clients and patients
with the love and care (O'Dell, et al. 2015). The love and support will be helpful in reducing
their mental stress and depression. In the health and social care organization, the staff is really
dedicated towards his work and responsibilities.
ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE
The main aim of the health and social care organization is to encourage and support people to
participate in welfare and social activities which is conducted for providing care and proper
treatment to the patients.

CONCLUSION
This report depicted the significant living standards of different type of peoples. There are some
people who are suffering from the chronic disease need care and support to overcome the
problem. A correct treatment and therapy are really important to fight with the health
problem. The support of friends and family will motivate and encourage an individual to face
the health problem. There are various principles and policies which is adopted by the health
and social care organization to provide the best treatment and care to their clients and
patients.

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