Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care

UNDERSTANDING SPECIFIC
NEEDS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE

INTRODUCTION
Health care service related to individuals with
specific needs have gained prominence in
recent times. The changes in the perception of
society and concerns raised by policy makers to
bring more legislations catering to individuals
with specific needs has become a global trend.

1.1 CONCEPTS RELATED TO HEALTH, DISABILITY, ILLNESS AND BEHAVIOURHealth and behaviour
The maintenance of healthy behaviour includes action
and activities involved in up keeping of good health.
As seen in the case of Mr Benjamin, the health
behaviour adopted by him will lead him to lead a
health file.
As pointed by Mitchell et al. (2014), the action has
been centred on usage proper medication and wellness
program. The proper medications intake suggests that
the individual’s is a health conscious of his healthy
well-being. The health behaviour is highly dependent
on imbibing good habits that have association with
maintenance of healthy diet and exercise.

Disability
Disability refers to inability in performing certain task related to daily
activities and normal functioning undertaken by individuals and has negative
long term effect on the health status of individual (Jackson et al. 2016). Mr
Benjamin appears to health conscious individual and does not require
disability care since he is capable of complying his medical needs. The
disability needs can be taken care of through physical therapies and
equipment’s that essentially designed to provide ease in carrying out work.
The Medical model and Equality Act 2010 provides equal opportunity of
living and care to disable people and ensure appropriate services
(Legislation.gov.uk, 2019).