Report: Supporting Significant Life Events in Health and Social Care

This report delves into the critical area of supporting individuals through significant life events within health and social care settings. It begins by exploring the profound social, physical, and psychological impacts of such events on individuals, using a case study of Janet's experience with betrayal. The report analyzes various group responses, including family, friends, and care workers, and assesses their influence. It then evaluates the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures in providing support, emphasizing confidentiality and special services like counseling. The report also examines the roles of social networks and external support sources, such as healthcare homes, in aiding individuals. Furthermore, it analyzes possible organizational responses and concludes with recommendations for enhancing support systems within health and social care organizations, advocating for improved care and resources for those affected by significant life events.

Supporting Significant
Life Events

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Impact of significant life events on individuals...........................................................................4
Analyzing the possible group responses to significant life events that occur to one of its
members.......................................................................................................................................4
Analyzing the impact for others in health and social care when individual experiences
significant life events...................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
A) Evaluate the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures in supporting
individuals and their social networks affected by significant life events....................................5
B) Explain how others in social networks may provide support to individuals experiencing
significant life events...................................................................................................................7
C) Evaluate the suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life
events...........................................................................................................................................7
D) Analyze possible organizational responses to the ne)ed to support individuals experiencing
a significant life event..................................................................................................................9
E) Make recommendations for improving the support available in a health and social care
organization for individuals and their social networks when affected by significant life events
....................................................................................................................................................10
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 Reflect on own personal contributions to the support of individuals experiencing
significant life events.................................................................................................................10
3.2 Reflect on own personal contributions to the support of individuals experiencing
significant life events.................................................................................................................12
3.3 make recommendations for improving the support available in a health and social care
organization for individuals and their social networks when affected by significant life events
....................................................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Supporting a significant life event is considered as the most important aspect under which
different groups related to families, friends and care home plays important role. This assists
sufferers to tolerate the pain and come back to normal situation of life where he or she can
handle the personal life effectively. Present report is based on Janet's story in which his friend
hurt him for no reasons. It affected his life to a great extent and now he faces issue on relying
others. Furthermore, impact of significant life events on individuals has been explained along
with analysis of possible group responses to the same. Furthermore, effectiveness of
organizational policies and procedures for support of individuals is also explained. IN addition to
this possible organizational responses to the need of people have also been analyzed.
TASK 1
Impact of significant life events on individuals
The significant life events affect individuals to a great extent due to their social, physical
and psychological impact. According to the given case scenario, Janet was in contact with his
friend, Peter, who stabbed on his face without any reason. This shows both physical and
psychological impact along with the societal changes (Bonanno, 2009). Here, he was in
confusion whether to call police for Peter's act or not. This shows that significant life events has
a direct impact on the normal life of individuals as that person becomes helpless due to
emotional and psychological motives. Furthermore, Janet faced emotional stress and started
living far from Peter to search for a better life. According to the given case scenario, events takes
places in Janet is threatening as he got pain and sorrows from its close one. Owing to this, he has
suffered with high tension and stress in life. Such kind of event affects the life of individual to a
great extent. Furthermore, Janet has emotional and physical stress both as he started in
maintaining distance from its social life. Though there were several relatives to support him but
still, he started maintaining the distance. Moreover, behavior changes were also seen in Janet
after the occurrence of that specific event.

Analyzing the possible group responses to significant life events that occur to one of its members
There are several group responses to significant life events such as life partnership,
family and friends as well as care workers. According to the given case study, Janet got support
from care workers and family as well as from communities (Landau and et.al., 2011). This is
because; situations were transparent and everybody from his family was knowing about the
particular issue. At this juncture, family members and other connected people who knew about
this specific event provided support to him. It has already been provided in the case study that
Janet has some affair for which his friend was jealous, hence that might also be the possible
group response for his significant life event. Apart from this, Janet can get extensive support
from his loved one in order to get rid of such kind of stressful situation. Moreover, friend circle
of Janet may take him on long drive or on long tour where he can have fun and come out of the
situation. This will be helpful for him to get back to the normal life and complete daily routine in
an effectual manner. In addition to this, family responded in a positive manner in handling
difficult situation very easily.
Analyzing the impact for others in health and social care when individual experiences significant
life events
The significant life event of a particular person has a direct impact on all its associated
parties such as families, friend circle and society (King and Hicks, 2009). At this juncture, health
care sector provides good support to individuals by treating them in a well manner and making
them understand way to manage the situation effectively. Furthermore, nursing staff provides
support to Janet to forget the incident and at the same time, his family members were also
informed to take care of him. In this manner, health and social care members provide their
extensive support to sufferers and other related people (Luhmann and et.al., 2012). For example,
staff members of care home also get affected due to the action or significant life event of
individual. They try their best to provide the right solution and fix issues which are being faced
by the individual. Moreover, emotional staff members have to be strong enough in order handle
the problems of ts patients by seeing such kind of situation of patients like Janet. Apart from this,
they need to devote extra time to treat the patient and take him out of the significant life event.

TASK 2
A) Evaluate the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures in supporting individuals
and their social networks affected by significant life events
In the case scenario of Janet who handles their relationship apart from suffering from all
the violence created by Peter for little hope lies in the relationship. There are various events takes
places in the life of an individual will create larger impact (Rau and Manton, 2016). The Janet is
currently facing lots of issues which directly created larger impact on their mind in order to live
their life with freedom. An individual needs to analyses all the events takes places with them in
their whole life. The events occurred in the life of an individual in a daily routine of anal
individual. The role of the family and friends of an individual play an important role in an
enterprise. The harsh thoughts and opinions of the society will ruin the overall life of an
individual in order to live freely in the society. The normal individual need to forget about the
events takes places with them with the support of their family and friends who created the
situations of joy and pleasure in order to forget their pasts. The bad and horror memories of past
of Janet will increases fear in their life in order to live freely in the whole society. The
relationship has ended by the Janet as peter is mental patient who stabbed her many times in
order to affect her. The physical attacks and the leniency applied by the Janet in order to protect
their relationship lead her towards the mental or physical injury. There are various policies and
procedures adopted by an individual in their life will help in improving their current conditions
which is given as below:
Confidentiality- This is regarded as important factor in the life of an individual as all
events takes places in the daily routine life (Blonski, 2016). The family members will keep the
information privately without disclosing to anyone in the public in order to maintain the dignity
of an individual. In the case of Janet the uncertain things happened with Janet are known by their
family members but no one other than their family members. Janet informed Police in order to
intervene in the matter when things gone out of control. The confidentiality will not fruitful for
the life of Janet as without informing police about the crime committed by the Peter as in this
way she is inviting them to commit crime in order to affect their whole life.
Special services- Counseling sessions will be beneficial for Janet in order to come out
from the bad memories faced by her (Hart, 2016). These sessions would help her in order to

rejuvenate their while life which was affected her whole life. The life of Janet was regained with
the support of their family which helps in experiencing a good life. These special services can be
accessed by an individual in affordable cost as nowadays the government of the country has
higher market exposure. The increasing number of crimes in the country will alert all individuals
in order to help all those people who are currently suffering from biggest problem.
B) Explain how others in social networks may provide support to individuals experiencing
significant life events
People who are experiencing tough situations and special significant events in their life
are supported by the external parties. The intruders who affect the lives of all individuals in the
positive manner in order to reduce their mental pain. In today’s society several health and social
care homes have established which has established in order to heal the pains of all the individuals
(Hagan, Sulik and Lieberman, 2016). Significant life events are all those external factors which
affects the overall life of an individual’s by hurting an individual when they back stabbed by
their inmate. The loneliness of a person will increase the chances of depressions which spoils
their whole life. The thinking of an individual’s needs to be changed towards all the people who
are experiencing significant life events in their lives.
Support will be provided by the external parties to all those people currently suffering
from harsh events in their life when their family rejects them for their disability. This disability
faced by all those individuals due to the significant events takes places in their lives. Care
workers can be appointed by the family members in order to take care an individuals who have
gone through severe events in their life in order to prevent them to take severe steps. In this way,
the life of a person can be safeguarded as in this manner to live their life in the best way. In
different countries social care homes which have built up who admits all those patients who have
experiencing or experienced significant life events in their whole life. In the case of Janet who
moved on to a separate flat are required to attend sessions in order to bring out their anger
aggression. These inner aggression are required to come out as this prevents an individual in
order to protect their life from further exploitation. This safeguards an individual to live their life
without hurting itself and live their freely.

C) Evaluate the suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life
events
Support is regarded as important factor which helps in improving the overall performance
of an individual. The internal support and the external support will help an individual in
improving their overall conditions. The significant life events incurred in the lives of an
individual needs to be analyzed properly on several parameters in order to devise various plans
and policies in deal with the current problems. The current problems will be resolved with the
external forces support (Hart, 2016). Janet currently has internal support of their family which
helps in uplifting their existing conditions and heals them by giving mental and physical support.
There are various ways and the external forces which also plays a significant role in improving
the overall life of a person which is given as below:
 Counseling- Appointed counselors will heal the inner pain of a person by bring out their
self-respect in order to fight the tough situations in order to live their free life. This life of
an individual will help a person in order to rectify their current situations. The images of
past of a person will be brigs out that help person in order to start their new life by
forgetting about their past.
 Communities- These non-governmental communities are set up whose main motive is to
conduct social welfare activities in order to provide all kinds of facilities in fulfilling all
their needs and the expectations. The primary motive of this community is to help people
in order to treat them to improve their health. Physical injuries will be rectified by giving
medicines but mental pain will be improved by talking with them. Community members
will provide shelter to all these people who are mistreated in their families and the whole
society. The overall perspective of the society will get changes by giving them legal
identity in order to start their new life and earn their own livelihood.
 Special agency- The new agencies have established which provides unique services in
order to facilitate all individuals. Deaf society associations have established especially for
the deaf people by appointing special staff members. Deaf people are admitted to this
institute where sign language will be taught by the teacher specially appointed in order to
give chance to live their free life (Otis, Huebner and Hills, 2016). These kinds of agency
service are also offered to all the candidates at their door step who lives in the family but

doesn’t relocate from one place to another. The home facility is also available by these
private agencies that provide services to them. Apart from admitting deaf people in this
particular institute where all their needs will be fulfilled all other person suffering from
various diseases are also admitted in this institute. Blind people are welcomed in
accordance with the national royal blind institute where blind people are cared in order
taught the toughest lessons of the life to live their life at their own pace.
D) Analyze possible organizational responses to the need to support individuals experiencing a
significant life event
Expectations of the societies from a normal individual are higher in comparison to the
people who are facing some disability or experiencing significant life events. The current
discrimination created by the society members need to be improved as this leads towards the
deterioration of the lives of all individuals like Janet (Calvo and et.al., 2016). A person required
special attention or extra mental care doesn’t reflect its inability in comparison with the normal
person as this is due to the struggles and harsh situations faced by them in their lives. The
perspectives of the whole society needs to be changed as this will change the overall scenario of
the current environment where all these people get equal chance of opportunity in order to prove
themselves. The role of the whole society has increases as eradicating personal discrimination
will help all individuals to get rid of all the sorrows of their life.
Special efforts applied by normal society members in opening personal care clubs for all
those people suffering from domestic violence, marital rape and bad relationships will
communicate with the authority. These authorities will help them in order to take legal action
against the accused person.
Furthermore, GIBBS reflective cycle can also be adopted under which at first description
under which situation is explained that what individual is facing and why that particular issue is
being faced in care home. Here, example of situation under which a person lost her partner can
be taken. Here, nursing staff can get to know about the situation and accordingly understand the
feelings and thinking of sufferer. This proves to be effective evaluate the situation regarding the
positive and negative outcome or experience of the same. However, analysis is done in term of
solution. At this juncture, nursing staff can motivate sufferer to be stronger and handle the

situation effective so as to support other family member. At the same time, emotion appeal can
be added in order to settle down the feelings of individual. Apart from this, conclusion should
draw on the basis of alternative solution. Moreover, action plan can be made for the sake of
future condition related to the present one. It proves to be effective to handle a specific or
significant life event. In this manner, GIBBS reflective cycle is the most effective method to
manage the life of individual in an effectual manner.
E) Make recommendations for improving the support available in a health and social care
organization for individuals and their social networks when affected by significant life
events
It can be recommended that social care home should be developed to provide
accommodation facilities to all the people suffering from domestic violence. In this care homes
all patients are treated as normal person who live their life at their own freedom and pace.
Education and employment is also provided in the same place to enhance their skills in order to
live independent life (Spitze and Trent, 2016). The current place developed by the non-
governmental association will help an individual in order to live their life. The recognition will
also be provided to them to have social status in the whole society who lives life among all
individuals who are facing the same problem to feel comfortable in the whole scenario.
The health of an individual is regarded as important element which helps an individual in
living their life freely. The health and social care needs of individuals will be fulfilled by
providing medication in improving their health. Vaccines will be given to all of them in order to
boost their immunity to fight against severe diseases.
TASK 3
3.1 Reflect on own personal contributions to the support of individuals experiencing significant
life events
Scenario and model's focus
The current model is adopted by an individual in order to reflecting the contribution made
by several persons in supporting by various peoples who are facing problems in their life. These
problems may involve accidents incurred in the life of a person, congenital birth defects and

domestic violence. A lonely person who get depressed and fell into dark well of depression re
comes in the category of these individuals. Other person's personal contribution will be evaluated
by applying Gibbs's reflective cycle approach.
Basic motive of this particular model is to analyze the experiences of an individual at
workplace which gets changes according to various situations. People who have gone through
various events in their life have experienced various phases. Gibbs's reflective cycle will be
helpful for all those people who have faced difficult times in their life such as emotional or
experiences ruined their present life. With the application of this particular model, their existing
life get improved.
Gibbs reflective cycle motivated me to think methodically about the different structure of
an activity. It is really useful in understanding different phases of an experience. It gave me
understanding about different situation, feelings and other experience. The reflective made me
understood more about the situation and how to overcome such situation. This helped me learn
different experience and future practice how this situation can be overcome.
 Description- This particular stage defines all the crimes committed by the defaulter that
spoils the life of an individual are mentioned in this particular stage. Crimes committed
by the culprits are liable under the law for imprisonment but all those people who will not
take action against the crime equally held responsible as culprits.
 Feelings- The victim who faces the crimes I their own life get disturbed and not bale to
live their life freely in the open environment. The contribution of the normal individual is
important in improving the life of an individual from the dark well of sorrows, violence,
horror images of their past (Perry, 2016).
 Evaluation- All the problems are assessed by an individual by comparing this wit the
consequences of the problem in the near future. These problems will be rectified by
organizing self-awareness campaigns which will gather large number of audiences in
order to alert them to raise their voice against crimes. I ensured to advise women that to
raise their voice against all the crimes occurred with her by raising voice against the
culprits.
 Conclusion -On the basis of above study, I can state that nursing staff can motivate
sufferer to be stronger and handle the situation effective to support other family member.

This proves to be effective evaluate the situation regarding the positive and negative
outcome or experience of the same. With an assistance of such values I can easily
understand the key values which need to be referred effectively for sustainable aspects. I
have also witnessed that primary motive of commissioning community is to help people
in order to treat them to improve their health. Physical injuries will be rectified by giving
medicines but mental pain will be improved by talking with them. By having contribution
of such values the issues can be overcome effectively.
 Action- Grievance system has implemented in which all individuals who are facing
problem will tell their story in order to form associations to fight against the crime. The
legal advice will be taken from the lawyers in order to take legal action against the
culprits. Being care worker of I ensured to support the sufferers by making them
understand related to specific situation. At the same time. Thus, I supported doctors and
other related participants to accomplish their task effectively. However, I supported all
family members to sufferers to bear the pain and make them understand in moving
forward in the life.
3.2 Reflect on own personal contributions to the support of individuals experiencing significant
life events
The crimes committed by the culprits are liable under the law for imprisonment but all
those people who will not take action against the crime equally held responsible as culprits. The
contribution of the normal individual is important in improving the life of an individual from the
dark well of sorrows, violence, horror images of their past (Perry, 2016). These problems will be
rectified by organizing self-awareness campaigns which will gather large number of audiences in
order to alert them to raise their voice against crimes. Women are advised to raise their voice
against all the crimes occurred with her by raising voice against the culprits.
Grievance system will be formed in which all individuals who are facing problem s will
tell their story in order to form associations to fight against the crime. The legal advice will be
taken from the lawyers in order to take legal action against the culprits.
Personal contribution of a person plays a significant role in analyzing the existing status
of an individual in understanding the current conditions. Different systems will be used in order

to improve the performance of an individual with passage of time. Bad memories of a person
will be Brought out by taking counseling sessions that helps in reducing their fear for all the
events takes places in their life.
3.3 make recommendations for improving the support available in a health and social care
organization for individuals and their social networks when affected by significant life
events
It can be recommended that social care home should be developed to provide
accommodation facilities to all the people suffering from domestic violence. In this care homes
all patients are treated as normal person who live their life at their own freedom and pace.
Education and employment is also provided in the same place to enhance their skills in order to
live independent life (Spitze and Trent, 2016). The current place developed by the non-
governmental association will help an individual in order to live their life. The recognition will
also be provided to them to have social status in the whole society who lives life among all
individuals who are facing the same problem to feel comfortable in the whole scenario.
The health of an individual is considered as an important element which helps an
individual in living his/her life freely. Needs of individuals will be fulfilled by providing
medication in improving their well-being. Vaccines will be given to all of them in order to boost
their immunity to fight against severe diseases. It can be suggested to all the social home cares
that exists in society to emphasize on both metal and physical health of an individual as this will
increase the severity of a particular disease.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above project report that current report is based on
explaining the current problems faced by various individuals. The case of Janet has defined in
the above report whose solutions are also defined to resolve all kinds of problems. This reports
stresses on analyzing the problems in order to execute policies in order to improve the conditions
faced by all individuals.

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