Understanding Specific Needs in Health and Social Care

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Understanding specific needs in Health and Social care
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Contents
Task 1..............................................................................................................................................3
Task 2..............................................................................................................................................7
References.....................................................................................................................................12
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Task 1
This essay shows the importance of health and social care in today's era. This essay highlights
the significance of special treatment given to people who are physically and mentally disabled.
These are the people who need special treatment and social care form their friends and family.
There is a discussion of the development of health care with the time. There is also an
examination of the impact of legislation on various services which provides to the people who
need special treatment.
In every individual's life, health is an important factor. With the evolution of time, people are
more concern about their health. They are the one who does various exercise and activities in
order to remain fit. But because of a change in the lifestyle of these people, many individuals are
facing health issues. These issues not only affecting their personality but also affecting their
working style and daily routine. Health issues are becoming a major problem in today's world.
Most of the people are facing health issues because of various factors like standard of living,
eating junk food and unhealthy food, the pressure of the work, personal issues (Vaismoradi, et.
al., 2013). These are the various factors which affect the health of the individuals and led to
various health issues. The health issue is not the only problem individual are facing nowadays
but also because of lots of stress and work pressure they are getting ill and also facing several
illnesses.
Illness and disability are two different terms which have a different impact on the individual's
health. Illness can be known as that situation in which an individual is not feeling well. There are
some changes in his health due to which he is not feeling well or it can be said that they are not
normal at that point in time. At the point of illness, an individual can take the help of doctors and
take medicines in order to resolve their illness. At the time of illness, individuals can feel various
symptoms like headaches or body pain which indicates that the person is not fully fit and facing
some issues with their health. Various factors which led to illness in an individual can be mental
pressure of work, lack of rest, an increase of stress and the change of environment can lead to
illness in the individual. Individuals who are facing illness needs special assessment from the
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doctors and their close ones in order to get fully fit again (Slade, et. al., 2014). People can also
take help of various health care systems and remedies in order to solve their health issues.
Disability can be defined as that situation in which individuals are not able to perform their daily
activities. According to the Disability Services Act (1993) disability is defined as those persons
who are suffering from various impairments like physical, sensory or mental impairments for a
longer time. This impairments affect the daily activities of those individuals and stop their
effective participation in society. Disability not only affects the daily activities of the individuals
but also reduce the various capacity of the individuals like their social interactions with the other
individuals and also affects their communication with the other persons (Clement, et. al., 2015).
Disability can be overcome with the help of special treatments but it may take a longer period of
time. There are many types of disability, these disabilities can be a sensory disability, physical
disability, neurological disability, intellectual disability, cognitive disability, and psychiatric
disability.
As compared to all the disabilities, physical disability is known to be the most common disability
which found to be in the individuals. Other common disability individuals are suffering from are
a sensory and intellectual disability. Individuals who are suffering from physical disability found
various disorders in their nervous systems, respiratory system, and their circulatory system.
Individuals also found various impairments in their vision and hearing due to the sensory
disability. Other disabilities such as cognitive disability and neurological disability affect the
brain and resulted in brain injury and multiple sclerosis. Intellectual disability consists of various
development and intellectual disability like individuals faces problems in their thought processes
and also in learning various things and also affects their memory. A person who is suffering from
Psychiatric disorders faces various problems like depression, phobias, and disorders related to
their anxiety (Wright and Stickley, 2013).
There is a big impact of legislation on the various services provided to the people who are
suffering from various disabilities. People with disabilities tend to feel low and it is quite unfair
to them working in society as compare to the people who are fully fit and normal. Due to which,
the government of the United Kingdom has made various laws in order to support those people
who are suffering from any kind of disability (Kozak, et. al., 2013). These laws provide equal
opportunities to those individuals who are suffering from any kind of disability. There are
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several legislations and lade by the different countries in order to support the disable individuals
so that they can live a convenient life. These legislations are as follows:
National Health Service Act, 2006 this act has been introduced in order to support the
individuals who are suffering from any kind of disability. This act allows the individuals to get
free health care services from the health care sector and also ensures the fact that individual will
get the health care services on time. There is a big role of culture and society on the health of the
individual in the social care sector and as a result, this law enhances the awareness in the minds
of the people about the individuals who are suffering from a disability.
Health Act 1999 This act has been introduced so that the services of human resources and the
social services will provide three mandatory forces which are the development of commission
course, the fulfillment of the fundings and the amalgamation of various service providers
(Baynton, 2013).
Health and Social Care Act 2012 There are various guidelines which have been given in these
laws which have to be followed by the service providers in the sector of health and care. These
guidelines ensure that the individuals who are having any kind of disability will receive special
treatments from the health and care service providers.
Apart from the various legislation, social policy, society, and culture also plays a vital role in the
life of individuals who are suffering from disabilities. The social policy ensures that people with
specific needs will receive the correct and sufficient amount of services from the health care
providers. The social policy consists of various norms related to social and also social values
which are compulsory for the people of the country. Culture and society also have a big role in
an individual's life (Gillborn, 2015). Culture and Society make sure that the individuals who
have any kind of disability will receive the effective and efficient amount of services and they
also make sure that every person with specific needs will receive special services so that they can
live a convenient life without facing any more problem.
With the evolution of technology and with the passing time, it can be said that perception of
people towards the physically disabled or the person with any disability have been changed in
the last few years. In the past, people who are suffering from any kind of disability are not
accepted easily in the society and the people of the society tend to keep a distance from them.
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These people not only disregard such disable individuals but also hesitate to communicate with
them. But with the passing time, the mentality of the society has been changed because of the
various education they received and as a result, people of the society has accepted such disable
individuals. Instead of neglecting such individuals, people have started helping such individuals
a lot these days, they are the one who tries to communicate with them more and also try to help
them and provide them special health care services (Cortiella and Horowitz, 2014). The
mentality of the society has been changed drastically with the passing time and people seen to
get more social with such individuals who are facing any disability. This not only boosts the
confidence of the disabled individuals but also make them happy. Society is ready to help such
individuals and the people are making various NGO where the disabled person can receive
special treatments. Government is also making various efforts in order to support disabled
persons by organizing various talent shows in which the person who is having any kind of
disability can participate in such shows and can showcase their inner talents. Paralympics are the
most common example. This is the Olympics which is organized only for the disabled person.
Government is also providing various free services to the disabled person and free education as
well in order to support them and enhance their talent (Liasidou, 2013).
People nowadays are becoming more supportive because of the education they received due to
which they are supporting the disabled person more. By getting support from society and from
the government, disable people feels more relax and are more confident and living their life more
happily.
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Task 2
Care needs of individuals with specific needs
The care needs of every individual are different as it depends on the age factor of the individual.
There are various types of needs which are required by the individual at the initial stages such as
psychological needs, social and security needs and emotional and spiritual needs. All these needs
are playing a different role in the care of the individual as all these needs require some essential
support system which will help in enhancing the efficiency through which individual can retain
the different type of services such as health care and social services (Ross, Tod, and Clarke,
2015).
Different age factor requires a different level of cares as care of individual depends on the health
system of a person, if a person is weak then he requires more care and if the personal health
system is stable than he requires less cares as compare to that person. In my local area, I have
analyzed that children who are suffering from physical impairments require special treatment and
lack of care may also lead to developing critical challenges of chronic fatigues syndrome (Upton
and Fischell, 2017). As in such situation, the child requires social needs which will also lead to
analyze the feasible solution to overcome such type of problems (Goodwin, et.al., 2012). There
are various children in societies who are facing such problems and they can be supported by
providing support through various activities (Ross, Tod, and Clarke, 2015). It is essential to take
care of these children as it is the duty of health care organization to analyze the aspects behind
such problems and should develop awareness among their parents through which these problems
can be overcome ineffective manner (Charmaz, 2010).
Apart to this, I have found an individual facing problem in concern to Autism, which refers to
neurological development disorders. In such cases, a person fails to communicate in an effective
manner and fails to react and respond to sudden environmental changes. Such type of problems
leads to a mental disorder which requires sensitive care and regular checkup in the health care
organization (Ross, Tod and Clarke, 2015). It is the responsibility of health care organization to
develop effective approaches and system through which proper health care services can be
provided to these individuals in an appropriate manner.
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The current system for supporting individuals
Various facilities can be provided to the individuals to overcome the diseases and health-related
problems which are faced by them. It requires a different type of care and different type of
requirement is essential for an individual. In the context of the child, he requires proper support
from his parents and requires to develop effective health management systems through which
timely services can be provided to a particular individual (Charmaz, 2010). The main motive of
health organization is to focus on the proper care of the child. In the context of the individual
which is suffering from neurological disorder should get proper and timely treatment through
which he can make his mind stable and in such cases, he requires proper social and health care
and needs support from his family and friends. Along with this, it is the duty of health care
management to focus on other elements through which his problem can be overcome in an
effective manner (Upton and Fischell, 2017).
The services available in a chosen locality for individuals
In the UK, there are various health care centers and there are various non-profit organizations
which are working for the welfare of the societies and has created a huge impact on the society
by overcoming their problems in an effective manner. Apart to this, the UK government has
played an effective role and has a major contribution in providing better health care services to
those individuals who are financially weak. The main motive of UK government is to focus on
the health ratio of country and for which government develops regular health care programs and
doing health check-up with the help of surveys (Upton and Fischell, 2017). Thus, there is various
type of services are available through which proper and timely care can be provided to the
individual. In the case of a child who is suffering from physical impairments, requires health and
social care and get back to supervision in the hospital in a timely manner. He requires proper
support from his parents and requires to develop effective health management systems through
which timely services can be provided to a particular individual (Glasby, 2012). On the other
hand, in the context of an individual who is suffering from neurological disorder requires proper
health and social care services. Along with this, the government should focus on the financial
condition of individual and should help in accordingly in providing proper and timely care to a
particular individual (Ross, Tod, and Clarke, 2015).
Approaches and interventions available to support individuals with specific needs
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There is a huge number of people which has increased the ratio of disability in the world.
Various type of problems are causing various problems for society and there is a need to focus
on such problems. Both child and individual are suffering from different kind of problems but it
is essential to develop awareness among societies through which such type of health issues can
be prevented in an effective manner (Upton and Fischell, 2017). Issue of impairment has
developed causes related to disabling, to overcome such issues the UK government has to
develop and launch different interventions through which such health issues can be reduced in an
effective manner. It is essential to launch public health programs and conduct some social
activities which develop awareness among societies and lead to welfare for them in an effective
manner. There are various interventions which could be adopted:
Physical interventions: It enhances suitable activity which helps patients through various
therapies and helps in enhancing the physical performance of patient by keeping the ordinary
goal of the day to day life. Such intervention help in enhancing the physical status of child and
individual in an appropriate manner (Ross, Tod and Clarke, 2015).
Psychological interventions: It helps in developing the mental state of a person by mediation in
a critical manner. This treatment helps in identifying the tension and challenges faced by the
patient in an optimal state of mind.
Professional intervention: Such type of interventions try to develop the capacity and ability of
the patient to respond to a particular activity.
So, these type of interventions should be adopted to provide care to specific needs of the
individual, along with this the health care organization should focus on the activities regularly
and should launch health programs to develop awareness among societies.
Effectiveness of intervention strategies for an individual with specific needs
The current approaches and interventions which are available in the health care organizations are
creating a direct impact on the requirements of patients who are in the state of requiring proper
health and social care in an effective manner (Upton and Fischell, 2017). The particular
intervention and strategies which are adopted by the health care organization will help in
increasing the autonomy of the services used by the patient. These interventions strategies will
also help in analyzing the requirement need by patient and help in focusing on providing proper
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and timely health care services to patients. Along with this, the government should focus on
some educational programs which develop awareness among society and help them to fight with
such type of health-related challenges. So, these interventions and approaches are playing a vital
role in providing proper health care services as per the individual specific needs (Ross, Tod and
Clarke, 2015).
The potential impact of emerging developments on support for individuals with specific
needs.
Technical advanced and of use highly emerging machines in health care organization have
created a huge potential impact in the society and in relation to support for the individual with
specific needs (Upton and Fischell, 2017). The main motive of the health care organization is to
focus on proper diagnosis and care provisioning which helps in analyzing the disabilities and
health-related challenges faced by patients. The particular interventions which are adopted by the
health care organization will help in increasing the autonomy of the services used by the patient
(Ross, Tod, and Clarke, 2015). These interventions strategies will also help in analyzing the
requirement need by patient and help in focusing on providing proper and timely health care
services to patients. Thus, emerging development in the health care organization is done through
appropriate approaches and interventions.
Different concepts of challenging behavior
There are various concepts of challenging behavior which is mentioned below:
Physical disabilities: Such disabilities cause various challenging behavior faced by the
teenagers, for example: if a person is suffering from blindness then he faces various challenges in
enhancing learning visual activities.
Brain injury: Brain injury can be done due to mental disorder or in such situation when a person
found in the state of drug addicts which create a bad impact on the brain and attack on the brain
which causes unusual behavior of a person. Such drug addiction usually goes beyond the limit
and lead to challenging behavior with the individual (Upton and Fischell, 2017).
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In order to deal with the challenging behavior of the individuals who are disabled can be very
tough for the people of health and social care organizations. In order to support such patients, it
can be very tough for organizations to deal with the behavior of such patients. There will be a
possibility of danger to the people of health care and can be a danger for the patient as well. It is
important for such organizations to deal with these patients carefully so that they can feel safe.
People who are suffering from mental disability can be dangerous for the other patients as they
can create danger for the other patients and for the staff of the organization (Vaismoradi, et. al.,
2013). This can lead to various accidents in the organization which not only affect the image of
the organization in the market but can also affect the reputation of health and care. Therefore, it
is very crucial for the organization to take care of all the patients who are suffering from a mental
disorder and have challenging behavior. Any small mistake can lead to impact a reputation of the
health and care sector. The organization should take care of all the patients carefully and provide
them better services so that the patient can get normal quickly. People who are suffering from
disabilities can improve their health in the organizations of health and care. These organizations
play an important role in improving the health of such patients and also to handle the challenging
behavior of these patients (Brett, et. al., 2014).
There are various strategies which can be implemented by the organizations of health and care in
order to take care of the patients of mentality disorders. The strategies which are implementing
by the organization can be more focus on the health of the patient so that the patient will not
have to face many problems in the organization. People with challenging behavior require extra
attention by the staff of the organization as they are the one who is suffering from mentality
disorders and needs extra attention from the staff side (Sheehan, et. al., 2015). The organization
needs to make such strategies which will assess the organization in order to take a close look at
all the activities of such patients. The staff members of the health and care organization can
examine day-to-day activities of such patients so that they can determine if there any
improvement in the health of patient or not. Different strategies which can be implemented by
the organization in order to handle the challenging behavior of the patients can be friendly for
both the patients and the staff members and also the strategies should be developed by focusing
more on the health of the patients. With the help of such friendly strategies, organizations of
health and care can support their patients and these strategies will assess the patients in
improving their health and also improve their challenging behavior.
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