Person Centered Care: Practice Development for Quality Patient Care

This essay delves into the concept of person-centered care, emphasizing the importance of patient involvement in healthcare decisions. It defines person-centered care as a collaborative approach where healthcare professionals work alongside patients and their families to develop and monitor care plans. The essay highlights the significance of practice development in healthcare, which focuses on enhancing the skills and knowledge of professionals to create a patient-centered environment. It explores how practice development supports quality improvement, promotes patient safety, and fosters a culture of respect and inclusivity. The essay also examines the positive impacts of person-centered care on patient experiences, health outcomes, and professional satisfaction, while suggesting initiatives for practice development such as recognizing patient individuality, empowering patients, and ensuring accessible and flexible services. The role of organizations in supporting practice development is also discussed.

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Introduction: concept of person centered approach in care:
Person centered care may be defined as the procedure by which healthcare professionals
should think and perform tasks which would mainly portray patients as equal partners in
development of plans, performing and also monitoring care with the help of different health as
well as social services (Brooker and Latham 215). This framework of care mainly puts the
patients as well as the family members to be in the central position of making decisions working
along with the professionals. This framework of care mainly puts the patient’s desires, values,
family situations and different social circumstances and lifestyles as the topmost priority. It
believes in shared decision making with the patients and thereby helps people to manage their
health (Entwistle and Watt 2013). The essay should mainly portray how practice development
and person centered care are associated with quality care of patients and how both can be
implemented to ensure safe practices.
Overview of practice development:
Previously the traditional practices expected patients to fit in with the practices, routines,
rules of healthcare already set beforehand in the healthcare centers and in the social service
centers. This is no more followed nowadays where the care is mostly person centered now.
Different types of researchers have explained different aspects of person centered care which
helps in providing a high quality care for the patient that in turn develops the quality of life of the
patients (Brownie and Noncarrow 2013). This framework of care respects people’s values and
thereby helps in putting people in the central position during the times of decision making so that
the feel themselves to be include in their care. Such care also ensures taking into account the
different preferences and expressed needs of the patients maintaining their dignity and

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autonomy. Moreover the professionals make sure that a team based approach is made so that all
the requirements of the patients are handed by coordinating and integrating care thereby working
together. Professionals should make sure that there is proper communication of information with
the patients and educating them to empower them with the best healthcare strategies (Evardsson,
Sandman and Borrell 2014). This care also makes sure that that the patients are made physically
comfortable and safe providing them with emotional support. Many researchers are also of the
opinion that as this framework involves family and friends, it results in decreased stress among
them as well as the patients for which there is increased cooperation which has positive effects
on the service care delivery (Deewar and Nolan 2013).
View put by researchers over practice development over the years:
Researchers are of the opinion, that the term practice development has been associated
with supporting modernization as well as organizational, service and also different quality
improvements. However, above all these, practice development is mainly concerned with
development of person centered approach. Many researchers are of the opinion that the sole aim
of the practice development in this phase of time should be mainly focused on the development
of a facilitative approach which would engage patients as well as different users in various
changes for betterment like innovation through collaborative care, proper team working and
partnership building (Bramley and Maitti 2014). Thereby practiced development can be broadly
defined as the framework of development of skills and education for the healthcare professionals
which would help in the continuous process of gathering knowledge and development of person
centered cultures in the healthcare workplace. Such practice development is mainly enabled by
different facilitators who are able to successfully engage with different patients and also with
teams effectively. These help individual professionals to blend personal qualities as well as

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different creative imaginations with the proper combination of practice wisdom and practice
skills. The learning that occurs through practice development is helpful in bringing about huge
transformation not only in individuals but also in different forms of team practices (Fossey et al.
2014). Both processes and outcomes are embedded in the corporate sustenance with proper
sustenance. Researchers are of the opinion that the person is centered care uses the perfect
practice development principles by incorporating the characteristics if inclusiveness, respect for
each other and also valuing contributions by the establishment of social bonds and connections.
Helpfulness of practice development in person centered care inittives:
Critical social theory is been said by researchers to mainly underpin the entire concept of
practice development. The concept mainly assumes that social structure as well as the collective
culture is mainly helpful in shaping the society and also the community where individuals thrive.
There arise many situations in the healthcare fields where cultures often require patients or
professionals to participate completely in a proper mode of discussion (Kitson et al. 2013). This
in its turn is found to be extremely helpful in developing decisions for the improvement of the
patient care. Over the years, researchers have noticed that practice development methods usually
help in allowing the professionals (participants) to participate successfully in various types for
meaningful conversations not only about practice but also about the environment. These would
help the professionals to understand, challenge and then change the culture to improve patient
care. All these together are seen to provide a greater opportunity to the professionals as they
become active participants in knowledge generation and also in the continuous change process.
This altogether leads to embedded cultural changes (Pulvirenti, Mcmillan and Lawn 2014).
Factors that help to influence practice development:

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Researchers are of the opinion that development of quality health as well as social care services
can only take place when a combination of certain societal as well as professionals and also
professionals factors come in consideration. Each and every professional have to be aware of the
different changes taking place in the present generations in healthcare so that they can correctly
combine this knowledge and their applications while providing a person centered care (Taylor et
al. 2015). Therefore practice development should involve the gathering of knowledge of the
following components of change such as the rising patient as well as the client and carer
expectations. Moreover increased dependency of those individuals who are accessing healthcare
services and also various technological changes are needed to be known by the professionals.
Moreover demographic changes in the society as well as various changes occurring in the care
delivery systems are important components which need to be grasped by the professionals.
Moreover lack of public confidence is also affecting the reputation of healthcare industries and
therefore professionals should aim to develop the confidence of public through practice
development by following the correct approach of person centered care (McCormack and
Dewing 2013). Moreover, threats of litigation as well as the increased demands of the patients
and their family members for a greater degree of access to information also need to be noted by
them. All these requirement need to be fulfilled by them for a better satisfaction of the patients
and thereby providing a proper person centered care to them.
Researchers have thereby advised that professionals should not be only satisfied with the
knowledge that practice development helps in promoting excellence in healthcare service
delivery. They should mainly try to understand the different target that the practice development
tries to achieve. Some of the important targets that the practice development ensures is giving
direction and allowing bench marking for the professionals who want to provide excellent care to

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patients. It also incorporates components like stimulation of the improvement of care along with
that of the fostering audit and research while planning the care plan for service users (Felton and
royal 2015). Moreover, this also helps in developing team approaches and helps in the
engagement of the users in the service which has become one of the most important foundations
of the main person centered approach. It also supports innovation and change and provides
effective tools and techniques which are extremely helpful in enhancing the change. It also helps
in the enhancement of the working environment as well as the culture of the organization and
thereby offers a vehicle for sharing and also disseminating and networking purposes. These
ultimately help in demonstrating different impacts of changes. In simple words, practice
development can be defined as the bottom up approach which basically helps the professionals to
review and thereby change the whole process mainly by putting the patient at the centre of the
care process.
Impacts of person centered care:
Researchers have stated that the different positive impacts that person centered care at the heart
of the practice envelopment have on the health of the patients are beneficial for their recovery.
The knowledge and application of this type of care developed after practice development cases
can help in the improvement of the experiences of the patients who undertakes care making them
feel more satisfied (Kong et al. 2014). It also helps in the encouraging patients to lead a much
better and healthy lifestyle which takes into account the benefits of exercising as well as eating
healthy diets. Not only that, this type of care if applied properly will help in encouraging the
patients to be more involved in their decisions about the care they are receiving. These would
help the patients to get support and care which are appropriate for their needs. This care also
provides a very positive impact on the health outcomes such as blood pressures and others.

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Researchers although not sure, has put forward a hypothesis that such acre may reduce the
frequency of the services used by patients as the accurate care would be provided in first shot
which will in turn cause reduction in the overall cost of the care (Hardiman and Dewing 2014).
Moreover, one of the very interesting benefits of the care is that it makes the professionals highly
satisfied themselves about the care which is provided to them.
Initiatives to be taken in practice development:
The main aims of the practice development that the professionals should incorporate in their
routine schedules to achieve a person centered care are needed to be followed. The different
initiatives that the professionals should take in the practice development sessions to prepare for
person centered approach. The first one should be getting to know the service user as a person
and thereby recognizing his individuality to be particular. An important mind set-up that needs to
be prepared by the individual professional is seeing the patient as the expert in their own health
and care. Proper using of power and maintaining of responsibility ethically and responsibly are
extremely important for providing the best care to patients. Moreover, the professionals need to
take a holistic approach for properly assessing the needs of the people and then providing a
proper care according to requirements. The professionals should also incorporate families
whenever appropriate so that autonomy and dignity is maintained not only of the patients but
also of the family members whenever so that they do not feel helpless and in turn feels
empowered. The professionals should also make sure that each and every service they provide
are accessible, flexible and should be also easy to navigate. They should first try to understand
the patients’ whole experience of care so that they can promote coordination from the patient and
thereby ensure continuity of the care provided to her (Fisher 2017). Moreover, the professionals
should also make sure that the physical, cultural as well as psychosocial environment of health

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services are supporting the person centered care and if not proper arrangements are to be taken
for providing the best care to patients. Moreover another very important feature that should be
incorporated is that the staffs should make sure that they are supportive and should be well
trained in communication and also striving to put the people at the center of care.
Contributions of organization:
Organizations should also take proper initiatives to ensure that the professionals get proper scope
for practice development in order to instill person centered care in their practices. Among the
various duties, they should ensure that professionals adhere themselves to the knowledge as well
as skills and competency. They should ensure that the professionals take this as a part of the
accountability and also maintain their roles and responsibilities which are outlined in their job
description. Moreover the employers and leaders should also ensure that the professionals are
also ensuring that they are providing ample supports in their decisions and actions with
appropriate evidences. Moreover researchers have also stated that both the organization as well
as the working professionals should pay importance to the practice development by mainly
generating evidence from the practice so that they can be informed about the future innovations
and changes throughout. They should focus on the provision as well as development of the
quality care and also services with the patients and providers of the service. The organizations
should also take initiatives for introduction of different ways to evaluate, capture, measure and
also demonstrate the various impacts of the change of the patients as well as the measuring of the
service and clinical outcomes. They would also ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the change
of the individuals and also the teams and organizations. Moreover the organization should also
make sure that they are providing enough scopes and opportunities to professionals to offer
educations along with training to support innovations as well as changes.

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Important aspects essential for successful outcomes:
Proper training about three important features need to be incorporated in the practice
development session to assure the best outcome for the person centered approach. The first of the
three aspects is effective teamwork. This should be maintained between all the important
stakeholders like the users as well as the carers both externally as well as internally within the
teams. The second important aspect that would ensure the success of person centered approach is
that a multi professional collaboration is ensured (Carter, Greedy and Sidebotham 2015) This can
be achieved by the involvement of the multidisciplinary team members including various
ancillary team members. The third aspect is maintenance of effective communication. It mainly
occurs between as well as within and across all the stakeholders who are themselves involved in
innovation and also changes.
Quality and skills to be harbored for successful outcomes:
Researchers are currently working on the topic at a extensive range in order to identify the
qualities and skills which are extremely important in person centered care and how different
strategies that can be implemented during practice development to ensure uninterrupted care
service delivery. Every professional should have qualities like being affective with proper
energy, optimism, enthusiasm and having a proper outlook. Moreover they should have a proper
vision which underpins different practice development activities helping in improvement or
provide care through person centered approach (Kon et al. 2014). Thirdly, being motivated and
empathic is extremely important to make the outcomes of practice development successful.
Moreover being experiential is also important while the professionals should develop the ability

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for processing personally and thereby learning by going through different experiences and
implementing strategies accordingly to maintain clinical relationships accordingly. Others skills
involve the professionals to be more cognitive where they have the need to be creative in their
problem solving approach in effective ways. Political awareness and being communicative helps
the processionals to acquire and thereby process different information articulating arguments for
making changes in practices. Also being clinically credible with peers is very necessary as
without this, practice development activities and different changes can never be achieved.
Conclusion:
From the entire discussion above, it is well understood that practice development is a term which
are used to describe particular approaches which helps professionals to provide support and also
help in promoting changes in healthcare. The main focus of practice development is placed on
developing a person centered care as this form of care is the new effective approach of treatment
which not only cures patients but also empowers them in various ways. Valuing people and
maintaining their autonomy should be learnt by them during their practice development sessions.
Using proper life experiences and understanding proper relationship among stakeholders like
patients and professionals are extremely important for effective outcomes. Moreover developing
a proper working environment which is responsible of individual needs of the patients is also
important. Often team work, multidisciplinary collaboration and effective communication
strengthens the outcomes of person centered approach and hence practice development should be
ensured consisting all the important aspects which would help to provide the best care to
patients.

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