Analysis of Significant Life Events and Support Systems: A Report

This report delves into the impact of significant life events, such as dementia and bereavement, on individuals and their social networks within the context of health and social care. It examines the multifaceted effects of these events, encompassing physical, psychological, and social dimensions. The report analyzes various group responses, including those from society, organizations, families, and communities, to support individuals facing these challenges. It further assesses the effectiveness of organizational policies and procedures designed to aid those affected, highlighting the roles of social networks in providing support. The analysis extends to the suitability of external support sources, offering recommendations for enhancing support within health and social care organizations. The report utilizes case studies of bereavement and dementia to illustrate real-world scenarios and underscores the importance of comprehensive support systems for individuals navigating significant life events.

Supporting Significant Life
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Impact of significant life events on individuals....................................................................1
1.2 Analyse possible group responses to significant life events.................................................2
1.3 Analyse impact for others in health and social care when an individual experiences
significant life events..................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Effectiveness of organisational policies and procedures in supporting individuals and their
social networks affected by significant life events.....................................................................3
2.2 Explain how others in social networks may provide support to individuals experiencing
significant life events..................................................................................................................5
2.3 Suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life events........6
TASK 3 ...........................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Analyse possible organisation responses to need to support individuals experiencing a
significant life event....................................................................................................................7
3.2 Reflect own personal contributions to support of individuals experiencing significant life
event............................................................................................................................................7
3.3 Recommendations for improving support available in a health and social care organisation
for individuals and their networks when affected by significant life events...............................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Life events are described as experiences which disturb or disrupt individual's normal
activities which cause substantial readjustment and changes (American Diabetes Association,
2015). This can impact social network and personal life of an individuals. Significant life event
is referred as any events which has positive or negative impact on family or child. This is also
called study of health and social problems that are faced by individual and leads to losing of
belongingness. The life events are normative or non normative, expected or unexpected and
others. The examples of life events are illness, changing job, injury, marriage, divorce and
others. The topic covered in report are understanding significant life events which has impact on
individuals and their social network. It also highlights support available for individuals
experiencing significant life events. The analysis of response made by health and social care
services for supporting individuals experiencing significant life events. These topics are covered
from case study that is related two live experiences such as bereavement and dementia.
TASK 1
1.1 Impact of significant life events on individuals
There are different life events which are going in individual life that impacts on various
aspects such as psychological, physical and social. This creates problems for individuals to live
healthy life and leads in losing their loved one. The impact of significant on life events on
individuals are described here:
Impact of Dementia
Dementia is the term which leads to declination in mental ability severe to interfere with
daily life (Angermeyer, Matschinger and Schomerus, 2013). The common example of such is
Alzheimer's or memory loss. As per scenario given in case study, Jacqui has suffered from such
disease which create problem for living healthy and happy life. These disease has impact on
individuals on different aspects such as physical, psychological and social. The physical impact
of Dementia faced by individuals are difficulties in using of wash-room, difficulty in swallowing
food, loss of sleep and others. It has also impacted on psychological aspects where individual
faces problem of loss of memory, losing of self confidence, depression and so on. This diseases
create problem not only on physical or psychological aspect but also on social life aspects. In
social life events, individual face problems in communication, getting aggressive, asking of
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repetitive questions and others which leads problems for other individuals. These are the impact
of dementia which are faced by individuals on their life events.
Impact of Bereavements
This is disease which is faced by individuals especially after death of loved one where
they mourn to oneself (Baulderstone, Morgan and Fudge, 2013). It is occurred due to loss,
depression, disappointment and others. According to case scenario given in report, Jacqui
suffered from such disease from long time ago and for getting better health many check-up and
test has been performed. This is impacting on physical, psychological and social health. The
physical issue faced by individuals is that they suffer from breathing, loss of appetite, sleep and
others. There is impact on social factors such as conflict situation arise, withdrawing from
groups, isolation and so on. Along with these factors aspect, there is impact on physiological
factors such as loss of interest, sad, feeling loneliness and avoiding interaction with people.
1.2 Analyse possible group responses to significant life events
This is very essential for group for responding in effective and efficient manner in order
to communicate to individuals who are suffering from bereavement and ill health issues. The
group responses includes society, organisations, family and community. In this case, people of
society or group makes an efforts to make them feel cheerful and comfortable that is based on
medical situation. The group responses to Bereavement and ill situation are mentioned below:
Bereavement
It is defined as thoughts, actions and feelings that is followed by death of loved one. This
is called behavioural or emotional loss to response (Costanza and et. al., 2012). It is also called
state of losing someone very close to one and can cause grief. This is form of separation anxiety
that is followed to death of closed one. According to scenario given in case studies, groups
response helps in recovering health and coming out from diseases. They should spend more time
with respective person suffering from disease and making them feel special during festivals and
occasions. They group focus is to give time to significant life events person to get recover from
loss quickly.
Ill health
It is very important for focus group to cheer up ill health people in order to make them
happy and cheerful. This leads in avoiding feeling of loneliness, depression, sad and adoption of
several ways for handling ill people in proper manner. In this case, proper guidance is required
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for ill health people from their family, friends, relatives members in order to make them comfort,
happy. Also group can assist them by spending time with them to cope up with problem and
issue. Therefore, in this group responses can help ill health people for coping up with significant
life events problems.
1.3 Analyse impact for others in health and social care when an individual experiences
significant life events
Significant life events arises for both happy and sad reasons in human life. There are
various impact in health and social care which are experienced by individual due to life events
occurred in their life (De Weerdt and et. al., 2012). According to scenario given in case study,
death of parents bring array of negative consequences for children. The symptoms can be related
with denial, depression, cognitive difficulties, anxiety, behaviour disturbance and many more.
The suffering is impacting directly and indirectly to others life. Here, individual is suffering from
dementia and bereavements which is impact other person in various ways. As per case study of
Jacqui is suffering from dementia that leads her teenager daughter and office colleagues to suffer
a lot. Jacqui is unable to remember small things that leads her to forget work conduct, getting
dressed or eat. Similarly, in case of Gemma, she has suffered from bereavement due to death of
her mother. This make her crying all time and impacted their GP life and contact to Cruse
Bereavement Care. Apart from these, there are other components which will impact other people
health and social care when they have to deal with people suffering from life event experiences.
In this case, they have to communicate with others to come out of loss which they have beard. In
this case, another person have to take care of suffered individuals by providing food, drink and
other requirements so that they recover from such life events experiences. Therefore, it is
difficult for other person to take care of those suffered people as they have mood swings and it is
very difficult to understand them.
TASK 2
2.1 Effectiveness of organisational policies and procedures in supporting individuals and their
social networks affected by significant life events
There are several effective organisation policies which significantly help in providing
proper aid the individuals who are live experience. There polices shall be implemented in order
to effectively solve issues of the patients. These polices as well as procedures are adopted by
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heath and care organisation in order to support individuals who are suffering from dementia and
bereaved. Moreover, it very essentially to under each and every aspect of these two diseases
which are faced by individuals. Some of the major policies as well as procedures are mentioned
below which are effectively used.
Policies
 Standards for Bereavement Care (2001)- Creation of Bereavement Care under UK was
a very landmark event (Fox and Moreland, 2015). Further it included that standards
which were mentioned in 2001 were very essential in clarifying several aspects in respect
to implementation of bereavement care. But due to several reasons it is difficult to
analyse how widely was this used.
 Palliative Care Funding Review (2011)- The main aim of launching this was to provide
better and good care to patients at the end of life. Furthermore it aim at opening funding
system can incentivise good and better outcome for patients.
 Shaping Bereavement Care (2010)- This basically provides a framework which
highlights and assist NHS Boards to develop and provide high as well as productive
quality bereavement care services.
Procedure
 Analyse the condition of patient: Through adoption of this procedure doctors
effectively understand the situation of bereaved and dementia patients (Jenkins, Wiklund
and Brundin, 2014). However, after proper analysation of exact situation they effective
aim at solving the problem faced.
 Proper Examination: In order to effectively understand the situation of the suffered
patients proper examination much be conducted which enable the doctor to understand
issue more deeply. However, under health as well as social care centre it is very essential
to effectively implement these mentioned policies as well as procedure which help in
ensuring proper treatment to the suffered patients.
2.2 Explain how others in social networks may provide support to individuals experiencing
significant life events
If patients are suffering from several life events than it the responsibility of others to
support and provide resistance in order to keep them motivated (Kaplanidou and et. al., 2013).
Such activities helps them to live with enthusiasm and are effectively able to handle the tough
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phase of their life. This result in improving their physical as well as their mental health in
significant way. However, there are several ways through which these activities can be
supported. After implementation these issues faced by individual are solved effectively. Some
these are mentioned below:
 National Institute for Health and care excellence- Under this patients who are closely
affected by death can be motivated by staff, volunteers, home residents and other from
health and social care organisation. Moreover, patients affected by death usually
communicate with others in very sensitive way. They become emotional in nature. They
require care in several ways in order to make them mentally happy. Some of most
common ways of providing care includes: service specification for bereavement, local
needs assessment of the suffered patient and several other factors shall be highly
considered.
 Draft Spiritual Support- At the time of death patients affected with bereavement shall
be offered support spiritually (Kirchner, 2015). Moreover, patients might be provided
with practical support such advice. Patients might to taken to more specialist support
from trained bereavement workers or mental health counsellors in order to keep the
infected motivated and encouraged.
 Holistic Support- It has been observed that psychological as well as physical symptoms
of the patients cannot be fully controlled because such situation negativity impacts the
mind of the infected. Moreover the treatment plan for managing symptoms and side
effects should be essentially recorded under the personalised care plan. Holistic support
usually relate to needs as well as preferences in order to provide accurate treatment.
Under this approach psychological support comprises of general as well as emotional
support. It intervenes cognitive behaviour therapy as well as social skill therapy.
Timescale under this approach is essential.
 BPSG- Bereavement Partners Support Group is basically a registered charity based
group. This group basically provides support to individual who have lost their family or
friends due cancer. The prime objective of this group is to create a place where several
people can share their stories as well as experience with others who are facing several
issues.
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2.3 Suitability of external sources of support for those affected by significant life events
There several external sources available which could help individual suffering from live
events to overcome them (Loeffler, 2013). There are several people who aim at providing
support as well as resistance to these people in order to make them motivated. Aim of such
people is to help the affected individual to overcome their problem with efficiency. Through this
kind of help the infected usually fell better and response to their treatment fast. Some of most
common external sources which are used by individual in order to overcome the problem of
infected are mentioned below:
 Monitoring Process- Proper monitoring process might be implemented in order to under
the exact situation of the patient. Through this analyse service are easily demonstrated
and clear picture of patient is understand. Moreover, at minimum level all suicide
bereavement services all gathered which basically includes feedback of clients.
 Meditation- This is one of the most essential source of external support. Through
adoption of this approach the patient feels relax and their mental situation tends to show
huge improvement (Luhmann and et. al., 2012). However, several meditation centres
might be opened in order to provide positive support to the patients. They might be
regularly motivated as well as encouraged to due meditation. Moreover, no only
meditation but the patients might regularly do yoga, which be also help bereavement
infected patients highly.
However, there are several other external sources which might be adopted by health and
service care organisation in order to effectively provide solution the individual who are suffering
from bereavement.
TASK 3
3.1 Analyse possible organisation responses to need to support individuals experiencing a
significant life event
This is the organisation's duty and responsibility to support individuals experiencing
significant life events (Oswald, Proto and Sgroi, 2015). The organisation response includes offer
support, respect, empathy, informed choice and client. There are various ways through which
organisation response to need to support individuals experiencing significant life events. They
have to communicate, share confidential and equal opportunity to each and every for presenting
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their feeling towards loss. The human resources and manager are liable for helping bereavements
or grief strike people in organisation. Organisation response conduct critical incident for
supporting individuals where they create significant human distress and overwhelm for coping
them. In this support, they deal with facts, feel their pain and others. The counselling is
recommended to support individual who are suffering from life events.
The critical incident response team conduct various sessions such as defusing, debriefing,
follow up, critiquing and additional support (Sudore and et. al., 2017). Each of them play an
effective role for supporting life experiences people. The defusing session is conducted for 6 to 8
hours where there is meeting of individuals provided by trained peers and counsellors. In this
emotional, physical and mental reactions is explained and how to take care are shared with those
people. Debriefing session is regarded as semi structure, one time conversation who has
experienced traumatic or stressful life events. The main purpose of such organisation response is
to reduce psychological harm through sharing their own experiences with those people.
Similarly, in follow up session the debriefing team check whether affected individuals are coped
up with arise problems. Critiquing session is conducted few weeks after caused of incident. In
this response, how incident has handled, prevented and effectiveness and others. Therefore, these
are possible organisation responses to support individuals experiencing a significant life event.
This can help them to recover at faster speed and make them healthy.
3.2 Reflect own personal contributions to support of individuals experiencing significant life
event
While I was treating person who suffered from significant life experiences I learned
many new things related with their mental and physical conditions. With this I came to know
about various types of impact of live experiences which is person is going through in their life
and it will be impacting on their social, physical and mental life such as bereavement and
dementia. Here, I studied about both case issues and learned that when an individual is suffering
from dementia they lose their memory day by day and goes through different physical problems
such as anger, loss of sleep, forget to eat and dressed themselves. Similarly, on other side,
bereavement is regarded as situation where individual is losing their loved and dear one. This
leads them to suffer from various problems such as depression, health issues, lack of sleep. Being
health and social care professional I have conducted different activities and programmes for
supporting and helping people who have suffered from bereavement and dementia. For instance,
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I have made strategy where on regular basis I interact with those affected people and try my best
to understand situations which they have faced. This helps them to feel comfortable and happy
with me and assist me for treating them in better and effective manner. For helping and
supporting those people I have conducted spiritual support for them through arranging
meditation and yoga classes. While I treated them, I came across many issues at initial stage
where individuals suffering from live experience does not feel comfortable in sharing their
problems and issues. Though I put my extra efforts to help and support affected people in proper
manner. This work increases my knowledge and experience and made me happy to assist those
people in health and social care professional. This is my first contribution for solving individuals
problems who have through life event experience. Therefore, If same issues arise in future time
period then I can easily solve it without any problem and achieve the set goal and objectives.
3.3 Recommendations for improving support available in a health and social care organisation
for individuals and their networks when affected by significant life events
The different factors which can be adopted by health and social care centre for improving
facilities for life event experiences person like bereavement and dementia. There are some
recommendation that can be given through analysis of above mentioned situation. They are as
follows:
 In order to improve and support life event experiences people, they can adopt North west
advancing quality programmes where they have to work on continuous basis and using
of level data that includes feedback and diagnosing and tacking problems.
 They can adopt NHS leadership where they can create freedom for delivering consistent
standard of care for supporting and helping affected people.
 It is also recommended to follow NHS and Social care model in order to perform various
support. This helps in earlier detection, effective medicine management, reduction in
crises, improving quality life and others.
 They can adopt bereavement support services where there proactive service is provided
and services should be provided to affected people in effective and efficient manner.
 For children, there should be proper care centre where they should understand
development of child and solve their problems and issues.
Apart from these the other recommendation provided are as follows:
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 Enhancement of quality care- This is the strategy which is provided for health and
social care in order to improve quality of those individuals suffering from life events.
This provide training to staff and employees so that they can treat patients in better
manner.
 Providing long term practices- As per this recommendation, services need to be
provided for longer period of time for improving health and safety of patients on daily
basis. It assist in conducting medical treatments to those individuals who have faced life
event experiences.
 Tele care and support group- This is the recommendation which is provided to patients
in terms of tele care and support groups. Here, telecommunication provide support and
help to patients who are unable to come at care centre. This helps them to provide
support group who can visit patients at their home for fast recovery.
With the adoption of such recommendations, health and social care can be enhanced and
improved through quality work for treating suffering one in best possible manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it has been summarised that there are different kinds of life
experiences which are faced by individuals and those impact on both mental and physical health
of people. This not only impact individuals but also on life of other people and groups as they
have to take care of those for overcoming them from such issues. There are various policies and
procedures that cab be adopt by organisation for social and health care to provide services. There
are some recommendation which are provided to improve life experience people.
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