Supporting Significant Life Events: Impact and Support Analysis

This report examines the impact of significant life events, particularly dementia and bereavement, on individuals' mental and physical health. It explores how these events affect social interaction, physical capabilities, and psychological well-being. The report analyzes the responses of various grou...Read More

Supporting Significant Life
Events

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION:..........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
1.1Significant impact of life events on others........................................................................1
1.2 How group respond to life events.....................................................................................2
1.3 Analysing impact on other health in life event.................................................................3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Effectiveness of organisation policies and procedures in supporting individuals............3
2.2 How other provide support in life events.........................................................................4
2.3 How external sources support life events.........................................................................5
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................5
3.1 How organisation response to individual need ................................................................5
3.2 How a person response to individual need.......................................................................6
3.3 Recommendations for improving support in health and social care for individual.........7
CONCLUSION:...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION:
The happening of a life event with an individual can have a great impact on his or her
mental and physical health. It effects his normal life to a great extent. Also, the person starts
avoiding interacting with friends and relatives (Newman and Newman, 2017) It makes him
weak and requires a lot of time to recover. These events can occur either. In this report the
example of life events taken are dementia and bereavement.
This report shows about how an individual is socially, physically impacted while
suffering from dementia. It shows that how different groups respond to individual needs and life
events. An analysis had been made on social and health care facilities available for individual in
life events. In another section how organisation policies and procedures supports person in
overcoming life event and what support does co workers provide to person. An evaluation is
done on external sources support. Furthermore, how organisation identifies needs of individual in
it and recommendations are made for improving health and social care support to individual.
LO 1
1.1Significant impact of life events on others
Any individual suffering from life event will have a high impact on his health
(Supporting significant life events, 2017). It will make him mentally and physically weak and
tired. Person will not communicate and involve with others. He or she will start avoiding people.
A person suffering from dementia will have impact in several ways (Zimbardo and Boyd, 2015).
The occurring of any life event will impact the individual in various ways. It will lead to
social, physical and psychological impact on his or her life.
Social impact- The person in most of their time do not interact with others. He thinks that it will
make him weak and frustrated. An individual suffering from dementia will have compete change
in his behaviour. He or she will not share his feelings with others. This creates a feeling of
loneliness among them (Reis and Gable, 2015).
Physical impact- The physical impact is it becomes difficult for him to chew and swallow food
in the later stage of dementia. Also, it becomes hard in going to toilet. Moreover, the person does
not get enough sleep. This makes him weak in doing work.
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Psychological impact- Individual suffering from dementia generally does not have control over
their feelings. They do not take interest in many things. Also, they lose self confidence. This
results in lack of trust among others. Besides this, they do not trust their own judgement and
decisions. Along with this, the immune system is affected as person is not able to get enough
sleep (Jacobs and Mynatt, 2017).
1.2 How group respond to life events
Whenever an individual suffers from any life event, the friends and relatives plays an
important role in overcoming that event. It is because these are people who remain very close to
that person. Also, they understand the behaviour their very well. Thus, they support and motivate
people in overcoming that event. In case of dementia family members should interact with them
in order to share their feelings. This will help in understanding their behaviour and providing
support. Also, by interacting with the society person will feel comfortable and will express his
thoughts. Therefore, family members provide emotional support whereas friends or relatives
provides social support. But sometimes, continuously communicating with that person impacts
others behaviour also (Hartin and Walker, 2017) This lead to affect their mental health and
makes them harsh towards others. So they avoid that and leaves the person alone.
Associates -It refers to the association that is made by group of people. These associations help
people to overcome form dementia by providing support to their families and involving person to
take part in certain events.
Communal media- By taking the help of social media person can share his problems. This will
help them to get solutions of their problems. Also, they will feel comfortable by communicating
with others.
Websites- There are various websites that is available on internet that provides solution on how
to deal with dementia suffering people (Surette and Shier, 2017) With this person can overcome
from dementia.
Therefore, by following or implementing these things groups or association can help a
person to recover from dementia. It will provide social support so that individual can interact
with others and easily overcome life event in short time.
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1.3 Analysing impact on other health in life event
Life events can have a huge impact on a person. It changes his normal life and turns it
into harsh one. It becomes very difficult to live normal life again. Also, it takes long time to
overcome from life event. The family member, relatives and friends also suffers from this. It is
because they have to deal with individual continuously. There are sources available in health
care to support people suffering from dementia. First is social source that includes doctors,
psychiatrists., etc. They help in recovering from dementia. They provide care services in
hospitals, care home, etc. (Waugh and Koster, 2015).
Besides this, the behaviour of friends and relatives also changes as they communicate
with them regularly. Due to bad response from dementia people, their also start reacting to things
in bad manner. This effect their attitude and thinking ability. Moreover, mental effect leads to
impact on physical health also. They are not able to get enough sleep. Their self confidence also
gets reduced. (Wessin, Dickhäuser and Garbade, 2015). Hence, this overall leads to impact on
their health in negative way.
LO 2
2.1 Effectiveness of organisation policies and procedures in supporting individuals
There is a significant role of
the policies and procedures
that are being provided by the
government and different
organisations in order to deal
with various situations of life,
which are also considered as
significant life events of life.
The policies created by an
organisation play a crucial role
in providing a better working
environment to employees.
(O'Dwyer, Nolan and Fisher,
2017). This will help in
Dementia discovery fund-
They are the communities or
organisation that provides
funds to dementia people to
overcome it. Generally, they
are NGO or charities who
works for the well being of
people. Many businesses and
companies are highly
contributing towards it
( Oswald, Proto and Sgroi,
2015).
Dementia research institute-
These organisations
contributes in providing help
to research institute. Their aim
is to identify people suffering
from dementia and sent them
to these institutes. Also, they
create such institutes to help
people overcome from life
events. (Wessin, Dickhäuser
and Garbade, 2015)
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making him feel comfortable
with co workers. Apart from
this there are different policies
developed that is as follows:-
Dementia communities-
Government has set different
communities that provide
support to people. They work
with doctors and care
specialist and provide effective
care. They provide support
both ate work place and at
home. They recognise
symptoms of dementia and
takes actions to recover from
it.
Prime minister challenge
2012- It goals is to set a
friendly working environment
within society. They create
communities and improves
quality of services. This helps
in providing a better working
atmosphere to people.
National dementia strategy
2009- The objective of this act
is to raise awareness of
dementia among society.
2.2 How other provide support in life events
Instead of family members
and friends there are various
other people who can also
provide effective care and
Co workers can involve person
in a party. This will help him
to enjoy. Also, it will change
in attitude and behaviour
Psychological support- It is
given by counsellor who
identify needs of people. It is
done by conducting sessions in
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support to people suffering
from dementia. There are
other various people in the
social network that can help in
providing some support to the
one that is dealing with some
changes in their life events.
Care specialists are
considered as the people that
are specialised in the field of
providing an efficient rate of
care to the patient.
(Zimbardo and Boyd,
2015).Moreover, by regularly
communicating with individual
will make him feel relaxed.
Several types of support can
also be given :-
which behaviour of person is
identified. This will help in
recovering from dementia.
Spiritual support- this is
given by persons who are
closely related to dementia
people. Person can be friends,
relatives, etc. They
communicate with so that
problems can be shared. Thus,
by solving problems support is
given. These two are the best
way to give spiritual support.
Physical support- It refers to
providing care by identifying
needs and then fulfilling them.
Basically, doctors, nurses
provide physical care to
dementia people.
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Social care- It includes social
workers. It can also consist of
communities or organisation
who provide social care to
people suffering from
dementia.
2.3 How external sources support life events
External sources can be
very supportive in
providing support to
people to overcome from
life events. They help
people to deal with change
in life. Moreover, they are
easily able to understand
their behaviour and thus
identifies needs Also, it
helps in boosting their
confidence and gaining
trust. The several external
sources are given
below :- . (Oswald, Proto,
Meditation and yoga- It
plays a crucial role in
reducing stress to people,.
Also, it helps in changing
the overall behaviour of
people and making them
independent. This helps in
changing their behaviour
and mental condition.
Workplace support- It is given by
colleagues that are working in
organisation. They provide social as
well as financial support to people.
Also, Alzheimer's society exists that
works in giving care . They provide
support by motivating workers to
work together. (Hartin and Walker,
2017)
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and Sgroi,, 2015). Give and take treatments-
There are different types of
treatments such as
acupuncture, homeopathy,
etc. these help people to
overcome life events and
providing effective care to
them. They also provide
relief to people.
Hospital care- it is the
most common care that is
given by professionals. It
helps in easy identification
of needs and accordingly
providing care. Besides this
, hospital care given a
completely different
environment and changes
the overall thinking of
patients.
LO 3
3.1 How organisation response to individual need
Different organisations provides various support to people to recover from dementia. It is
because of polices and procedures they follow. They have very effective staff and helpers who
are experienced enough to identify needs and understand behaviour of people. This is done by
communicating and sharing their problems. This helps a person to feel comfortable. Dementia
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people can be sent to care centres. These centres will provide effective services. With this
individual can be recovered from life event (Billett, Dymock and Choy, 2016).
Besides this, patient situation can be assessed. It can be done clinics or care centres. It is
because it consists of professionals that can easily deal with dementia people. These people
regularly visits patients home and keep record of behaviour and health. Along with this, the care
giver organisation in UK. They deal with dementia people by providing social and physical care.
For this they develop strategy and plans through which care will be given. Plans vary according
to age group such as children, youngsters, adults, etc.
There are communities that provide treatment to overcome life event. It contains staff and
workers that deal in critical situations (Kalla and et..al, 2017). In this methods are developed to
support dementia people.
3.2 How a person response to individual need
By implementing these recommendations I found out that individual suffering from
dementia should be provided proper care. It will be useful in quick recovering. I analysed that
dementia people behaviour changes with situation. They react differently with other people. So I
learned that by effectively communicating with them will help in identifying their needs and thus
improving behaviour. I came to a result that needs of people are different and it must be fulfilled
to give them a normal life. By analysing behaviour of different people I evaluated that
youngsters are not able to control their emotions. Sometimes they react very harsh to people.
This highly affects their mental health. Also, most of the time they avoid interacting with people.
I think that individual suffering from dementia should be given social support. It will help
them to recover from it quickly. For this yoga and meditation is the best way. It will improve
their mental health and give better environment. Also, it changes their behaviour to a large
extent. Once, mental health is improved then automatically overall health can be changed. The
most important thing that can be done for dementia people is to motivate them to share their
feelings. With this problems can be identified and measures can be taken to solve it. I also
observed that by continuously interacting with person will make him feel comfortable and
change their attitude. Moreover, I noticed that person share his feelings with close relatives
more often.
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3.3 Recommendations for improving support in health and social care for individual
There must be strong care practices implement by organisation to provide support to
people to recover from life events. It is important because these practise will improve the quality
of life. It will help in changing behaviour and leading to live normal life again. An organisation
can implement several recommendations that are as follows:-
Integration and agreement- By integrating various services, health care area can be widen. It
will help in reaching put more people and reducing cost. Also, people will get effective care
facilities in their area (Kant, 2017). Moreover, the financial requirement of care centres will be
met if they work in partnership. This will collaborate their staff skills and knowledge in
providing support. Local authorities should implement some regulations to ensure proper
working. Besides this, auditing must be done to find out use of finance and evaluating
performance.
Ideas to improve quality of care- By integrating the services of different organisation or
centres a strong and effective care can be given. It will help in improving quality of care and
faster recovering of individual. Also, it will increase performance of staff. This will enable them
to develop new methods of providing care. It will overall result in improving efficiency of care
centre and thus rising quality of care.
Support groups – Their help can be taken in order to gain extra benefit in providing health care.
It will be beneficial in reducing cost and improving quality (Werner, 2015). Also, individual will
get services in different ways thus making him recover more quickly. These groups will ensure
proper services are provided.
Resident care- Generally, it is provided in resident of individual. This is done to increase self
confidence and personal satisfaction. It helps in improving quality of service and staff.
Besides this, tactics and specific method must be followed fr different people. It will help
in easy identification of needs and thus proper care can be provided. Family member and
relatives must be involved so that proper communication can be done.
Employees or staff must be properly trained so that they can provide proper care to
person. Training must be given to handle various situations. It will lead to improve quality of
health thus leading to live normal life again (Reis and Gable, 2015).
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Relatives and friends must also be involved in providing services. It is because these
people are very close to individual. So needs can be easily identified. Also, it helps a lot to care
taker as it reduces its work load. With this positive results are achieved.
CONCLUSION:
From this report it is concluded that the individual has a social, physical and
psychological impact on his life due to dementia. Any individual suffering from life event will
have a high impact on his health. It will make him mentally and physically weak and tired.
Whenever an individual suffers from any life event, the friends and relatives plays an important
role in overcoming that event. Every organisation has its own policies and procedures to provide
support to families and patients. The policies created by an organisation play a crucial role in
providing a better working environment to employees. It is the responsibility of collogues to
support the person to recover from dementia. Different organisations provides various support to
people to recover from dementia. It is because of polices and procedures they follow. There must
be strong care practices implement by organisation.
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