Health and Social Care: Specific Needs and Support Systems

This report provides a comprehensive overview of specific needs within the health and social care sector, focusing on the cases of individuals like Roberts and Daniel. It defines key concepts such as health, disability, illness, and behavioral issues, emphasizing their significance in understanding patient needs. The report examines the evolution of perceptions towards illness and disability, highlighting the impact of policies, legislation, society, and culture on service delivery. It analyzes the roles of various legislations and social policies, including the Health Act, Care Trust, and Personal Health Budgets, in meeting specific needs. Additionally, the report addresses the challenges faced by individuals with challenging behaviors and the importance of effective communication, nutrition management, and personal hygiene. It emphasizes the need for tailored care services and the role of family and community support in enhancing the quality of life for individuals with specific health and social care needs.

Understanding specific needs
in health and social care

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1................................................................................................................................................3
1.2................................................................................................................................................4
1.3................................................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1................................................................................................................................................5
2.2................................................................................................................................................5
2.3................................................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1................................................................................................................................................7
3.2................................................................................................................................................8
3.3................................................................................................................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
4.1................................................................................................................................................9
4.2..............................................................................................................................................10
4.3..............................................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Safety has no substitute. “Health and safety at workplace is important to the decorum of
work.” Safety is the priority for every organization and individual. The norms to be followed by
an organization are very much strict so as to maintain a sense of discipline. Safety should be the
law at crest. Organizations do not compromise on safety standards, as it gives a brand image and
no employer can compromise on humanity. Quality matters but safety is all that matters (Ryan,
2010). like wise it has been explained in the present case in which a person name Roberts in his
late 70s was suffering form a very serious disease called Parkinson's and Dementia which has
left him totally immovable and will be needing 24 hours care by which his wife Jean who is in
her late 60s was a kind of socialising person but due to terrible condition of her husband she was
not able to get along with her friends. This make ensure that there is very dead need of health and
safety measures.
TASK 1
1.1
There are different concepts which are related to the health and the social care. The main
points of the health, illness, disability and the behavioural issues of the users of health and social
care services. Health – It relates to the efficiency of the person in performing the daily activities or
assess the appropriate education for fulfilling the responsibilities of the health and social
care (Munn-Giddings and Winter, 2013). It is a state of complete mental, social and
physical well being. It indicates the good feeling of a person and the absence of the
disease. For an example a person whose heart rate is normal with normal blood pressure
and little bit of diabetes. Disability – It relates to the condition of the health and the physical impairment that
denies the individual to live a normal life and get the appropriate education. It also
refrains them from performing the daily activities. It is a complex phenomenon which
reflects the interaction between the features of a person body and society in which the
person live. For an example some people suffer from mental disability in which their
mind doesn't work properly and hence their mental capacity is not normal like others. A
person suffering from split personality shall be entitled under mental disability.

 Illness – It refers to the disabilities or disorders which makes the person abnormal for
sometime. These type of people become highly dependant on others. It is a subjective
matter that may vary from person to person on the basis of personal perception and
emotion (Aveyard, 2014). It is defined as the manner in which the persons monitor their
bodies, define and interpret their symptoms. To use the health care system and various
other sources for which the person haver to become good and live normal life. For
example Any person who has been suffering from high fever or any kind of disease by
which he shall not be able to work normally
 Behavioural issues – This indicates the significant change in the behaviour of the people.
It leads to the serious mental illness and depression in people. They also become
aggressive. It occur because when minds of certain people are not fully developed and
fertile. Sometimes it occur due to any serious head injury or mental shock which a person
get by any kind of visualisation.
This information is helpful to understand the specific needs this tells about the their
perception and their expectations from the social care workers.
1.2
The perceptions and belief of the illness and disability have changed overtime. Persons
who are suffering from mental disorder they have a specific needs from the representatives of the
social care (Thistlethwaite, 2011). So that people who have been suffering from any issues
related to health and safety shall get proper aid by which there shall be no more sufferance which
is why health and safety would prime motive of any organisation.
There are many NGO or other organisation whose main motive behind establishment is
to provide health and safety measure to people who are suffering from same. They help in
improving the effectiveness of the treatment and care given to the people with the specific needs.
These persons always lived in the community and have to compete with the general population
with the health care. This have been changed by the perception of the needs which are specified.
So that Daniel can live their life like a normal person and can live a happy life (Ham, Dixon and
Brooke, 2012). If any person is stigmatised by their community or society then they seen
different from other person and by that they may be rejected. When they rejected they have a
feeling that should be leave that is low in self esteem, worthless, angry, frustrated, isolated etc.
Sometime it can be a challenge that can come with the physical disability, lack of access to the

places. Along with this they can face difficulties in finding a job etc. Discrimination as a
disability as it is against the law to discriminate against the disabled people in the various areas
of their lives. If the disability discrimination takes place in the different situations so that they
can take proper action which includes the various places that is at work, when providing goods
and services as well as facilities, when renting or buying property etc. Disability discrimination
can either be direct or indirect.
Certainly there has been an adjustment in the way individuals take a gander at the people with
particular needs. It can conclude the same with the assistance of the case of Mr. Daniel. By and
large, on a normal, over 30% individuals over the age of 42 are experiencing Bi-polar affective
disorder. In this way, the prior impression was exceptionally easygoing about the state of
Dementia in the brains of individuals. Yet, now, with expands mindfulness and instruction, it has
turned out to be clear to the general public that, the general population experiencing Dementia
should be taken care legitimately and ought to be heard. Other than this, there is one greater
multifaceted nature to this. Likewise with the instance of Mr Denial, he is experiencing mental
issue that is Bi-polar affective disorder, a few other old matured individuals endure with heart
complexities, processing issues and breathing issues and so on. This, aside from disorder, they as
of now have a great deal of things to think about. Along these lines, it is vital to fare thee well of
those. Luckily the groups of such individuals have turned out to be exceptionally cautious with
respect to this and have been taking wellbeing of the wellbeing and social administer to this.
Individuals' recognition towards mental disorder Patients made strides Additionally, with Mr.
Daniel has additionally supposedly included in two or three brutal practices, which happens
when a man needs to pass on something and it goes unheard, at that point he begins looking
through some way or the other to pass on his point. In this way, it is essential to comprehend his
condition and by and large the perspective of the general public has been changing with respect
to this disease.
1.3
There is a great impact of the policies, legislations, society and the culture on the ways
services are provided to them to Daniel who is a patient having a specific needs. Acceding to the
legislations and the social policy has to be provided with the following in order to meet the
specific needs :

 Availability of the disable machines so that they can sit on that and con move anywhere
in the care room so that social needs can be fulfilled.
 For the full time social care homes can fulfil their specific needs.
 A visit of the doctors time to time assess the impact of the treatment and health care
services (Lowes and Hulatt, 2013).
Current legislations are :-
Health act – this act includes the powers which are very helpful for the social and healthy care
service providers which includes to increase their budgets, to create the integration with the
providers of the service and to develop the arrangements of the leading commission.
Care trust – It consider the closest model for the caring of the social and health care persons.
Children trust – It is for the adult care trust and assess the common framework for the children
and the information which is sharing with the children and youth.
Personal health budgets – This is basically for the social care for the adults (Pollard and Miers,
2008). This policy allows to the patients to receive the cash for the services that they have taken
from the health providers.
These initiatives are taken for the health and social care services that they provide best
services to those persons who are suffering from the health issues. Legislations is a law which
has been promulgated by a legislature or the other governing body. Legislation having the
different purposes which includes to regulate, authorise, outlaw, to provide, to sanction etc.
Another one is social policy which can be used by firm in providing the services and in this the
important areas are well-being and welfare, poverty reduction, social security, unemployment
insurance, family policy etc.
Administrative arrangements and social strategies are imperative for administering any
division in the nation. Wellbeing and social mind area has additionally been encouraged by the
administrative approaches from numerous points of view. The following are a few such cases.
Wellbeing and Social Care Act, 2012: It gives different tenets and controls that should be
taken after for the administration suppliers and the clients of wellbeing and social care segment.
It not just gives different rules to be trailed by the segment so the procedures are reasonable and
smooth for the clients of wellbeing and social care administrations, yet additionally perform
better offices operations also, gives changes identified with the labourers required in the
wellbeing and social care focuses.

National Health Service Act, 2006: It discusses the store designation to different area places
from the National Health Administration under the supervision of Government. It guarantees the
smooth working of the social insurance benefits similarly as the fiscal stuff is concerned. Society
and culture additionally has assumed a critical part in the prospering of the wellbeing and social
care division. The increment in familiarity with individuals has affected the development
decidedly. Additionally, referring to the case of Mr. Daniel, reason that the family has been
exceptionally careful for this situation and that by some degree mirrors the general changed
mentality of the general public.
TASK 2
2.1
Robert is that person who are suffering from the challenging behaviour and his wife is a
caretaker of Robert. He come under the adults under the specific needs. A person who are
suffering from the challenging behaviour having the self harming, uncooperative and display the
anger on the others. It requires the information related to the health issue. This information
requires the proper communication between between the individual and the health care worker.
The health related information is very important and include transparency of the medical
products agencies that give the guarantee to the complete public access. It develop the effective
sources of the treatment which are available (Millar and Hall, 2013). Proper communication
should be done between patient and health professional. Managing the nutrition and maintain the
personal hygiene. Along with this they have to keep their house clean. Assessing and engaging in
work including physical exercises. Those persons who are suffering from this disease they have
to dressed up properly according to the weather. They have to eat properly and in time so that
they can improve their health and can live their normal life. They can be able to maintain and
develop the family and maintain the other personal relationships. For that family members have
to care of that person who are going through the challenging behaviour so that they can live their
happy life with their family. The local authority helps in involving the assessment so that they
can identify the needs and these having a impact on well-being. Local authorities helps in
analysing the personal needs which arise from or they are related to the physical and mental
illness and have to make them unable so that they can accomplish the two or more specific
outcomes. Along with this they have to attain the best results which unable in meeting the

outcomes and it is having a impact on the audit well-being. The specific outcomes which is to be
measured includes managing and maintaining nutrition as well as managing the personal hygiene
etc.
It is essential to break down the care needs of the people to deal with the defending
operations. In this area, we would report about the comprehension on the state of Mr. Holland
Park and how we can deal with him in a compelling way. Mr. Holland Park fundamentally has
the issue of Dementia. At seniority, the cerebrum cells and cranial cells of human body begin
kicking the bucket and individuals enduring with this have a tendency to overlook parcel of
things. In this way, legitimate care must be taken and the care staff at the care focus would have
the capacity to help him with the imperative things like eating in time, washing up and taking
medications at perfect time. Besides, he is experiencing the issue of vision debilitation.
Particularly amid evening times, when the individual would need certain things like water or
something else, there is an instance of unintentional damage, this additionally should be dealt
with. Aside from that, the hearing issue is likewise one basic issue. Mr. Holland Park has
likewise indicating testing conduct at a few occurrences. It is exceptionally vital to comprehend
the mindset of the old man, where he is disregarded the greater part of the circumstances by his
relatives because of their bustling calendars. In this way, he will undoubtedly attempt a few
strategies with the goal that his activities would be discernible. Moreover, once in a while, out of
dissatisfaction the individual may assault or hurt some person. In this manner, we can earnestly
break down the particular tend to Mr. Holland and can work out for an answer in the wellbeing
and social care focus
2.2
The individuals having the specific needs should be supported for the betterment of the
people and the society. The government has made the strategies and the models for the
promotion of the health and social care. To improve the behaviour related to the health can
decrease the health inequality (Dickinson and Glasby, 2010). The persons who are having the
specific needs of the legal facilities of the society. Extra arrangement should be made for the
social care system and facilities to be available for them. The current system for the people with
the specific needs are as :-
Advice and guidance – The current system for supporting the individuals with the specific needs
provide the guidance for the betterment of the mental and the physical health of the users of the

health and social care. The advices are provided to the high age people and guidance are
provided to the children and immature people who are supported with the specific needs.
Counselling – It is an important phase of the health and social care. The people with the specific
needs sometime they need for the counselling for encouraging then and to increase the
confidence level (Caldwell and et. al., 2007). Many person suffer from mental disorder and face
so much problems in their life. The current social care homes provide the counselling to those
persons and other related services also.
Personal development program – The current social and health care provide persons with the
specific needs with facilities and services to bring them in a good condition so that they can
adjust in the society in a normal way. This program is arranged for the betterment of the persons
who are having the specific needs.
These are the methods or the current system who are supporting the individuals or those
persons who are suffering from the challenge behaviour with the specific needs (Kamel
Boulosand Wheeler, 2007).
2.3
The special services and infrastructure that social care home has that will ease the stress
and tensions of family Robert are :-
 They have to make a interactive kind of infrastructure at the home of social care and
become friendly user with that person who is suffering from the challenging behaviour.
 The person have the abilities to use or operate the new devices.
 They have to appoint that person that has the ability to do work of the suffering person
and their family also. The person which they are appoint that person should properly
trained, skilled and have the manpower to meet the specific needs of that family (Hasson,
Blomberg and Dunér, 2012).
 The person who are appointed for the caring of suffered person that people have to build
up a user friendly atmosphere to meet up their, physical, social, mental and other needs.
 The person get the training for fulfilling their responsibility of doing the work with the
new kind of devices, equipments and tools that are available in the social care homes.
 There is a availability of the doctors, nurses and the various other teams of people that
have meet the specific needs of that person who are going through with the challenging
behaviour (Rees, Knight and Wilkinson, 2007).

It is based on the facilities, system, infrastructure and the process that the social care home have.
He would provide the special kind of training to manage the daily task of that person and that too
in the availability of the special representative who would be a guide and trained personnel so
that any person does not frustrated and depressed and Robert who are suffering from disease can
live their happy and normal life. The employees of care home have to provide proper treatment
and proper care which needs to be improved. They have to do proper care of the patient that is
being able to dress in a appropriate manner. This being able to move around the home safely
which includes the assessing the home from outside. They have to keep home sufficiently clean
and safe. They have to assess and engage in work, training, education as well as volunteering
which includes the physical access.
Any wellbeing and social care can be quit for an individual keeping in see the offices
furthermore, utilities it can give to the individual and family. Along these lines, administrations
which are near the region are truly helpful for any administration client. Appropriate therapeutic
offices ought to be available in the wellbeing and social care minimum the current issue or
diseases of the individual ought to be legitimately taken care at the middle itself. The social mind
focus ought to be receptive from greater therapeutic foundations, so the patient could be
immediately moved to there, in the event of crises. The transportation offices ought to be great
and there should enough ambulances dedicatedly working for that inside. The nourishment ought
to be solid and sterile. Control on nourishment things ought to be accessible in view of the
requirements of the patient. Every one of these conditions is properly satisfied at our wellbeing
and social care focus. In this way, it is great and safe for Mr. Robert to move to the inside for his
own particular advancement.
TASK 3
3.1
There are different approaches and interventions available to the individuals with the
specific needs. Different approaches are :-
Self help approach – This approach is helpful in improving the conditions which is based on the
individual person.

Advocacy approach – It denotes the whole range of methods and approaches which is used in
changing the policies, attitude and behaviour so that they can develop and discriminate the
disability (Hawn, 2009).
Autonomy and empowerment – This approach demonstrate the effectiveness of people.
Evidence based practice – This approach make the opportunities for the disabled person. It
shows the social responsibility of the society.
Different interventions are :- Physical Interventions – It includes the exercise and therapies for the improvement of the
joint movements. For this there is a provision of the external appliances. It helps in
restoring the functions and maintaining the physical status so that those persons live their
normal life. There are different functions which helps in maintaining their normal life. Psychological Interventions – Those persons who are suffer from the challenging
behaviour, psychological intervention is also very important. It helps in raising the
morale and builds the positive attitude towards the life (Ryan, 2010). It helps in treating
the various types of challenging behaviour like depression, personality changes and
anxiety. Educational Interventions – It requires the specific information related to the health. This
information is delivered in the proper conversation between the person who are suffer
from the challenging behaviour and health care workers. The information is related to
health is very important for every one.
 Vocational Interventions – In this the members of health care have to make to efforts to
promote the vocational training that suits the level of disability. This help to earn the
money for their independent life (Berwick, Nolan and Whittington, 2008).
3.2
There are different type of intervention strategies which includes physical, psychological
and educational strategies. The intervention strategies which are used for the service users and
these strategies are important for those persons who are having the health issues and it helps in
various ways to improve the conditions of the people (Swan, 2009). The physical; strategies are
helpful in the improvement of the physical strength and it includes the exercise for the joint
movements for this there is a provision for the outside appliances. It helps in the functions and

maintaining the physical status so that the person who are suffering they can live their normal
life.
For the improvement of physical intervention, psychological strategies is also play a
important role and it helps in improving and building up the positive attitude towards the life.
This type of therapy helps in enhancing or treating the depression, personality changes and
anxiety. The intervention strategies related to the education it helps the patients to regain the
independence in their life with the specific needs (Marmot and et. al., 2008). This helps the
person to get the knowledge and the accurate information about the present condition of the
people which are suffering from health and care issues. So that they can adopt the strategies in
making them life comfortable and independent. Service based interventions includes the services
which are supporting the persons in the field of education and social care services.
3.3
The emerging developments are necessary for the persons who are suffer from health
issue includes the technology and medical advances which is having the certain changes to
policies and legislations from the views of local and international. The potential impact is that
the persons having the disabilities are able to handle themselves and the persons do not depend
on others. At the period of time evaluation and auditing is to be done and by that improvements
can be done on the basis of evaluation. Potential impact includes the rights which are having the
protection of the others (Bradley, Curry and Devers, 2007). Remedial therapy with the
alleviation of needs and having the policies and the services. It helps in stabilize the health of the
persons. There are many external agencies which are the schemes for the development of the
persons who are suffering from health issues. There are different theories which are based on the
behaviour and these provide the predictors of the health issue and these theories having the
elements like motivation and self efficacy. Self efficacy made the efforts for doing the changes in
the society of the social and health care.
The strategies for the providers of the health and social issue are very much attainable.
Along with this they have the specific conditions and having the qualities and then abilities and
having the knowledge for the proper communication with the health and social providers
effectively and efficiently and try to solve the questions or the issues (Shapiro, Brown and
Biegel, 2007). The providers should have to design the plans for the long term conditions with