Manage group living
EV 50 Unit No 515
Name Date 17/02/2014
Criteria: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Introduction (What you are going to cover in this document) I am going to cover group living for adults. criteria There are various groups living for adults and each have a positive and negative impact. Group living can be beneficial for adults who are unsafe to live on their own and for individuals who are lonely.
I will focus on residential care for group living. When individuals reach the stage where either they or their families have to decide it will be of their best interests to be moved into residential care, there are many factors that influence this.
Age
Mental capacity to make decisions
Safety factors/risks
Financial
Living in a group can pose problems as individuals are brought together, individuals may not always get on with one another due to their views, morals, background and general preferences. The difficulties is pleasing everyone and ensuring they all live amicably together.
The benefits in group living is having companionship/friendship and plenty of activities that they can attend with individuals they know and live with, still enabling them to have their own space and privacy if they so wish.
Various group living:
Residential care
Elderly care complexes
Hostels
Supported living
Residential enables 24 hour care
Elderly complexes ensures they have a warden and activities if they so wish to join in, care provisions if they so wish
Hostels are temporary living
Supported living offers more choice and freedom, activities, meal provisions and warden input, where if needed they can have homecare provisions.
Whichever an individual or their families choose they all have to promote a happy/safe environment for individuals, ensuring they meet standards set out for residential or group living provisions.
Every group living environment/care home
Name Date 17/02/2014
Criteria: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Introduction (What you are going to cover in this document) I am going to cover group living for adults. criteria There are various groups living for adults and each have a positive and negative impact. Group living can be beneficial for adults who are unsafe to live on their own and for individuals who are lonely.
I will focus on residential care for group living. When individuals reach the stage where either they or their families have to decide it will be of their best interests to be moved into residential care, there are many factors that influence this.
Age
Mental capacity to make decisions
Safety factors/risks
Financial
Living in a group can pose problems as individuals are brought together, individuals may not always get on with one another due to their views, morals, background and general preferences. The difficulties is pleasing everyone and ensuring they all live amicably together.
The benefits in group living is having companionship/friendship and plenty of activities that they can attend with individuals they know and live with, still enabling them to have their own space and privacy if they so wish.
Various group living:
Residential care
Elderly care complexes
Hostels
Supported living
Residential enables 24 hour care
Elderly complexes ensures they have a warden and activities if they so wish to join in, care provisions if they so wish
Hostels are temporary living
Supported living offers more choice and freedom, activities, meal provisions and warden input, where if needed they can have homecare provisions.
Whichever an individual or their families choose they all have to promote a happy/safe environment for individuals, ensuring they meet standards set out for residential or group living provisions.
Every group living environment/care home