Unit 17 Person Centred Care
Samantha Caswell
21st October 2014
Unit 17-Lead Person Centred Practise
Task 1
1.1
Person centred care has been designed and developed over several decades as the Department of Health has worked hard to change the ideas of how care should be delivered in the UK. In past years care was delivered in a way that concentrated on the problems and disabilities of individuals and worked at ways of dealing with this. This created a culture of dependency as health professionals struggled to meet the growing needs of their service users. Person centred care moved away from a ‘one size fits all approach that had previously been used and instead worked at developing a package of care and support that firmly put the service user at the centre of every decision made.
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It provides professional and clinical useful information about illnesses, disabilities and conditions to enable a prognosis.
2. It points or suggests specific underlying cause of the disorder
3. Directs professionals to specific treatment for the individual.
Negative points of the medical model:
1. The medical model sees the professional as the expert and patients would be expected to take the advice of them without question. This is because the professional is seen as a person of authority in relation to the patient. The model states that this is normal due to the expertise of the professional and to be expected.
2. Professionals are viewed as dominant as they are trained in diagnosis and treatment.
3. Sick and ill patients were held responsible for their condition whether that is mental health, diseases or frailty.
4. The disease or condition of the patient is seen as the most important factor and other factors such as social, psychological and individual behaviours became second to this.
The Social
21st October 2014
Unit 17-Lead Person Centred Practise
Task 1
1.1
Person centred care has been designed and developed over several decades as the Department of Health has worked hard to change the ideas of how care should be delivered in the UK. In past years care was delivered in a way that concentrated on the problems and disabilities of individuals and worked at ways of dealing with this. This created a culture of dependency as health professionals struggled to meet the growing needs of their service users. Person centred care moved away from a ‘one size fits all approach that had previously been used and instead worked at developing a package of care and support that firmly put the service user at the centre of every decision made.
Person centred care is a way of working that supports an individual to take control of their own lives and focus on their talents and …show more content…
It provides professional and clinical useful information about illnesses, disabilities and conditions to enable a prognosis.
2. It points or suggests specific underlying cause of the disorder
3. Directs professionals to specific treatment for the individual.
Negative points of the medical model:
1. The medical model sees the professional as the expert and patients would be expected to take the advice of them without question. This is because the professional is seen as a person of authority in relation to the patient. The model states that this is normal due to the expertise of the professional and to be expected.
2. Professionals are viewed as dominant as they are trained in diagnosis and treatment.
3. Sick and ill patients were held responsible for their condition whether that is mental health, diseases or frailty.
4. The disease or condition of the patient is seen as the most important factor and other factors such as social, psychological and individual behaviours became second to this.
The Social