Approaches to the Care and Support of Individuals with Dementia

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1 Unit 14: Persn-centred Appraches t the Care and Supprt f Individuals with Dementia Unit reference number: H/601/2879 Level: 2 Unit type: Optinal Credit value: 2 Guided learning hurs: 17 Unit summary Understanding hw a persn-centred care apprach prvides assistance and supprt t individuals wh have varius kinds, symptms and stages f dementia is the fcus f this unit. It prvides the knwledge and understanding required t enable the individual with dementia t experience wellbeing. In this unit, yu will explre the persn-centred apprach and the psitive impact it has n the health and well being f an individual with dementia. Yu will als cver the rle f thers in the care and supprt f individuals with dementia. Yu will als develp transferable skills needed t perate within a care setting, while putting particular emphasis n the level and varied care needed t supprt individuals with dementia. 1

2 Learning utcmes and assessment criteria T pass this unit, the learner needs t demnstrate that they can meet all the learning utcmes fr the unit. The assessment criteria utline the requirements the learner is expected t meet t achieve the unit. Learning utcmes 1 Understand appraches that enable individuals with dementia t experience wellbeing 2 Understand the rle f carers in the care and supprt f individuals with dementia 3 Understand the rles f thers in the supprt f individuals with dementia Assessment criteria 1.1 Describe what is meant by a persn-centred apprach 1.2 Outline the benefits f wrking with an individual with dementia in a persn-centred manner 2.1 Describe the rle that carers can have in the care and supprt f individuals with dementia 2.2 Explain the value f develping a prfessinal wrking relatinship with carers 3.1 Describe the rles f thers in the care and supprt f individuals with dementia 3.2 Explain when it may be necessary t refer t thers when supprting individuals with dementia 3.3 Explain hw t access the additinal supprt f thers when supprting individuals with dementia 2

3 Cntent What needs t be learned Learning utcme 1: Understand appraches that enable individuals with dementia t experience wellbeing Individual Smene requiring care r supprt; it will usually mean the persn r peple supprted by the learner. Persn-centred apprach Recgnising individuality. Enabling chice and scial relatinships. Valuing the individual. Inclusin. Prviding the pprtunity fr stimulatin. Empwerment. The 6 Cs (chice, care, cmpassin, cmpetence, curage and cmmitment). Benefits t the individual Imprvement t individual s, e.g. physical, intellectual, emtinal and scial well-being, cnfidence, self-esteem, respnsiveness. Learning utcme 2: Understand the rle f carers in the care and supprt f individuals with dementia Rle f carers Carers e.g. family, partner, friends, neighburs. Prviding fr the care needs f the individual, e.g. physical, emtinal, cgnitive. Develping prfessinal relatinships with thers. Prmting cntact with friends and neighburs. Recgnitin f family, partner and friends as being part f the caring relatinship. Prviding pprtunities fr families and partners t express cncerns. Invlvement in decisins. Value f prfessinal wrking relatinships Values, e.g. increased c-peratin, imprved cmmunicatin, cntinuity f care, learning frm each ther. 3

4 What needs t be learned Learning utcme 3: Understand the rles f thers in the supprt f individuals with dementia Rle f thers Others, e.g. care wrkers, clleagues, managers, scial wrkers, ccupatinal therapists, GP, speech and language therapists, physitherapists, pharmacists, nurses, psychlgists, Admiral Nurses, dementia care advisers and cmmunity psychiatric nurses. Rle, e.g. persnal care and supprt, emtinal supprt, helping with daily living tasks, helping with the administering f medicatin, prviding infrmatin and advice, recgnitin f family, partner and friends as being part f the caring relatinship, carers as experts. Benefits f multi-disciplinary/inter-agency wrking, e.g. skills mix, sharing respnsibilities and supprt f the team. Supprt and referral Referring t thers, e.g. reaching a pint f nt managing, needing specialised advice. Supprt: accessing supprt medical r care referral case meetings requests frm family and friends. 4

5 Infrmatin fr tutrs Bks Brker D Persn-Centred Dementia Care, Secnd Editin: Making Services Better with the VIPS Framewrk (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015), ISBN Dwns M Excellence in Dementia Care (Open University Press, 2008) ISBN James O Cntented Dementia: A Revlutinary New Way f Treating Dementia: 24-hur Wraparund Care fr Lifelng Well-being (Vermillin, 2010) ISBN Websites Cmprehensive infrmatin abut dementia. Brief verview f dementia. Open Learn Designing space fr dementia care. SCIE Scial Care TV vide (2013) Getting t knw the persn with dementia. DVD's Still Alice (2015) DVD r available nline fr dwnlad. 5

6 Assessment This guidance shuld be read in cnjunctin with the assciated qualificatin specificatin fr this unit. This unit is internally assessed. T pass this unit, the evidence that the learner presents fr assessment must demnstrate that they have met the required standard specified in the learning utcmes and assessment criteria, and the requirements f the assessment strategy. T ensure that the assessment tasks and activities enable learners t prduce valid, sufficient, authentic and apprpriate evidence that meets the assessment criteria, centres shuld fllw the guidance given in Sectin 8 Assessment f the assciated qualificatin specificatin and meet the requirements frm the assessment strategy given belw. Wherever pssible, centres shuld adpt an hlistic apprach t assessing the units in the qualificatin. This gives the assessment prcess greater rigur and minimises repetitin, time and the burden f assessment n all parties invlved in the prcess. Unit assessment requirements This unit must be assessed in accrdance with the assessment strategy (principles) in Annexe A f the assciated qualificatin specificatin. Assessment f all learning utcmes (knwledge) may take place in r utside f a real wrk envirnment. 6