2 – Promote Person-Centered Approaches in Care Settings

1.1 Explain how and why person-centred values must influence all aspects of health and adult care work

Person-centred values promote dignity, respect and support for the individual. This means providing care which is tailored to an individual’s needs and not assuming that a ‘one size fits all’ approach will work.

All aspects of health and adult care work must be centred on these person-centred values to ensure that clients receive the best possible experience when accessing healthcare or social services. Treating each person with unique needs, wants, wishes, and goals can help build relationships between them (carers/nurses/social workers), allowing staff to tailor their approaches. Hence, they respond more appropriately depending on whom they are working with at any given time.

Promoting these core values within every aspect of health & adult care work encourages everyone involved in caring for others – from support staff through senior managers – to have a greater understanding of what makes someone who they are, including psychological makeup & physical abilities, while also recognising the importance of their individual preferences & wishes. Listening to and respecting people’s opinions allows carers to make decisions with them rather than for them.

Person-centred values help individuals feel valued by allowing staff to treat each client in a way most appropriate for their specific situation or condition; this could be through providing access to specialist equipment or offering extra support depending on what best suits their particular needs and choices. Through fostering these core values, clients can experience better quality care and improved well-being, which ultimately promotes dignity & respect throughout all health & adult care services offered.

Other answers in the full document:

• 1.2 Evaluate the use of care plans in applying person-centred values.

• 1.3 Explain how to collate and analyse feedback to support the delivery of person-centred care in line with roles and responsibilities

• 3.1 Analyse factors that influence the capacity of an individual to express consent

• 3.3 Explain what steps to take if consent cannot be readily established

• 4.1 Describe different ways of applying active participation to meet individual needs

• 5.4 Describe how to support an individual to question or challenge decisions concerning them that are made by others

• 6.1 Explain the links between identity, self-image and self-esteem

• 7.1 Compare different uses of risk assessment in care settings

• 7.2 Explain how risk taking and risk assessment relate to rights and responsibilities

• 7.3 Explain why risk assessments need to be regularly revised