Principles Of Person-Centered Practice

During a traditional service review, have you ever feel that people weren’t listened to, weren’t involved in the process or didn’t feel part of it? A Person-Centred Review is a different way of doing things, that puts the person at the heart of the review.

Person centred care could be defined as focusing on a person’s individual needs, wants, wishes and where they see their target goal. Person centred care also takes into account delivering person centred care to the patients family and carers, as well as the multidisciplinary team that is working together to provide care. The service user is the most important person in decision making for their health care and the nursing process. (Draper et al 2013). Person centred care reminds nurses and care staff that they are caring for the service user, their families and care staff providing the care, this allows the patient power in decision making towards their health and wellbeing. (Pope, 2011)

1.1 Explain how and why person centered values must influence all aspects of health and social care work:

The main principles of person centred model are the core conditions of empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard. They are vital for building a safe therapeutic relationship, in which the client can explore fully.

Other approaches to person centred practice are more direct in planning action in order to

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

One of key concepts of person centred therapy is the belief that the client has the ability to become aware of their own problems and has the inherent means to resolve them. In this sense,

Person centred practice asks us to see the person first, illness second, everyone has the basic human right of choice, independence, respect and dignity.

Person-centred is about providing care and support that is centred or focused on the individual and their needs. We are all individuals and just because two people might have the same medical condition, for example, dementia, it doesn’t mean that they require the same care or support because they are two different people which means their needs will be different. You need to develop a clear understanding about the individuals that you are working with and their needs, culture, means of communication, likes and dislikes, family and other professional’s

Person centred values means the people whom we support are treated as equals and are involved in all aspects and areas of their care and that they are respected and valued as individuals. This means being involved in their assessments, care delivery and support planning, basically person centred values is making sure all approaches, policies and procedures and care practices put the residents at the centre of the day-to-day activities. It should also include the residents and their families in the planning and maintaining of this.

Person-centred care has its focus on the person with an illness and not on the disease in the person. To

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

There is a long history in delivering health care in the UK which can track back to The Poor Law 1834. The whole health and social care system had shifted to person centred care only since the beginning of last decade after recognising the changing of social structure in the UK and the need of placing service user in to the centre of the service. Therefore several legislations and policies were brought up either by the statutory body or independent organisation to emphasis the importance of person centred care in health and social care setting.

Person centred care is a form of clinical practice where the patient is included in his/her treatment and care. Also, the needs of the patient are considered. The patient being referred in the case study is Mr. Parker, who is an aboriginal man diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is a heart condition that takes place when blood flow or circulation from the heart is abruptly cut. Mr. Parker was brought to the ER after he collapsed at home as a result of acute chest pain.

The Institute on Medicine (2012) defines patient-centred care as respectful and responsive to individual patients’ preferences, needs, and values and ensures that the patient or family are in control of all clinical decisions and maintaining core values. This again highlights the focus on the patient, their values, and involvement of the family.