Health And Social care - Qp10

Like all aspects of care there are principles that we need to be aware of and these will be applied to those who may need to learn new skills or relearn existing skills as a result of accident or illness.

There are a few other considerations that will affect the choice of skills and they are: (Select four)

Re-enactment is short term and is an intensive support to people who have lost their basic skills through admission to hospital, illness, emotional or traumatic crisis.

‘Train and fade’ and this is where the support is intensive at the beginning and then tails off, leaving the individual to practise the skills with less and less support.

Assistive Technology is anything that will assist in performing a skill, and can vary from practical aids, to sensors and call aids in the home.

To start the planning process it is good to end with a self-assessment questionnaire.

Goal setting will help people feel a sense of achievement if the ultimate aim is split into goals.

Only the person, for who the plan was developed can say if the support worked for them and was successful.

Evaluation can take place at any point in the process, it does not just have to be a final analysis.

Any recording has to follow your organisations policies and procedures as well as conform to the Data Protection Act.