The Problem Of Care Aids

Some health care professional who are not committed to the care value base may treat service users unfairly. For example, a care worker that is not demonstrating the role of empathy may not want to listen or respect the ideals of the service users because the care worker is not in their position and do not see things from service users point of view. It is important for health care professionals to be committed and being honest with themselves in order to make sure that they are providing equal care to their service users. Careful use of language

This episode of care occurred in a community setting. Sara has a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. She live alone, has no children and is a diabetic. Sara does not speak English and her first language is Polish. Sara support worker developed a close relationship with Sara but said recently her dementia as gotten wrong and she sometimes does not remember who she is. Sara has cellulitis on her legs and was refusing to let the support worker change her dressing. She kept saying it was ok and she didn't want it to be changed. The student nurse and the district nurse tried reassuring Sara and explaining why it was importance to treat her leg but she just became more agitated and aggressive. The district nurse and support worker knew it was important

In this report I will be investigating how care services meet the needs of individuals by firstly analysing the needs of an individual using care services. Then I will go on to explain the roles of the care planning process in identifying needs, and explain the features of a positive care practise. After explaining that, I will analysis positive care environments and evaluate how they meet needs before finally explaining the role of legislation in promoting a positive care environment.

Nurses rely on personal knowledge and their professional skills to provide ethical care (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). In everyday practice, nurses must balance the needs of their patients against those of the organization, society and themselves. They strive to deliver the highest level of care for patients, but adjusting for limited organizational and personal resources often requires difficult decisions. This paper explores the following scenario suggested by Maville and Huerta: “You are a nurse providing home care to a mother, and you suspect child abuse after observing the mother’s reaction to her child” (as cited by Arizona State University, 2014). When faced with a moral dilemma, a competent nurse incorporates ethical, bioethical and legal considerations. In the proposed story, incorporating the nursing ethics of advocacy, beneficence, nonmaleficence and collaboration will guide the nurse towards an appropriate and legal course of action.

Carers must work in collaboration with their colleagues ensuring the delivery of the highest quality, safe and very compassionate health care and support. Carers must communicate openly and in an effective way to promote the health, safety and well-being of services users and their families. Carers must respect all people’s rights to confidentiality and strive to improve the quality of health care by continuing with professional development also uphold and promote equality, diversity and inclusion. Carers must be honest with themselves and others about what they can do, recognise their abilities and limitations of their competence and only carry out of delegate those tasks agreed in their job description and for which they are competent. It is very important to behave and present yourself a way that doesn’t call into question your suitability to work in a health and social care setting, always seek guidance from your supervisor or employer should you feel unable or if you are unsure how to effectively deliver a task. Carers must comply with employers agreed ways of working and must report any actions and omissions made by one or colleagues that you feel may jeopardise the safety or care of services users this includes if necessary whistleblowing procedures to report any suspect wrong doing. Carers must

All organisations and authorities have a duty of care towards an Individual with dementia, GPs, Social

Some care aides were wonderful and went out of their way to go the extra mile; however, I noticed many of them didn’t tell the residents what they were going to be doing before they would do it, which would scare many of them. Often the residents would scream or wince from shock or pain, as the care aides would begin their care without prior disclosure. Many residents were not verbal, or had dementia and that was considered to be the factor in which it was justifiable to treat them this way. I was dismayed at how I witnessed the lights turn on, the blankets torn off, the residents being turned from side to side and their briefs being taken off, leaving them cold and completely exposed without any notice or indication of what was going to happen.

In the past year, since the amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code was passed, and Medical Assistance in dying (MAID) became law, health care professionals, and their regulatory bodies have been revising their professional practice standards. Because of this bench marking legislation, it created legal and ethical issues that will be addressed in this paper. I will critically analyze the barriers for patients and their families and for the health care professionals who are involved in providing MAID. I will also discuss the regulatory bodies, and their guidelines and standards for their members, and how this may create legal issues as well.

This act links to an individual who has dementia as if their personal information at the doctors or in an elderly care home then these organisations need to ensure that these eight principles are followed.

A duty of care is a legal obligation to protect wellbeing and prevent harm within the health and social care sector. The duty of care is very important as it does not only protect the service users but the service provider’s as well. There are 7 principles all care workers must follow in order to care for the service users effectively. I will be investigating the quality of care given by service providers in both a child and adult health and social care settings. if the duty of care is not followed, implications can occur, for example it is a carers duty of care to report any signs of abuse they may notice on a patient, reporting this to higher authority etc could possibly save that service users life. Service users have rights to

Respect and dignity are closely intertwined, because generally one is affected by the other. Nurses should treat their patients with respect, no matter if the client has a learning disability, a physical ailment that reduces normal functions, or even if the client is disrespectful to the nurses. In the case from Alberta RN, a nurse was found to have failed to professionally communicate with a client in an appropriate manner. The client even discharged himself from the hospital because he felt he was being treated like a child (CARNA, 2015). This is unacceptable behaviour from a nurse because it was unprofessional and destroyed the patient’s dignity enough that he left the hospital in order to get away. This is a prime example of blatant disrespect to a client and how not to follow CNA’s practice standards. This same nurse committed other acts such as failing to chart a client’s refusal to take medication, additionally failing to notify the physician. She also administered medication to a client against the physician’s order to not proceed (CARNA, 2015). Both are examples of disrespecting her job. As stated by Sorenson (2013), professional knowledge, responsibility, and reflection are the antecedents of preserving dignity. It is obvious that the nurse used neither her knowledge nor took responsibility for the actions she made. She should have correctly performed the duties of her occupation. Instead, she was disrespectful and as a consequence her patients’ and her colleagues’ dignities were

After choosing to help my co-worker, to ensure that the client was kept clean and comfortable, I felt that this was my main priority in this situation. As an accountable Healthcare worker it sates within my code of conduct. That I have to make sure that I give care to all clients and treat every person as an individual, with dignity and respect at all times. However, I could still see, and understand why that staff nurse had to explain to me why I had to listen and take instruction.

The issue of elder abuse is clearly an ethical concern. As a caregiver, the nurse has the responsibility to ensure that the environment of the patient is safe and supportive of health and wellness. In the case of an elderly patient who is too frail to engage in effective self-care, the demands upon the nurse increase as the nurse must

Each of the seven primary values encompassed within the code of ethics were involved in this case include, providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care, promoting health and well-being, promoting and respecting informed decision-making, preserving dignity, maintaining privacy and confidentiality, promoting justice and being accountable (Canadian Nurses Association, 2008). I am going to thoroughly examine providing safe, compassionate, competent and ethical care, as well as preserving dignity. The code of ethics states under providing safe compassionate, competent and ethical care that nurses’ ethical responsibilities are to follow their practice standards, participate in compassionate care exhibited through actions, behaviours and body language, build trustworthy relationships, be able to fully place oneself in the individuals shoes to fully comprehend their situations, admit to mistakes, and prevent and minimize all forms of harm and violence (Canadian Nurses Association, 2008). This ethical quandary displays how this ethical value was not implemented, the health care aids did not place themselves in their shoes and try to understand their thoughts and feelings or how abandoned and meaningless they felt when they were not even acknowledged. No one

Dr. Robert Master, the founder of Commonwealth Care Alliance (CAA), had created the company with the vision to ‘bring high-quality and personalized care to people with complex medical and behavioral needs, resulting in improved health and better self-management of chronic illness, thereby reducing hospitalizations and institutionalizations.' Therefore, the main objective was to provide care outside the walls of hospitals and institutions to make it easier for the chronically ill and disabled to receive the attention they