Task 3 - Learning Aim C - Investigate the concept of person-centred care for people who have
dementia to maintain quality of life and wellbeing.
This task aims to evaluate the importance of person-centred care to promote the health and
wellbeing of one individual.
17/C.P5- Explain how person-centred care is applied to one individual who has one type of
dementia.
It is very important to acknowledge the fact that every individual who suffers from dementia is
different and go they progress within their illness is also different. Person-centred care ensures that
people's preferences, needs and values are met. This means also, guide clinical decisions, and
providing care that is respectful of and responsive to them. Care should recognise the uniqueness
and individuality of the person who has dementia. Person-centred care establishes a firm foundation
for the delivery of support during the progress of the disease for the individual with dementia.
My chosen case study is 82-year-old Ida Thompson who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Ida has
recently moved back into her home after her son had decided to renovate the home with an
expansion. She has found it hard to adapt to her home as she ends up walking into rooms in her
house that she doesn’t remember being there many years before, causing her to get frustrated at
certain points and break down. Although her son has a full-time job, he tries to visit every day or
every other day to help his mother with cleaning around the household, dishes, hoovering, washing
clothes etc. He also cooks her a few meals so that she can last till the next time he gets back without
turning on the stove herself. If she didn’t see any food prepared, she’d turn on the stove and forget
that it's on. This is extremely dangerous as she could either burn herself or leave the gas on which
would cause her to suffocate several hours later without proper ventilation in the home. When Ida
sees food already prepared in the kitchen, the chance of her leaving the stove alone and just heating
her food in the microwave is much higher which is also much safer for her to do. Although, in the
long-term constantly eating re-heated foods can end up being dull and frustrating for her as she
hates spending too much of her time alone and prefers the meals when they’re cooked from the
start by her son and warm without being re-heated. She also doesn’t like eating alone and
sometimes refuses to eat when she is left alone.
Therefore, her son has hired a care worker to look after her, help her around the house and cook
warm meals for her on the days that he doesn’t have enough time to go to visit her. Although she
was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s several years ago, her son has been fully available until recently
which is the reason he’d decided to hire a care worker to look after her in his absence. Ida still lives
at home although adaptations have been made to her home to make it a more comfortable living
situation for her as well as less of a risk hazard everywhere. Her care worker has created a care plan
for her based on what her son has mentioned and information she has gathered about her, such as
her medical conditions (high blood pressure and Alzheimer’s disease). Multiple new grab bars and
rails have been placed in the home as well as a stairlift to make it easier for her to move around
independently. She enjoys being able to help cook her meals every day and clean such as wiping
down the table and kitchen counter. Since Ida’s memory has almost completely deteriorated away,
her care worker and son make sure to give her the right medication and dose every morning with
her breakfast. Things like these cannot be missed as Ida takes medication for her Alzheimer’s as well
as her high blood pressure.
19/C.M3- Assess why the principles of person-centred care are important to maintaining the dignity,
rights and entitlements of one individual who has dementia.
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dementia to maintain quality of life and wellbeing.
This task aims to evaluate the importance of person-centred care to promote the health and
wellbeing of one individual.
17/C.P5- Explain how person-centred care is applied to one individual who has one type of
dementia.
It is very important to acknowledge the fact that every individual who suffers from dementia is
different and go they progress within their illness is also different. Person-centred care ensures that
people's preferences, needs and values are met. This means also, guide clinical decisions, and
providing care that is respectful of and responsive to them. Care should recognise the uniqueness
and individuality of the person who has dementia. Person-centred care establishes a firm foundation
for the delivery of support during the progress of the disease for the individual with dementia.
My chosen case study is 82-year-old Ida Thompson who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Ida has
recently moved back into her home after her son had decided to renovate the home with an
expansion. She has found it hard to adapt to her home as she ends up walking into rooms in her
house that she doesn’t remember being there many years before, causing her to get frustrated at
certain points and break down. Although her son has a full-time job, he tries to visit every day or
every other day to help his mother with cleaning around the household, dishes, hoovering, washing
clothes etc. He also cooks her a few meals so that she can last till the next time he gets back without
turning on the stove herself. If she didn’t see any food prepared, she’d turn on the stove and forget
that it's on. This is extremely dangerous as she could either burn herself or leave the gas on which
would cause her to suffocate several hours later without proper ventilation in the home. When Ida
sees food already prepared in the kitchen, the chance of her leaving the stove alone and just heating
her food in the microwave is much higher which is also much safer for her to do. Although, in the
long-term constantly eating re-heated foods can end up being dull and frustrating for her as she
hates spending too much of her time alone and prefers the meals when they’re cooked from the
start by her son and warm without being re-heated. She also doesn’t like eating alone and
sometimes refuses to eat when she is left alone.
Therefore, her son has hired a care worker to look after her, help her around the house and cook
warm meals for her on the days that he doesn’t have enough time to go to visit her. Although she
was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s several years ago, her son has been fully available until recently
which is the reason he’d decided to hire a care worker to look after her in his absence. Ida still lives
at home although adaptations have been made to her home to make it a more comfortable living
situation for her as well as less of a risk hazard everywhere. Her care worker has created a care plan
for her based on what her son has mentioned and information she has gathered about her, such as
her medical conditions (high blood pressure and Alzheimer’s disease). Multiple new grab bars and
rails have been placed in the home as well as a stairlift to make it easier for her to move around
independently. She enjoys being able to help cook her meals every day and clean such as wiping
down the table and kitchen counter. Since Ida’s memory has almost completely deteriorated away,
her care worker and son make sure to give her the right medication and dose every morning with
her breakfast. Things like these cannot be missed as Ida takes medication for her Alzheimer’s as well
as her high blood pressure.
19/C.M3- Assess why the principles of person-centred care are important to maintaining the dignity,
rights and entitlements of one individual who has dementia.
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