Healthcare - barriers to access.

by krenmartiinez (student)

Barriers to Access:

Barriers ro access

• Physical Barriers:

Physical barriers for example could be stairs for parents with buggies. Narrow doors could also prevent parents with double buggies going through

A physical barrier is when a person can’t access the care they want or need because of a physical problem like a walking difficulty or a wheelchair access, buggies stairs. The reason why stairs are a physical barrier is because it would be difficult if a parent was taking their child to nursery.

If the nursery hours do not suite with parents working hours, then that can be a physical barrier for the parent. This can be a barrier because the parents will find it difficult to take their children to nursery. However some parents can take their children to nursery, but will struggle to pick their children up from nursery. This will also be a physical barrier to the nursery and to the parent of that child.

Health facilities that have no wheelchair access or adapted toilets and require users to walk long distance or climb stairs.

People with pushchairs or disabled people will need special facilities like wheelchair ramps instead of stairs and regular low-cost public transport to the location

Examples of Physical Barriers:

-Stairs

-Lack of adapted toilets

-Lack of lifts

-Lift controls being out of reach

-Lack of ramps

-No places to leave equipment, e.g. prams and buggies

If a disabled person cannot have access a setting such as a nursery place because of a physical problem like a walking difficulty, it can have a major impact on their development including their health and well being

Physically:

The physical impact will ...

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People with pushchairs or disabled people will need special facilities like wheelchair ramps instead of stairs and regular low-cost public transport to the location

Examples of Physical Barriers:

-Stairs

-Lack of adapted toilets

-Lack of lifts

-Lift controls being out of reach

-Lack of ramps

-No places to leave equipment, e.g. prams and buggies

Physically:

The physical impact will be a lack of physical activities and could lead to weight changes, which include obesity, etc… this could also lead to getting ill really easily as they aren’t doing enough exercise. Exercise reduces stress and improves self-esteem.

Intellectually:

•Cultural & Language barrier:

Not being able to speak English makes it hard for the child to understand what someone else is saying.

If a parent does not speak or understand English, they will not know what nursery to take their child to. There will not be able to communicate with the nursery stuff and will not have confidence in sending their child to the nursery, this is a language barrier to the parents.

However, the nursery nurse can teach children about cultures and festivals that other children might celebrate like Chinese New Year, this will give the children more understanding about others.

some children are not allowed to eat certain type of meat, this can be affected by not being respected or recognised in the nursery

Examples of cultural & language barrier:

-Using English may deter some people from using services

-Not having professionals who are of the same sex, for example, women

Doctors/consultants for women

-Written information not in the person’s own language (including braille/

Large print)

-Not knowing what is available

- Some treatments being considered unacceptable to certain cultures

physically:

• Geographical Barriers

A Geographical Barrier would be that if some people live in rural areas they may not be able to access certain services i.e. hospitals, dentists , etc. The reasons they may not be able to access these services is because they cannot travel their possibly because they don't have a car, or if buses don't run at suitable times. The elderly may suffer even more so if they cannot get of or no to public transport and cannot walk to certain services, this may result in them not attending the service and their condition(s) could get increasingly worse. Some families may not be able to afford a car, because of fuel prices for example, so this may prevent them from accessing the services because of the geographical location and the cost.

for example, if a parent lived in a big town, it would be easy for that parent to find a good nursery for their child to go to, but if a parent lived in a small town and there was not many nurseries around their house, that parent would find it difficult to find a good nursery for their child to go, this is a barrier for parents

Example of Geographical Barriers;

-Living in a rural area where facilities are limited.

-Living in a rural area where transport is not available when the services are open.

-A long bus/train journey may not be practical because of certain medical complications.

• Financial:

If you have to pay for a prescription (for a short term illness) you may not be able to afford this this could be a problem. also if you have to pay for transport e.g. a taxi or just for petrol just to get your prescription and your very ill. or if a parent has a child under age of 4, that parent will find it difficult to pay of their child to ho nursery. this is barrier for parents

Examples of financial barrier:

-Charges/fees

-Lack of money for transport

-Lack of money to provide the service

physically:

Financial situation can cause many people to compromise the diet they eat and feed their children, thus slower development for the kids and many times the low cost diets lead to adults and kids becoming severely overweight.

intellectually: