P1 Case study. The purpose of this report is to explain how the application of values and principles enable professionals to provide a holistic care.

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For my p1 I will be including a cast study about an individual who is suffering from a number of disorders.

Case study

John Smith is 33 year old and he suffers from a lot of disorders. He has epilepsy (seizures), cerebral palsy (paralysis), blood circulation problems, osteoporosis (weak bones), scoliosis, chest infection and nasal polyps (build-up of mucus). John and his family has provided a care plan that is essential in order to properly look after John, he cannot communicate verbally but he does it by blinking his eyes. The purpose of this report is to explain how the application of values and principles enable professionals to provide a holistic care.

Care planning is an essential part of healthcare. A care plan ensures that no issues are neglected and it provides a map to guide the health and social care worker into providing adequate care for the service user. To be effecting and comprehensive, the care planning process must involve all disciplines that are involved in the care of the patient. The ultimate purpose of the care plan is to guide all who are involved in the care of this person to provide the appropriate treatment for the patient or client and it needs accordingly to include physical, intellectual, social and emotional requirements. A care worker unfamiliar with the patient/resident should be able to find all the information needed to care for this person in the care plan. This process is never truly completed until the patient is discharged from the current care setting or decreased.

Referral to care

Identify current provision

Evaluate

Assess

Review

Plan to meet needs recorded

Monitor

Implement the care plan

Communicate the plan

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When any discussion about principles and values takes place there can be a lot of disagreement, as our awareness of right and wrong is influenced by our upbringing. The influence of our parents or carer helps to form our attitudes to situations and scenarios at an early age and this process is known as socialisation. Here are some of the care principles for NHS, providing John with everything he needs.

The NHS provides a universal service for all based on clinical need, and not the ability to pay, meaning that the NHS will ensure that ...

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