Positive Care Environments. In my assignment I have chosen to focus on the rights of the elderly care at a residential home.

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Health and Social Care…Unit 3                                                                                         Imama Khatoon

Positive Care Environments

In my assignment I have chosen to focus on the rights of the elderly care at a residential home. I have chose this certain service user group as I think that I can easily gain access to information about the setting and research on some of the policies and procedures the organisation may follow.

The unit consists of four key areas; these are the values and individual rights of service users, barriers to access, how to create a positive environment and how society promotes service user rights.

Diversity refers to the visible and invisible, large and small differences that exist between people, such as gender, race, ethnic origin, physical and mental origin, sexual orientation, age, economic class, language, religion, nationality, education, family and marital status, social background, height weight and other individual characteristics. (3)

Britain today is a richly diverse society and culture. Its residents reflect a wide range of national, cultural, racial and religious backgrounds and mixtures. British governments have taken - and continue to take - steps to tackle problems of discrimination and disadvantage through pioneering such things as race relations legislation which makes racial discrimination an unacceptable, and illegal, practice, and through policy to redress disadvantage.(2)

Britain's ethnic diversity, with its range of and unique mix of cultural identities and heritages, defines and adds value to contemporary Britain. For example, the Muslim communities in Britain make a vital and vibrant contribution to every aspect of life from sports and the arts to business and even politics. Below are just a few examples of ethnic diversity in the UK: different gender, racial minorities, religions, age groups, social class and disability. (2)

Looking at British society which is immense in diversity it is seen in health and social care sectors as being an important part that people are treated equally and promote rights to ensure everyone’s needs, for examples laws have been passed to protect people in hospitals, care homes, children’s homes, Day Centres and GP settings. For this assignment I will be focussing on elderly care. I will need to understand that no matter who you are everyone is entitled to a high level of care and professionalism. To ensure this acts have been set out set by the government by which we must abide, I will explain this later.

All patients/clients have a right to be treated fairly, without discrimination or prejudice regardless of their background or social status. Prejudice is to pre-judge or to preconceive opinions about a certain group of people. Examples of prejudice held by all sorts of people around the world could be racism, sexism, ageism and disablism. As a result people will experience a variety of discrimination.

Whereas discriminating is treating people differently on the grounds of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or nationality. There are two basic forms of discrimination, these are direct and indirect. Direct discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably than another in a comparable situation because of their racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.  An example of direct discrimination is a job advert, which says "no disabled people need apply." However, in reality discrimination often takes more subtle forms. That’s why indirect discrimination is also covered. (2)

Indirect discrimination occurs when an apparently neutral provision, criterion or practice would disadvantage people on the grounds of racial or ethni00c origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation unless the practice can be objectively justified by a legitimate aim.  An example of indirect discrimination is requiring all people who apply for a certain job to sit a test in a particular language, even though that language is not necessary for the job. The test might exclude more people who have a different mother tongue. (2)

Equality is giving everybody an equal opportunity, no matter who they are. Everybody should have an equal chance to compete for, or gain access to resources and opportunities. Below are some of the factors that contribute to equality to individuals in society:

Equality means the even distribution of wealth and equality. Women and men must have the same rights, obligations and opportunities in all areas of life. Sexual discrimination is not to be tolerated and society is to be built on essential and basic values such as respect, understanding others, quality of life, and positive self-image. Equality also requires a society that is free of violence and the active participation of each gender in working towards equality.

               

 


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The care value base is a set of guidelines about the beliefs regarding the right way to treat patients/clients. Care work aims to improve a client’s quality of life by meeting their physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs (pies). The care values are based on a set of shared values which the whole of our society agrees on. Such values are made legal by the human right act, which became the law in the UK in 2000. The Care Value Base is consists the following:  - Anti discriminatory practice

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                                           - Equality

                                          - Empowerment choice + independence

                                           - Effective communication

                                           - Maintaining confidentiality

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