It is very important to value the development of a good professional working relationship with carers as well as other health workers. Care staff are those who support the individuals everyday ensuring they have eaten, washed and many other things. The care staff face many challenges even though they know just about everything about the individual; the carers still deal with many situations. It’s of importance that families and other health professionals develop a professional working relationship with carers because the carers are the one who are more involve with the individuals and supporting them as well as knowing the individual everyday activities. The following are some of the benefits for developing a professional working relationship:
Of course there will be important conflicts of interest between service users and their carers which will need to be faced up to at an individual level. But services should not be provided by exploiting the personal commitment and dedication of carers. Families who care for individuals whose behaviour presents challenges are subject to considerable and continual stress, both physical and psychological. Although staffs is not permanently on duty as family carers can be, they are still subject to the same stresses when supporting people whose behaviour challenges. This is true even in settings which aim to do no more than contain people. Similar concerns apply to staff as to carers. The higher aspirations often found in progressive services impose extra strain on staff and here too it is important to balance the demands of working constructively with people who can be very difficult, day in and day out, with the needs of individual staff for emotional and practical respite and ongoing support. Demographic changes and rising expectations will
In the health and social care setting there are many different working relationships. These relationships include: colleagues, manager, other professionals such as doctors, district nurse, service users and their family and friends. For each you develop a different type of working relationship and some will be more formal than others e.g. You would not address a visiting doctor in the same manner as you would a service user and you would not address your manager in the same way as you would a colleague although you must ensure that you maintain a professional manner.
To begin with to work with my colleagues in our home will ensure the most effective of team work to achieve the most positive outcomes for our residents. As we all know, we have different shift pattern in the care home to meet our residents’ 24/7 care needs. It is unreasonable to expect any care staff to complete all the tasks on their own. Besides, as a head of care part of the care team, providing high quality of care is essential for my job role. By working wither my colleagues, we can share skills and experiences in terms of how to improve our services, and residents will be benefit as result
Care workers that are patient, caring and empathetic will help make a positive experience for everyone because by having these 3 things this could help you have a better understanding of their lives and may feel more sympathetic towards them and when people understand people better they are, most of the time, less likely to abuse them. If the patients are being abused in the care home, having someone that the patients can talk to and trust in the care home can help them confined in them and tell them that someone is abusing them and it can be stopped. Having a care worker that is meeting an individual needs can be very helpful to their patients because this will make them feel very important and it could boost their self esteem. It is very important to have good communication skills in a care home because this could help build relationships and trust however there may be some barriers but that shouldn’t stop a care worker
I would like to first define the word ‘carer’ a carer is someone who supports and cares for someone else because of age, illness or disability. The care is may be carried out by a family member, a friend or a neighbour.
A care worker must be careful and make sure that they do not abuse the service users such as shouting at them, using inappropriate language and even threatening. The service user needs to beat ease and trust that the information which is been shared to the care giver is safe and would not be spread around the care- setting. For example The only occasion when a care worker must break confidentiality
As I contemplate why I have chosen to pursue a Master’s of Science in Nursing degree and become a Family Nurse Practitioner I reflect on a time when I was practicing as a nursing assistant in an assisted living. As a nursing assistant I spent a lot of time with my patients while performing my duties, throughout this time I developed relationships with my patients. At a time when nurses were not staffed 24/7, nursing assistants were the ones sitting bedside and caring for the patient as they took their last breath. We were the ones who called family members in cases of emergency. A professional relationship based on trust and respect was formed between caregivers, patients and families.
The theories for practice is the main factor in health and social care, a professional’s role can be an important one. As a carer you have power to control a situation over a client. According to French and Raven (1959) there are five different types of power, reward power which is observed on the capability to get positive consequences, coercive power which is the ability to guarantee negative consequences, legitimate power which is view that someone has the right to suppose certain behaviours, referent power is the desire of assistants to be like leaders they believe have desirable characteristics and lastly expert power based upon the perception that a leader has expert knowledge the assistance don’t have. The vital part of the health and social care factor is the way the communication between the carer and the service users.
Our team is comprised of wonderful problem solvers who think quickly on their feet to solve the worst of problems with different brackets of measure in each case. To best help the patient we set goals, Geriatricians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, etc. do the best they can to achieve each medical, professional, and personal goal. As caregivers it is our job to pay attention to even the smallest of details, once we have identified a problem we do what we can to quickly relieve the stressful situation for the family, friends, and other caregivers as well. After identifying the problem we then focus on the needs as well as the preferences of the individual, come up with a solution, Treat the problem and then we can final go back and re-evaluate the entire assessment. It isn’t until we personal find ourselves in a situation needing help that we wish we could have been better prepared for
Principle of practice is effective as it underpins and clarifies the responsibilities outlined in the legislation and guidelines that aids the caring process while providing a safe working environment. Principle of Care is implemented to promote individuality, dignity, protection for both employees and service users while improving quality of life (Ccpdignity.co.uk, 2018). In the healthcare sector, good practice can only be achieved by enforcing the seven principles of care which are very equivalent to our personal beliefs, values and how we would like to be treated. The principle of support underpins the skills and requirement needed to ensure that the most effective care is provided to service users.
Will work with numerous individuals of all age amasses without stopping for even a minute. Sometime you'll meet a unique patient who will pull on your heartstrings. However, they're in your care since they'll sick or potentially notwithstanding biting the dust. Despite the fact that you need to do all that you can to help him or her, you additionally need to know when it's the ideal opportunity for their family – and you – to state farewell. You can't spare everybody, except that is a piece of what being a medical caretaker is about.
Part of the caregiver or nurse's duty is to provide emotional support and understanding to the patient. Swanson (1993) proclaims that being with assures patients that their reality is appreciated and that the nurse is ready and willing to provide emotional support. Emotional support can come in many forms, such as providing a shoulder to lean on and listening attentively. By using the process of 'being with', nursing professionals can convey messages such as, "you are not alone, what happens to you matters and that we are here for you" (Swanson, 1993). Conveying these messages can help with the healing process and overall well-being of the patient by decreasing anxiety and providing the patient with a caring relationship when family support is unavailable.
Not only is the patient’s perspective important in regards to bedside report but families views and perspectives are also very important when it comes their loved ones under the care of nurses and doctors.
The caregiver you select has to genuinely have concern for others no matter their background or difficulties. A good caregiver will treat all those in their care equally and with genuine sensitivity. Being approached in
In-home caregivers are on call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, unlike paid health care workers. The caregiver may have to play multiple conflicting roles as a caregiver to other family members. The caregiver may have to learn vital nursing skills during extremely stressful situations. Caregivers of HIV/AIDS patients experience inadequate resources to cope with these patients, and find themselves having insufficient support. Caring for an impaired family member is a multidimensional phenomenon reflecting the physical, emotional, social, and environmental