Unit 5 Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs

Unit 5 Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs

M1

From Pass 1 you progress onto Merit 1 which is:

A.M1 Analyse the impact of preventing discrimination for individuals with different needs

The word impact means consequences. In P1 you will have written about the main ways to prevent discrimination – the initiatives in question 3.

Therefore you need to explain this to discuss the consequences of implementing these initiatives for the 3 individuals.

Initiatives aimed at preventing discrimination in care

There are many ways in which care services can be adapted to meet individuals’ specific needs and prevent discrimination.

• Access: the environment can be adapted, for example by having wide corridors, ramps, disabled toilets, lifts, wide automatically opening doors, counters and signs at wheelchair level, no obstacles or clutter, hearing loops.

• Diet: there is choice for those with medical conditions, religious requirements or cultural preferences.

• Support: appropriate resources and information are provided in a wide range of formats and languages to reflect local cultures, with advocates, translators [text], interpreters [speech/BSL] and carers available to help.

• The use of advocacy services: someone, referred to as an advocate, can speak on behalf of someone else (who maybe can’t speak for themself due to illness, disability or lack of confidence).

Task

Highlight how discrimination has been prevented in each of the case studies. How would this help or not help Alice, Patrick and Maria?

You might consider physical, intellectual, emotional and social help/support here.