UNIT 3 : CONCEPTS

UNIT 3 : CONCEPTS

1. CARE

   • Assessment
     • Each individual has different needs so an assessment ensure the correct and most suitable care is provided
       • Carried out by 'Care Manager'
   • Care Package
     • Set of services required for the care
   • Care Manager
     • E.g. Social Workers / Community Nurse; manages care package, decides budget, finds people and organisation to provide service and carries out regular reviews
   • Care Plan
     • Record of the care expected to be received - signed by care recipient as acknowledgement that it has been agreed

2. MEANS TESTING

   • If someone qualifies for home social care, income is assessed to see how much they need to pay

3. INCOME AND WEALTH

   • Savings above £21,000 would result in needing to pay towards costs of care

4. POSTCODE LOTTERY

   • What you pay will depend on where you live

5. HEALTH CARE OR SOCIAL CARE?

   • Health care = free
     • Can get same services for nothing
   • Social care = funded
     • If you are identified as needing social care then you are paying to be bathed
     • Significant consequences of falling into one side and not the other

6. HOME CARE

   • Home care workers
     • Range of skills needed
     • Different clients
       • Skilled care using hi-tech equipement / personal care e.g. washing & dressing / shopping
     • CARE RELATIONSHIPS
       • Boundaries between work and friendship
       • Emotional = care works also need support
         • Clients can pass away

7. PLAYERS OF HOME CARE

   • Commissioners
     • Agencies contract and pay for services. / Budgets from local or national taxes / Responsible for purchasing services and making sure care is delivered as in contract
     • E.g. Social services and PCTs
   • Providers
     • Contract with commissioners
     • E.g. Somebody Cares
     • Recruitment, management and training of well-motivated staff = key
   • Clients
     • Use the services

8. DIRECT PAYMENTS

   • Cash payment made to client to spend of meeting their assessed support needs (by Local Authority)
   • Independence / control / choice

9. HIGHER ORDER NEEDS

   • Needs from Maslow's theory; social activities / love / friendship / self-respect / recognition / development and growth

10. PRINCIPLES OF CARE PRACTICE

    • Support people in maximising potential
    • Support people in having voice and being heard
    • Respect people's beliefs and practices
    • Support people's rights to appropriate services
    • Respect people's privacy and confidentiality