Understanding Roles and Responsibilities When Caring for Individuals with Dementia

P4 – Explain roles and responsibilities of Health and Social Care workers in improving the health and quality of life for people with dementia.
In this task I will be explaining the different roles and responsibilities of Health and Social Care workers, when it comes to caring for individuals suffering from dementia. These roles and responsibilities are: * Person-Centred Approach * Safeguarding and Protecting * Maintaining Health and Wellbeing * Service Provision
Person-Centred Approach
A good health and social care services will follow the principles of the Person-Centred Approach. This approach aims to see the person as an individual, rather than concentrating on their illness or on the capabilities they have lost. Other than treating the individual as a group of symptoms and behaviours to be controlled, person-centred approach looks into the person as a whole, taking into consideration of each persons’ unique talents, abilities, interests, preferences and needs. Person-centred approach also means to treat people with dementia with dignity and respect.
Safeguarding and Protecting
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of vulnerable adults and protect them from harm. Individuals suffering from dementia may be subject to being mistreated and abused in the community or in care homes and hospitals. This can include psychological, financial, emotional, sexual or physical abuse. In most cases of frequent abuse, the abuser is well-known to the elderly. Individuals with dementia are at a higher risk of elder abuse. This is due to the individual struggling to talk over their feelings and experiences or remember what had happened to them. Dementia is hard to detect abuse. Common response to abuse such as withdrawal from communication, can also