Balance Of Care

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Independence for a individual increases their life chances living in their own home. If a individual is part of community they have a role in life. When a individual has family and friends around them they will feel love, belongingness and self worth. There are national strategic initiatives that support rehabilitation and independence for a individual. Shifting the Balance of Care 2008 is a initiative that has a aim to reduce hospital admission's and rehabilitation time scale's. Shifting the Balance of care 2008 initiative has shown little financial improvement's in fact this initiative is costing money. It has been put together for the future to improve a individual's active partnership to caring. It will also save money long term. This …show more content…
Changing the way to care for people that is safe, of high quality, and more sustainable, we are unable to continue to deliver a high level of care of long hospital stays and long term care into the future. The individual has the right to have dignity and respect demoralising a individual by taking the independence away is not supporting reablement and independence. A individual should be less passive and more actively involved in the management of there care. Without a positive mental attitude towards reablement the care plan will be un effective. A health care professional needs to set aims and work on making a individual …show more content…
It may take them longer than before there negative health impact that resulted in the reablement plan although they will re-learn the skill's needed and become quicker with practice. Community care means a individual can get well and take a active part in there care plan and reablement. In there own home with their own connectedness and their community. This allows those who need the care most to receive it. Self help by visiting a chemist for information and treatment for minor Aliment's or calling N.H.S 24 for advice and support, online support, or through health promotion's. A individual can make a self referral for support and does not need to visit a GP to do this. This is more sustainable long term because health professionals time and money is saved for the budget for the care meaning those who need care most can each individual can receive good quality

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