The purpose of this assignment is for the author to analyse and review a chosen care plan, using a method of their choice. The author will use Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to analyse the care plan, addressing the needs of a Mr F J. Mr F is an older person, currently living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and has undergone a review in order to visit a day centre local to his home, with the care plan devised in order to make sure his visits to the day centre run as smoothly as possible, and all of his needs are dealt with. He had many hobbies which he enjoyed before falling ill with the MS, including dominoes and horse racing, and wishes to partake in as many activities as he can in order to avoid feeling a sense of social isolation.
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2007), and is important because it ‘communicates vital information to the entire health (or social) care team’. Lloyd (2010) states the importance of having care plans in both health and social care settings, writing that care planning is a way of ‘signposting care and agreeing levels and provision of this care’, and calls them a ‘linchpin’ in providing good care to service users, stating that they are there for ‘everyone who needs to see them, documenting what is planned to be done’ and how these plans will be carried out. There are many important factors which must be taken into consideration when devising a care plan for individuals, such an individual’s ‘understanding of their illness and treatment options’, and thinking of their ‘values, beliefs and goals and care’ (Detering et al. …show more content…
The hierarchy takes aspects of the service user’s life in to consideration, and divides them into levels of needs, for example their psychological or safety needs. The hierarchy aims to help service user’s feel a sense of self-realisation and achievement, with Maslow offering it as a ‘theory of individual need fulfilment’ (Hagerty, 1999). Maslow (1943) also stated that people have the motivation to achieve certain needs/goals, and once a certain goal has been completed, they are keen to move on to another. The author chose to use this method of analysing the care plan as it forces them to look into many different factors that would affect the service user’s, in this case Mr F’s life, and therefore come to a strong idea of whether the care plan is adequate for his needs. Also, due to the fact that the hierarchy is structured in a way that is easy to read and navigate, the author will hopefully find it simple to apply it to different aspects of Mr F’s care
When referring …show more content…
2007), and is important because it ‘communicates vital information to the entire health (or social) care team’. Lloyd (2010) states the importance of having care plans in both health and social care settings, writing that care planning is a way of ‘signposting care and agreeing levels and provision of this care’, and calls them a ‘linchpin’ in providing good care to service users, stating that they are there for ‘everyone who needs to see them, documenting what is planned to be done’ and how these plans will be carried out. There are many important factors which must be taken into consideration when devising a care plan for individuals, such an individual’s ‘understanding of their illness and treatment options’, and thinking of their ‘values, beliefs and goals and care’ (Detering et al. …show more content…
The hierarchy takes aspects of the service user’s life in to consideration, and divides them into levels of needs, for example their psychological or safety needs. The hierarchy aims to help service user’s feel a sense of self-realisation and achievement, with Maslow offering it as a ‘theory of individual need fulfilment’ (Hagerty, 1999). Maslow (1943) also stated that people have the motivation to achieve certain needs/goals, and once a certain goal has been completed, they are keen to move on to another. The author chose to use this method of analysing the care plan as it forces them to look into many different factors that would affect the service user’s, in this case Mr F’s life, and therefore come to a strong idea of whether the care plan is adequate for his needs. Also, due to the fact that the hierarchy is structured in a way that is easy to read and navigate, the author will hopefully find it simple to apply it to different aspects of Mr F’s care