Comp.3 - Aim C: Person-centred approach to improving health

What is a person centred approach?

• Care that is done TO a person

• Care that is done WITH a person

• Care REQUESTED by a person

Who created the person-centred approach in the 1960's?

• American Psychologist Carl Rogers

• American Biologist Roger Carlson

• The NHS Plan

• British Sociologist Karl Rogerson

What did the NHS Constitution in England, say about the person-centred approach? (2 answers)

• NHS services must reflect the needs and preferences of patients, their families and carers

• Patients... will NOT be involved in and consulted on NONE OF DECISIONS about their care and treatment, as they are not qualified

• Patients... will be involved in and consulted on ALL DECISIONS about their care and treatment

• NHS services must reflect the needs and preferences of the NHS and Care-workers only

What does the person centred approach mean? (tick all that apply)

• The service user is at the centre of their care and support

• The care-worker is at the centre of their care and support

• The NHS is at the centre of their care and support

• The service user is included in the planning and decision making about their care and support

What does the person centred approach mean? (tick all that apply)

• Service providers work collaboratively with service users

• Service providers work in contrast to service users

• The service provider is at the centre of their care and support

• Service providers require empathy and a willingness to see things from the service users' perspective

Key Term: What is the correct definition for COLLABORATION?

• The action of working well with someone to produce something

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else

• The quality/state/readiness of being prepared to do something

• A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist

Key Term: What is the correct definition for EMPATHY?

• The action of working well with someone to produce something

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else

• The quality/state/readiness of being prepared to do something

• A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist

Key Term: What is the correct definition for WILLINGNESS?

• The action of working well with someone to produce something

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else

• The quality/state/readiness of being prepared to do something

• A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist

Key Term: What is the correct definition for PREREQUISITE?

• The action of working well with someone to produce something

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of someone else

• The quality/state/readiness of being prepared to do something

• A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist

A person-centre approach takes into consideration, which of the following 3 things...

• Needs, Wishes, Attitude

• Neglect, Attitude, Circumstances

• Needs, Wishes, Circumstances

• Neglect, Willingness, Circumstances