BTEC Assignment Brief Qualification Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care Unit Title Unit 17: Caring for Individuals with Dementia Learning aim(s)/objective(s) Learning aim C : Investigate the concept of person-centred care for people who have dementia to maintain quality of life and wellbeing. Assignment title Unit 17 - Authorised Assignment Brief - Caring for Individuals with Dementia (Version 1 January 2017) Assessor Sarah Mayes Start date 7th October 2022 Hand in deadline 21st October 2022 Vocational Scenario (or Vocational Context) Task 2: . Your manager is pleased with the quality of your work and has now asked you to produce a second report and has provided you with several case studies of current residents on which to base your work. You are working as a healthcare assistant, in a residential setting for individuals with different types of dementia. Your manager has asked you to produce some materials, which will be included in the induction programme for new staff at the centre. Please choose one of the attached case studies and produce a report, that justifies the impact and benefits of holistic care on the individual, evaluating how current practice in dementia care, has met the needs of your selected individual, through managing the effects of the condition and maintaining their health and wellbeing. Your report must also: · Assess why the principles of person-centred care are important in order to maintain the dignity, rights and Exported from myBTEC on 8-Apr-23 Page 1 of 6
Checklist of evidence required · Report Attachments · Unit 17 Case studies - Caring for Individuals with Dementia (Version 1 January 2017) (1).doc Criteria covered by this task: Criteria reference To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: entitlements of your selected individual . Explain how the person-centred care has been applied to your individual and why a flexible approach is needed when planning care for them. C.P5 Explain how person-centred care is applied for one individual who has one type of dementia. C.P6 Explain why a flexible approach is needed when planning care for one individual who has one type of dementia. C.M3 Assess why the principles of person-centred care are important to maintain the dignity, rights and entitlements of one individual who has dementia. C.D2 Justify the impact and benefits of holistic person-centred care on one individual who has dementia. C.D3 Evaluate how current practice in dementia care meets the needs of an individual with dementia, through managing its effects and maintaining health and wellbeing. Sources of information to support you with this Assignment Books . Brydon C., Who will I be when I die? Jessica Kingsley Publishers, (2012), ISBN: 978-1-84905-312-9 . May H., Edwards P., Brooker D., Enriched Care Planning for People with Dementia, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, (2009) ISBN: 9781843104056 Websites · https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents.p Exported from myBTEC on 8-Apr-23 Page 2 of 6
hp?categoryID=200120 . https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Facts_about_dementia/W hat is dementia · https://www.dementiauk.org/understanding-dementia/ · http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/dementia- guide/Pages/symptoms-of-dementia.aspx · https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg42/chapter/Personc entred-care Health and Social Care: Unit 17 Case