Person-centred care

Person centred care is a healthcare approach that focuses and meets the aims of improving healthcare, safety and maintain a suitable quality of life and co-ordination through

The individuals values and preferences are elicited and once expressed guide all aspects of their healthcare journey

Person-centred care is important in dementia care as it sees dementia as a condition that has to be understood from a 

biological

psychological

sociological perspective

It helps the healthcare ensure that the care provided to dementia patients is holistic as all these perspectives interact to determine the person's experience of the condition

PCC ensures that the individual who has dementia maintains their personhood and is treated as a human

Person-centred care prevents that formation of Malignant social psychology

• It is an umbrella term for when someone's personhood is undermined, 
• individual needs/rights are not considered
• and their emotions are invalidated

Outpaced,

infantilised

objectified

ignored

mocked

It eats away at their person-hood and can cause a decrease in their well-being

its a framework the need to identify and establish the concept of personhood and seeks to acknowledge the rights and values of a person.  


It enables staff the enter the world of dementia and promote the individual abilities of the person

VIPS can prevent the further deuteriation of people with dementia that has been attributed to the negative experiences and interactions that they experience

• V- Values people
• I- individualised care
• P- personality perspectives
• S- Social environment

This part focuses on the fact that all people have value, regardless who they are

• -quality assurance
• - training and staff development
• - vision and mission statement

Promotes the uniqueness and individuality of the person

-effective care planning that reflects thier individuality and identifies key strengths and weaknesses

- maintaining personal possessions that they require for everyday use

- regular reviews to address needs of the person as they occur

- life history known to staff and are events mentioned often

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Enables carers to understand and see the world from the perspective of the person with dementia

• includes values such as
• - communication with service providers
• - behaviors of concern as communication
• - advocacy
• - physical health ( understand the impact of how physical health needs affect dementia)

Provides a community that supports the users psychological needs

A1	B1
Inclusion	Staff including people in conversations
respect	respect their personhood and not using demeaning language
warmth	providing a safe environment that accepts people with dementia and has no fear or anger
Validation	feelings expressed by the people are validated
community	encouraging people with dementia to engage with community