Discuss How Care In The Community, May Enhance Care Given To A Client Group Within The Community
...nursing is taken on by many health professionals. It encompasses the area which a patient is to be nursed in as well as the type of care which can be received. In discussion of this community needs to defined in the aspect of care and in nursing. Legislation about the discharge planning, financial support and the carers’ role and future goals within these areas. The client group to be discussed along side this topic is palliative care, the patients, health professionals and how this extends from hospital and into the community.
The concept of community is not definitive, there is no single definition and the dictionary simply refers to it as: ‘a body of people living in one district.’ However, this can be the area we live or the religious, cultural group we belong to (Collins gem, 2001).
For the purposes of this assignment community encompasses all of these aspects and the care provided outside of the hospital setting. Community care is highlighted as the way forward within the healthcare service. The Department of health and social services for Northern Ireland has a strategic vision to enable people to live independent lives, within their own homes. Caring for people beyond tomorrow Primary health and social care: A strategic framework for individuals, families and communities (DHSSPS, 2005), has proposed a vision for the next five years and looks at primary health and social care. Its goal is defined in four high level goals encompassing accessible services, effective partnerships, and better communication and an infrastructure providing integrated modern services. They believe that by 2025 these core values are achievable; empowerment, respect, partnership, excellence, community, safety, continuity, value for money and equity (www.dhsspsni.gov.uk, 2005).
Community profiling (Investing for health, 2004) enables specific needs to be identified within an...
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