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Is a specialist profession that provides support to the people who have difficulties in daily living due to age and/or disability to enable them to continue their usual lifestyle.
Nursing Care Profession
It is the basic concept in the provision of the support. It means that each person is respected as an individual and his/her human rights are protected even when he/she is in need of nursing care.
Human Dignity
It differs from person to person, depending on their way of thinking and habits. Even if a person is in need of nursing care, it is the user himself/herself who takes the lead in daily living.
Daily lifestyle
It is considering how the user wants to live, respecting his/her way of living and thinking and providing support to help him/her live his/her usual life.
Basics of nursing care
It refers to the person’s daily living and that of his/her life. Is a concept that includes mental wealth such as happiness and satisfaction and purpose of life.
QOL or Quality of Life
Is a concept that refers to people with disability, just like people without disability, living normally without being subjected to prejudice and with their human rights respected. It also refers to their continuing a normal lifestyle, maintaining their usual way without patience in the local society and community.
Normalization
Refers to the provision of support to the user to enable him/her to live a usual life after selecting and deciding on the life he/she wants to live. Not only support related to moving, dressing and other physical movement but also support appropriate to his/her capabilities are provided. Respecting the user’s concept of values and what he/she is particular about, support is provided to increase the number of things he/she can do at his/her own will and own ability to give a sense of accomplishments.
Self Independence Support
Even if he/she is in need of nursing care, he/she will independently choose and decide the style and method of daily living so that he/she can live her usual life.
Self choice and determination
It differs depending on countries, cultures and customs. There are variety of lifestyles depending on the will and values of people and what they are particular about. Some people wake up in the morning, wash their face, have meals, go to the bathroom, take a bath, engage in recreational activities and go to bed in the rhythm of life.
Activities of Daily Living
What are the professional ethics of care worker?
- Consideration for privacy
- Maintaining of confidentiality
- Prohibition of physical restraint
- Abuse
The user’s skin is exposed during bathing and toilet use. It is important for care worker to give consideration for privacy of other user so that he/she will not feel embarrassed.
Consideration of privacy
It is necessary for a care worker to obtain information on the user to provide appropriate care however he/she must not disclose the personal information (age, address, clinical history, etc) of the user to any third party without the users permission. A care worker must not spread the information on the internet, SNS, etc. without his/her consent.
Maintaining of confidentiality
Refers to the restriction of user’s physical movement. It has adverse effect such as physical abilities and worsening of dementia symptoms of the user.
Physical Restraint
The following are examples of what?
- restrict movements by tying the body, hands and feet
- Put safety rails around the so that the user cannot get off the bed by himself/herself.
- Lock the door of the room to keep the user inside.
- Have the user wear a restraint belt to keep him/her from standing.
- Administer an extreme amount of psychotropic medication.
Prohibition of Physical Restraint
It refers to the violation of human rights of the user.
Abuse
What are the 5 types of physical abuse:
- Physical Abuse
- Psychological Abuse
- Abandonment of Nursing Care ,etc (neglect)
- Economic Abuse
- Sexual Abuse