Lecture 2 - Person-Centered vs. Medical Model Care Flashcards
What does the Medical Model of Care look like in LTC?
- Routines
- Morning wake up calls
- Institutionalized Group Care: BATCH TREATMENT, treated as one large group and not individuals
- Task oriented
What are the 3 plagues of LTC?
- ) Loneliness
- ) Helplessness
- ) Boredom
What does Person-Centred Care look like in LTC?
- Provides road map to deinstitutionalize the nursing homes many seniors find themselves in
- Autonomy
- They’re at the centre of their own health care
What does Person-Centred Care mean?
The patient/client (and family if applicable) are at the centre of their own health care
- Having choice and decisions over their lives
Person Centred Care as an ATTITUDE!
It is an ATTITUDE maintaining the resident is more important than providing nursing tasks, rigid schedules and routines
- Person FIRST, everything else second
What is the Person Centred Care Philosophy?
Involved a departure from institutional life and providing care according to the traditional medical model.
-> Moving AWAY from the medical model and towards a “whole” person and their health experience
How is Person Centred Care a roadmap???
It provides directions for all stakeholders, the management, employees, residents and family
- Need everyone to forge ahead with new and exciting ideas! Need all to create the person-centred home
How do the two models look different in a LTC? (MEDICAL VS. PCC)
Medical: SCHEDULES!! Scheduled showers, meals, activities, wake up times, bed times, etc
Person-centred: CHOICE. Wake up when they want, eat when they want, spontaneous activity times, bath/shower when they want, etc
What does VIPS stand for?
VALUING, INDIVIDUALS, PERSPECTIVE, SOCIAL
VALUING people & those who care for them.
Treating people as INDIVIDUALS. (unique history, personality, preferences, etc)
Looking at the world from their PERSPECTIVE (ex. person with dementia)
Enriched SOCIAL environment - peoples lives are grounded in relationships.
