Relationship Centered Model of Care in Dementia and the Six Senses Framework
Postgraduate Programme
Assessment Submission
(Students should retain a copy of all assessments)
Registration Number:
1921158
Module Code:
HWOP02
Assessment Number:
Spring 2014 HWOP02: A1
Assessment Title:
Relationship Centered Model of Care in Dementia and the Six Senses Framework
Number of Words:
4193
Work which is submitted for assessment must be your own work. All students should note that the University has a formal policy on plagiarism which can be found at http://www.quality.stir.ac.uk/ac-policy/assessment.php.
Anticipating and enhancing the health and wellbeing of the older person with dementia in hg
HWOP02 A1
Alzheimer’s Scotland (2014) estimate that there are 88,000 people in Scotland with dementia and two thirds of these people live in the community with support from family carers. Therefore, providing sensitive and appropriate support for people with dementia and their carers is one major challenge facing the health care system in supporting quality care. Firstly, this assignment provides a definition of dementia, then identifies Relationship Centred Care (RCC) and the six senses framework. Furthermore this assignment discusses the development of relationship centred care and it’s relevance to dementia. Extending on this, my assignment will cover the use of the senses framework by Nolen et al. (2001) to develop relationship centred care. My assignment will then discuss what the individual six senses mean to the individual with dementia, as well as their family and carers when developing RCC. The second and final section of my assignment will use a case study to discuss the application of the relationship centred care model using the three senses of; purpose, continuity and security recognised within the six sense framework for a person with dementia who has family support at home.
To be able to put this assignment in context, an understanding of dementia is needed in order to define what Relationship Centred
Assessment Submission
(Students should retain a copy of all assessments)
Registration Number:
1921158
Module Code:
HWOP02
Assessment Number:
Spring 2014 HWOP02: A1
Assessment Title:
Relationship Centered Model of Care in Dementia and the Six Senses Framework
Number of Words:
4193
Work which is submitted for assessment must be your own work. All students should note that the University has a formal policy on plagiarism which can be found at http://www.quality.stir.ac.uk/ac-policy/assessment.php.
Anticipating and enhancing the health and wellbeing of the older person with dementia in hg
HWOP02 A1
Alzheimer’s Scotland (2014) estimate that there are 88,000 people in Scotland with dementia and two thirds of these people live in the community with support from family carers. Therefore, providing sensitive and appropriate support for people with dementia and their carers is one major challenge facing the health care system in supporting quality care. Firstly, this assignment provides a definition of dementia, then identifies Relationship Centred Care (RCC) and the six senses framework. Furthermore this assignment discusses the development of relationship centred care and it’s relevance to dementia. Extending on this, my assignment will cover the use of the senses framework by Nolen et al. (2001) to develop relationship centred care. My assignment will then discuss what the individual six senses mean to the individual with dementia, as well as their family and carers when developing RCC. The second and final section of my assignment will use a case study to discuss the application of the relationship centred care model using the three senses of; purpose, continuity and security recognised within the six sense framework for a person with dementia who has family support at home.
To be able to put this assignment in context, an understanding of dementia is needed in order to define what Relationship Centred