GROUP LIVING

Lead and Manager a Group Living

Lead and Manager a Group Living

Develop the Physical Group Living Environment to Promote Positive Outcomes for Individuals

The person centred care is a new approach which has became increasingly popular with the care professionals. The strategies and techniques applied in this approach have allowed the individuals to start living independently. However, there are certain individuals who would still require a certain amount of support from their carers; these individuals are moved to a residential accommodation or group living arrangements to ensure that they are properly taken care of. In the eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution resulted in a disturbance of the status quo as the movement led to a significant number of the individuals moving into the towns and cities in search of the work. Due to this the traditional health systems faced numerous risks and there were only few options available for the individuals to access health which was in large asylums or through workhouse systems. Gradually, these asylums became a place for holding the patients with mental illness. This was a time in which the individuals with mental illness or disabilities were provided help in-house or in the asylums. Abuse and neglect was prevalent in that era. Not until during 1960s and 1970s, did this issue come to light. The media highlighted this negative behaviour and treatment of the individuals with mental health problems and/ or disabilities. The result was a move to a more community-based arrangement of care, given support by the 1990. In order to effectively lead and manage group living, it is important for residential managers to be familiar with range of dimensions on group living and relevant provisions.

Nowadays, there are various options for care, not only for the elderly adult but also for children and young people. From small residential homes for the elderly or young people with learning disabilities to sheltered accommodation or Extra Care housing, there are numerous options available now for group living. There are also care facilities on hand to ensure that residents have extra help should they require it. As a Residential Manager, I encourage and motivate my Support Workers to provide person centred care for our Service Users. Part of providing good person centered care for Service Users involves getting to know the person. Gibson (1991) recognized that by finding out about a person's life history, it could be used in care-planning and put into practice with reminiscence therapy. May et al (2009) say that life story can often shed light on situations helping others to understand why a person is behaving or reacting to events in the way that they are. As a residential manager, I believe in providing my service users the three major core conditions that are considered essential for effective person centered counseling, which are:

Congruence

Empathy

Unconditional Positive Regard (UPR)

The above mentioned three core elements are essential for ensuring that the patient gets good care. The most important of these elements is congruence. This means that the counselor needs to ensure ...