Essay Explain How Active Participation Promotes Independence In The Tasks Of Daily Living

1.1 Explain how individuals can benefit from being as independent as possible in the tasks of daily living

The benefits of being independent are that it keeps the service user active and involved in their life, they keep their skills up to date, raises their self-esteem, makes them feel confident and encourages them to do more for themselves. For example, a person being able to get actively involved with getting dressed or washing themselves, even something as little as just by giving them a flannel and asking them to wash their face or just hands while I am washing parts they maybe need support with it still means they are doing part of their personal care themselves and encourages them to do small task themselves.

1.2 Explain how active participation promotes independence in the tasks of daily living

Active participation can be used in many tasks such as a service user getting themselves dressed in the morning when possible or making themselves a drink or a snack. It gives them a

For example: If I was to go in and do all the house hold tasks such as cleaning, changing beds, cooking etc., this could lead to the service users thinking that it’s the staff’s job to do the tasks when really it may be that the service users are actually supposed to help and participate in those type of tasks. So reading the daily logs, care plans and activity planners for the service users is a must because not only do I know what my responsibilities are I also find out what the service user’s roles and responsibilities are in and around the home to keep them independent. Using the service will have confidence in the organizations involved if information is clear; the service will be more efficient because each party will know what they need to do. Overall it will portray a more positive professional image as well as satisfaction for the person using the