Case Study
You work with three ladies with learning disabilities who live in supported housing, and alongside a support team.Active support has been introduced into the home for the last three months, and it seems to be working well. All three service users, to varying degrees, have started to help with little jobs around the house. Two of the service users are going out into community a lot more, and they seem to be enjoying being involved and being more active. They have said they like the new plans and don’t want to change anything.
Abana, however, doesn’t seem to be getting as much out of
the process as the other two. She doesn't seem to want to take part in some of the activities and it takes some
coaxing to involve her. You have also noticed that she doesn’t like preparing the evening meal. She goes out to the day centre every weekday and seems quite tired when she gets back. The problem goes away at the weekend and she always has a lie-in on Saturday and Sunday.
You have also noticed that Abana seems to do more jobs
around the house and she has had to miss her bingo night for the last three weeks. You want to review Abana’s daily plan and discuss this with her and the rest of the team.
- How will you discuss this with Abana and the rest of the team to share the tasks and range of activities more fairly?
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