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Be able to promote individuals’ independence

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About involving individuals in their care and support
About supporting individuals to recognise their strengths and their abilities to gain confidence to self-care
About a range of technologies that can support or maintain individuals’ independence

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This report ‘Shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care’, commissioned by the Health Foundation and on The King’s Fund website, provides a summary of evidence for how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, smartphones, wearable devices and the internet of things are being used within care settings around the world.
This article ‘Maintaining independent living while at a care home’, from East Leigh Care Homes, includes some practical ways of encouraging independence in the elderly.
This video, which is also used in this course to show good practice in health and social care, has been produced by the SCIE to show ‘Promoting independence in care homes’. How does the setting maintain the individual’s independence?

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