Question

2. Choose three (3) areas of service of the ILF where staff can help make a place that is "home". Relate directly to "Meaningful Engagement with Residents" pages 276 and 277. See Power Point slide 1 for specifics for this part of the assignment. Taytay Meaningful Engagement with Residents "Meaningful engagement is also crucial to supporting maximum autonomy and control and is essential in order to avoid tokenism on the part of staf and professionals involved in this work." (p. 276) "It is essential that staff appreciate and understand the diversity of the population within a retirement village, in terms of age, gender, health status, biography and living arrangements (alone or with someone else). Such diversity offers opportunities in terms of creativity and innovation an can contribute to a dynamic and vibrant community" (p. 277) "Failure to address the issues...leads...to some residents having their capacity to re-create home severely limited or, indeed to their being unabl to do so at all." (p. 277)

Answer 1

Three areas of service of the ILF :-

- Provision of decision making means patients can take their decision regarding treatment and care .

- Encourages innovative and creative ideas by respecting and adherence to the culture diversity of the patients .

- Addressing the issues of the patients timely .