Tma03 K101

Allison Maddern C6887097 TMA03

Discover why it is important to support people to have a voice and express their views with confidence. How could care workers facilitate this?

Part A

In this essay I will discuss life story work and Lennox Castle I will explain the reasons for the institute and for Lennox castle being built. The day to day running the patients point of view and also from a staff point of view. Looking at the life experience of Margaret scally and James lappin. And how they have moved on from the institute concluding my essay on the research of Howard Mitchell how he supported the patients of Lennox castle.

Doing life story work helps give individuals back their past and helps with the future. This could be in the form of a book, a video, an audio tape or a computer file and be a record of sessions that took place (resources p.33).

From life story work children and adults can gain some sense of self-worth and self-esteem. It provides an opportunity to show them they should be proud of themselves. This work can be started when the individual have confidence to do so. There will need to be planning meetings with those involved social workers or support workers and family members. Gathering many sources of information as possible this could help to fill any gaps with the life story (resources p.38).

By respecting confidentiality and not sharing any information unless necessary. In creating a life story book we are gathering everything that makes a human life the facts, stories, anecdotes, memories, fiction, religious and cultural life, fantasy, expectation, loss and fulfilment, hope realized and hope dashed, family idiosyncrasies, the good and the bad. (Rose and Philpot, 2005. P. 50) (who cares block 2 p. 24).

Lennox castle was opened in 1936 it was the largest mental deficiency hospital in Britain. The hospital was intended for people certified as ‘mentally deficient` following a classification of four categories; ‘idiots` ‘imbeciles`...