Compassionate Person-Centred Care: The Essential Handbook for Carers and Support Workers

It's also a fantastic handbook for managers and supervisors who want to cultivate compassionate and person-centred carers.

Whether you're just starting your journey in social care or you're are a seasoned professional - or even if you're an unpaid carer at home - this handbook will help you provide compassionate, person-centred care that honours the humanity of everyone you care for.

This handbook's practical advice, know-how, principles and best practices all apply the whole world over - after all, compassion is a universal skill!

At the heart of compassionate care lies the person-centred approach, which means treating everyone with respect, dignity, and choice. They're people, not just a diagnosis, a behaviour, or a circumstance. That's not "just a dementia patient" - she's "Mary, an ex-school teacher who loves to go shopping but gets lost sometimes and also prefers to be helped on and off the bus".

Use this book's easy-to-follow steps to become the kindest, most compassionate and person-centred carer you can be. Buy this book now, and be the change you want to see!

About the author... Peter J Clark is a well-established author who wanted to give something back to society, so he embarked on a career journey in social care and support. Over 10 years he worked for several care companies and worked with people with physical, mental, emotional and situational difficulties. Sadly he saw that health and social care simply doesn't live up to the human standards that it should do. Staff are under-funded, over-worked, and under-resourced, so the care quality suffers. Peter believes that change can only come from within - the people who provide the front line care. That's YOU, so why not be the change you want to see!

What will you find in this invaluable handbook for carers and support workers?

PART 1: Understanding Compassionate Care
Chapter 1: Defining Compassion In Social Care
Chapter 2: The History & Evolution Of Person-Centred Care
Chapter 3: The Core Principles Of Person-Centred Care

PART 2: The Foundations Of Compassionate Care
Chapter 4: Why Compassion Matters In Social Care
Chapter 5: Self-Awareness And Reflective Practice
Chapter 6: Communication For Compassionate Care

PART 3: Applying Compassionate Care in Practice
Chapter 7: Person-Centred Assessments And Planning
Chapter 8: Empathy In Action: Practical Strategies For Everyday Care
Chapter 9: Navigating Systemic Challenges With Compassion

PART 4: Transforming Care Through Compassion
Chapter 10: Advocacy For Compassionate Care
Chapter 11: Compassionate, Person-Centred Care For The Future
Chapter 12: Be The Change You Want To See!

APPENDICES
Appendix 1 - Resources & Tools For Ongoing Development
Appendix 2 - Compassionate Care Assessment Tools
Appendix 3 - Reflective Practice Worksheet