Physical disabilities impact on people’s ability to perform physical functions and tasks in their daily life. This may arise from a range of different health-related issues such as developmental disorders, diseases, accidents, traumatic injuries etc. and as a result people might experience difficulties which require care and support on either a temporary or permanent basis. Socialization opportunities for a people with physical disabilities can often be limited by the physical limitations placed upon them through dependence on aids and equipment. This can cause a person to experience embarrassment, anxiety and stress.
Our role varies according to the specific needs of the service user and (where applicable) their family. The Care Plan will direct us as to what our patient’s physical, emotional, and social needs are and the tasks we are required to perform. We aim to improve rehabilitation/recovery as well as to prevent further deterioration, particularly for those with complex needs and long-term physical conditions. We look after each person thoroughly in order to understand as much about them and their challenges as we can, and to identify their unique skills and goals.
We take a fully inclusive approach to matching people’s needs with the right support, empowering each person to flourish and make an active and positive contribution to their community.
Our team use good communication skills and spend time listening to our service users and their families’ concerns and we take proper and immediate action in relation to any concerns that are raised.
We encourage people to play an active role in their personal development, building confidence and independence through signposting to a wide range of social, vocational and recreational activities and skills training programs. As well as providing personal care, our focus at Real Mission Care is on maintaining and maximizing the service users’ quality of life, giving people real choices, options and control.
Our team signposts information for care and support facilities such as:
Disabled people: Click here
Financial help for disabled people: Click here
Someone to speak up for you/ advocacy and support: Click here
Support for service users and carers: Click here
Equality for disabled people, SCOPE: Click here
Personalization for people with a physical disability: Click here
“Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes her/his own potential. They can cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and are able to make a contribution to their community.”
Real Mission Care engages in services for people who experience mental health problems. To that end we work in close liaison with the Local Community Health Team (CMHT) and other support services for mental health to create access to services that promote their health and wellbeing.
We support carers and families to access those services and support that will provide them with the maximum benefit and in this way we play a crucial role in delivering better outcomes for our service users and their families.
Advice and information about looking after our mental health and wellbeing can be found at the following links:
Every Mind Matters: Click here
Support for stress, anxiety and depression: Click here
Help to prevent suicidal thoughts: Click here
NHS urgent mental health helpline (England only): Click here
Local mental health support services: Click here
Alcohol addiction: prevention and support: Click here
Services for reducing drug misuse: Click here
Relationship counselling services: Click here
Mental health helplines: Click here
Information and support for mental health: Click here
Individuals with a learning disability may experience difficulties with normal daily activities and need support throughout their lives. Autism is a lifelong condition affecting individuals’ communication, social interaction, and patterns of behaviour, activities or interests from early childhood.
Autistic spectrum conditions are not classed as a learning disability in themselves, although approximately 20-30% of people with a learning disability also have autism and people with autism are more likely to experience mental health problems. As a result the difficulties in day to day functioning experienced by many people with a learning disability might be similar to those experienced by people with autism.
Examples of specific tasks which people may need support with include concentrating and explaining things, following instructions or directions, keeping appointments, managing a home and money matters, remembering information, understanding social norms, using public transport. People with autism may have difficulties with interpreting both verbal and non-verbal language like gestures or tone of voice. Many can have a very literal understanding of language, and think people always mean exactly what they say. They may find it difficult to use or understand facial expressions and/or tone of voice.
The NHS in the UK plays a crucial role in helping people with a learning disability and autism in order to help improve people’s health and support them to live fulfilling lives at home rather than in a hospital setting. We work together with mental health and social care professionals and with colleges and other education services in implementing NHS care plans in the service users’ day to day lives.
Real Mission Care will work towards improving wellbeing outcomes for people with a learning disability and/ or autism. We follow the Local Authority’s strategy and work with local learning disability partners for workforce training, employment and care pathways. We ensure that service users with a learning disability have sufficient information about and access to local facilities. Support is provided to help them develop and build on their skills and to assist them to overcome barriers they face in accessing employment.
We encourage our service users to receive timely and appropriate health checks and we work to improve the level of awareness and understanding across our organization of how best to support our service users and their families.
Our service users can obtain more information relevant to their health and wellbeing from the following links:
Learning Disabilities: Click here
NHS long term plan for learning disability and autism: Click here
Mencap: Click here
National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI): Click here
Learning Disability England (LDE) : Click here
‘A group of related symptoms associated with ongoing decline of brain functioning’ is called dementia. Those symptoms can include difficulties such as partial or full memory loss; changes in thinking speed, mental acuity and quickness, language (i.e. using words incorrectly, or difficulty speaking), understanding, judgement, mood, movement; difficulties in carrying out daily activities; hallucinations; loss of interest; struggling in managing personality, behaviour or emotions and difficulties with relationships and socializing etc.
As dementia affects a person’s mental abilities, maintaining people’s independence and communication becomes more difficult overtime A person with dementia will usually need help from friends or relatives, including help with making decisions.
People often get confused about the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia and, together with vascular dementia, makes up the majority of cases.
Our dementia services are structured in a way that considers the service user’s life story or biography, as this helps support problem solving, communication and engagement. We cooperate with primary care teams including GPs, community nursing services and all the health professionals involved in the assessment of our service users. We also seek specialist health advice from the Primary Care organizations on swallowing, feeding, and medication administration.
We provide equal access to palliative care for individuals with dementia and the results of the assessment are incorporated in the end-of-life action plan to ensure all palliative care needs are appropriately met.
The service users and their family members can obtain more information from the following links:
About dementia: Click here
Alzheimer’s Society: Click here