Privacy and Dignity

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Privacy and Dignity

• Compiled by Jo Galloway
• Nurse Consultant, Older People
• Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust

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What does Dignity Mean to You?

• Write down your own personal definition of
  dignity.

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What is Dignity?

• Dignity of merit
• Dignity of moral status
• Dignity of identity
• Menschenwurde
• (Dignity and Europeans Project, 2006)

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Privacy and Dignity

• Privacy
• Freedom from
• intrusion

• Dignity
• Being worthy of respect
• (DH, 2003)

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Living Well in Later Life

• Most older people valued the services received
  felt their dignity is protected
• Some older people not treated with dignity and
  respect
• Single sex bays/wards accommodating men women
• (CSCI, Audit Commission, Healthcare Commission,
  2006)

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Some Experiences of Older People

• feeling neglected or ignored whilst receiving
  care
• being made to feel worthless or a nuisance
• being treated more as an object than a person
• feeling their privacy was not being respected
  during intimate care
• (DH, 2006)

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Some Experiences of Older People

• a disrespectful attitude from staff or being
  addressed in ways they find disrespectful, e.g.,
  by first names
• being provided with bibs intended for babies
  rather than a napkin whilst being helped to eat
• having to eat with their fingers rather than
  being helped to eat with a knife and fork
• generally being rushed and not listened to.
  (DH, 2006)

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The Essence of Care

• Attitude and behaviours
• Personal worth and personal identity
• Personal boundaries and space
• Communicating with staff and patients
• Privacy of patient-confidentiality of patient
  information
• Privacy, dignity and modesty
• Availability of an area for complete privacy
• (DH, 2003)

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The role of the Champion

• Act as a role model
• Challenge bad practice
• Raise the profile of issues faced by older people
• Promote person-centred/personalised care
• Provide information
• Make resources available
• Discuss areas of concern with your mentor/manager

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Further Information

• http//www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSo
  cialCareTopics/SocialCare/DignityInCare/
• http//www.cardiff.ac.uk/medicine/geriatric_medici
  ne/international_research/dignity/index.htm