The case example that has been selected for the study will be – “People with Drug and Alcohol problems”.
Some of the issues that are associated with the case example includes –
The research process that has been implemented in this process includes looking for peer reviewed articles that is associated with the keywords that has been selected for the research. The research that is associated with the assignment includes finding out data from the past studies that has been conducted by the authors. The timespan that has been selected for gathering the data was from the last 5 years. The selection of the timespan is mainly due to the fact that the data that is going to collected for the topic will be up to date and the latest research that has been conducted for the topic can easily be identified. A lot of time has been implemented in the research process of the assignment. Looking at the present scenario and the various studies that has been conducted on the topic there were many articles that can be found in the internet. However, the articles and internet sources that have been selected for the research paper provided a lot of information o the topic that can be utilised effectively in order to understand the impact that is generated by alcohol on the people that consume alcohol on regular basis. Looking at the data that has been collected for the assignment it will be possible to understand the topic effectively and also ensure the fact that the data that has been collected for the topic is going to be viable enough to complete the assignment properly.
“Santana, N.M.T., Mill, J.G., Velasquez-Melendez, G., Moreira, A.D., Barreto, S.M., Viana, M.C. and Molina, M.D.C.B., 2018. Consumption of Alcohol And Blood Pressure: Results of the ELSA-Brasil study. PloS one, 13(1), p.e0190239.”
The reason for selection of this article is that it contains all the important information that is required for understanding the current research that has been conducted on alcohol abuse. There are wide range of problems that are faced by the young people due to overconsumption of alcohol and this article shares a lot of information about the different problems that are faced by the people who consume alcohol on regular basis. This article is free to access and is also peer reviewed which provides information that is up to date and accurate. Looking at the current perspective it can be stated that there are wide range of possibility that are associated with the topic that has been selected for the assignment. The data that has been provided and the research that has been conducted in this article fulfils the need of the assignment and it also provides a lot of information on the current perspective of the alcohol problems by the young individuals in the global scenario. The article is also up to date which is very much helpful in terms of gathering data that is accurate and efficient.
Primary analysis that has been conducted by the article includes the selection of 7, 655 participants which is a huge number of participants and the data that has been presented after conducting the data analysis process includes moderate consumption of alcohol by men causes high blood pressure. The article clearly confirms the fact that the people that are suffering from alcohol abuse faces a lot of problems in terms of looking at the current statistics that has been presented by the article. The article is very articulating in terms of conducting the tests that are very much important in terms of looking at the wide possibility of the topic that has been selected for the assignment. It can be stated that by looking at the research that has been conducted y the article on the connection between the consumption of alcohol and blood pressure it can be stated that alcohol abuse is a major problem.
“American Liver Foundation. 2022. Alcohol and Your Liver. [online] Available at: <https://liverfoundation.org/alcohol-and-your-liver-2/> [Accessed 8 March 2022].”
The selection of this article is conducted mainly due to the fact that the information that has been provided in this blog clearly identifies one of the major problems that is being caused by overconsumption of alcohol which is one of the main aspects of the topic that has been selected for the assignment. The bog was updated on 20th May, 2020 which ensures that the data that has been provided in the article is up to date with the current information and looking at the present scenario, it can be stated that the article has been published by the American Liver Foundation which makes the data that is provided by the article accurate in nature.
The article states that with the consumption of alcohol a lot problems are caused to the liver of human beings. The three main diseases that are caused to the liver with the overconsumption of alcohol includes Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease which is also known as Steatosis, Alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic Cirrhosis. There are different aspects that needs to be ensured by the patients that with the overconsumption of alcohol the problems that are going to be faced by them can be cured but it will be leaving a long-lasting effect on the patient. Another important aspect that has been stated by the blog includes the fact most of the patients will not be aware about the problem that has been caused to their until very late which is going to a very devastating problem for the patients and most of the cases it is not possible for the patient to survive. The blog presents a lot of important information that can be used effectively and there is wide possibility that are associated with the blog and it helps in understanding the problems that are faced by patients that have alcohol related problems.
American Liver Foundation. 2022. Alcohol and Your Liver. [online] Available at: <https://liverfoundation.org/alcohol-and-your-liver-2/> [Accessed 8 March 2022]
Cleveland Clinic. 2022. Alcohol Use Disorder: What It Is, Risks & Treatment. [online] Available at: <https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/3909-alcoholism> [Accessed 8 March 2022].
Day, E. and Rudd, J.H., 2019. Alcohol use disorders and the heart. Addiction, 114(9), pp.1670-1678. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/add.14703.
Healthline. 2022. Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Symptoms, Treatment and More. [online] Available at: <https://www.healthline.com/health/alcoholism/liver-disease#TOC_TITLE_HDR_1> [Accessed 8 March 2022].
Lastcallblog.me. 2022. 17 years | Last Call. [online] Available at: <https://lastcallblog.me/2021/05/11/17-years/> [Accessed 8 March 2022].
Puddey, I.B., Mori, T.A., Barden, A.E. and Beilin, L.J., 2019. Alcohol and hypertension—new insights and lingering controversies. Current hypertension reports, 21(10), pp.1-10. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11906-019-0984-1.
Santana, N.M.T., Mill, J.G., Velasquez-Melendez, G., Moreira, A.D., Barreto, S.M., Viana, M.C. and Molina, M.D.C.B., 2018. Consumption of alcohol and blood pressure: Results of the ELSA-Brasil study. PloS one, 13(1), p.e0190239. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0190239.
To – The Line Manager
Subject – local activities and support services available for the person
Respected Sir,
There is presence of many services that can be provided to the person regarding the problem that is being faced by the person. The following are the services that can be provided –
NHS – it is one of the agencies that is capable of ensuring the fact that there are different aspects that can be taken into account in order to ensure the fact that proper services are provided to the person or the families that are suffering from drug and alcohol abuse problems. The criteria that have been provided to the clients before using the helpline of the agency includes often having the need for consumption of alcohol, getting into frequent problems after drinking, other people around a person always keeps informed about the fact that they must stop drinking and the person is thinking that consumption of alcohol is causing them different problems. The different services that are provided by the agency are very much important for people suffering from alcohol abuse in terms of looking at the current scenario of the problems that are being faced by the person. Looking at the current performance of the agency it can clearly be stated that the services that are provided by the agency is optimum in nature. The following is the link to the website of the agency – https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/
With You – This agency is going to be very much helpful for the person in terms of looking at the present services that are associated with the case study. The agency is capable of providing advice to the clients that contact them and the agency provides optimum help in terms of helping them over online or they take appointments and then visit the client in order to ensure the fact that proper services can be provided to the client. Helpful interactive tools are provided by the agency is also highly beneficial for the client if they intent to use interactive service of the agency. By visiting the website, the client can look at the aspects such as getting in touch with one of the 80 services that are provided by the agency. The person can also ensure the fact that they can use the online portal to talk with the agency and ensure the fact that they can easily estimate the various changes that needs to be followed to get through the problem that are being faced by them. The following is the link to the website of the company – https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/
Alcoholic anonymous – The website of the agency contains all the important information that is required to seek help from the company. There are both options of contacting the agency via phone or e-mail. The services that are provided by the agency are in accordance to the expectations of the person and looking at the current perspective of the market it can be stated that there is wider possibility for the company in terms of solving the problem of the person. The agency provided AA programs that can be undertaken by the person in order to ensure the fact that the agency can cope up with the different types of problems that are being presented by the clients that are associated with it. Looking at the present perspective of the market it can be stated that there are wider possibilities in terms of providing help to the younger people that are present in United Kingdom with the optimum quality help that can be provided to them. Different magazines are also provided by the company in terms of contributing the society and the various people that are suffering from the problems of alcohol abuse. The agency have the presence of professionals that provide optimum help to the clients that are associated with them in terms of people suffering from alcohol abuse and looking at the present performance of the agency it can be stated that there are optimum amount of opportunity in front of the company to increase its portfolio and the person that are going to seek help from the agency will be highly beneficial in terms of looking at the possibilities for improving the lifestyle of the client. The following is the website of the agency – https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/.
Befriending scheme – The Befriending scheme can be utilized by the person in order to get rid of the problem. The Befriending scheme is capable of providing friendship as well as different learning opportunities for the people that are vulnerable and there are wide range of aspects that are provided by the organization which can be utilized by the person in interest. Different activity Dev are implemented by the befrienders that are provided by the company and there is also presence of workshop as well as a social event which provides optimum support to the clients that are associated with the agency. The wide range of opportunities that are provided by the agency makes it one of the most formidable options that can be selected by the person which is going to help them cope up with the problem that is currently being faced by them. Agency provides different support to the clients in terms of person centric approach as well as infusion approach in which the defender that is provided by the company is capable of implementing inclusion and they are always a respectful toward the clients that are associated with the agency. A proper collaboration is also conducted by the beef render with the client of the company which helps in implementing innovative care service which not only provides a Ray of hope for the client but it also helps the client to overcome the challenge that is currently being faced by them. Looking at the overall performance of the agency over the years and the wide range of opportunities that are provided by it and the quality of the different that are implemented by the agency it can be stated that it is going to be the most viable option that can be selected by the person in this scenario. The link to the website of the agency – https://www.thebefriendingscheme.org.uk/about
The befriending scheme in United Kingdom is capable of providing a befriender for the person that has been selected for the case example, an alcohol addict. The befriending scheme was established in the year 1989 that helps in building up proper relationship between the befriender and the people needing the service (The Befriending Scheme 2022). The befriender that will be provided by the company will be capable of meeting the expectation of the person suffering from alcohol abuse.
The roles and responsibility of the befriender will be including respecting the opinion of the befriendee and getting to know then in a better way than anyone else. There are always certain aspects that needs to taken into account in order to ensure the fact that the person suffering from alcohol abuse is going through some problems. The befriender will be understating the problem effectively and they will be understanding the problem that is being faced by the befriender without judging them. The roles and responsibility of the befriender will be to understand the core problems that are being faced by the person and help them in identifying their future goals without thinking about their past. There are different areas such as understanding the reason behind the person started to do alcohol abuse on the very first place and the reason due to which it is possible for the person to come out from the abuse. Helping the person getting out from the problems and conducting regular meetings with them and making them feel are in the environment is going to be most important role that is associated with the defender in this scenario.
The befriender must understand the importance of having some boundaries by the help of which different rules can be set which will make the person under the care feel safe and comfortable. The different aspects of boundaries that needs to be put into place includes setting up an exact duration of time that is going to spend between the person under care and the befriender. With the help of these set rules, it is going to be possible for the person to ensure the fact that there is presence of proper communication between them and there is presence of transparency between them looking at the present scenario, it must also be stated that the person that is being taken care by the befriender must be aware about the different activities that are going to be taking place during each and every visit of the befriender. Each of the visits of the befriender is going to be taken into account by the befriendee and their approval must be taken into account before conducting certain activities during each of the visits of the befriender. The information that will be exchanged between the befriender and the befriendee will be kept hidden from the outside world and a proper secrecy needs to be maintained in this context. The dress code between both the parties in this context must be strictly in accordance to the befriendee and the befriender must not judge the befriendee because of the dress they wear. Another important boundary that needs to be maintained by the befriender is that there must be absence of any kind of unwanted physical touch on the person suffering from alcohol abuse. The boundaries and the ethical aspects that has been identified above needs to be taken into account by the befriender and it must be maintained in a proper and effective way.
Reflective Journal – There are certain aspects that needs to be taken into account by a befriender before ensuring the fact that I can help a person in need. The main reason for selecting the service user is mainly due to the fact that the service user is that I wanted to help the person in need and also improve my expertise in terms of helping people suffering from different needs. The selection of the person suffering from alcohol abuse is going to be very much helpful for me in terms of understanding the current perspective of the system that is associated with the befriending boundaries and ethics (Swain et al. 2021). I was also capable of connecting with the person from the very first meet and due to my optimum communication skills in both verbal as well as non-verbal aspect, the person wanted me to help him overcome the alcohol abuse problem. In terms of looking at the current capability of the patient, I clearly understood the fact that there are certain aspects that needs to be taken into account for the current perspective of the befriendee and being a befriender of the person took a lot of tolls on me and I leaned a lot of things and the different boundaries if maintained makes a person to open up properly.
The knowledge that is required for becoming the befriender of the person is to understand the different problems that are caused in the mind of a person suffering from alcohol abuse. Looking at the current scenario, it can be stated that there is wider possibility for a befriender in terms of providing optimum service to the person. I understood that I need to understand the very first reason due to which the person started and the various reasons due to which the person continued consuming alcohol regularly. I believe it is very much important to attain knowledge in the case in terms of understanding the issues identified from the story of the person and making it clearly about the approach that is going to be undertaken in terms of solving the issue that is being faced by the person (Dodd et al. 2018). Looking at the current scenario, it can be stated that there is wider possibility for a befriender in terms of taking proper time to understand the problems and then taking into account the current scenario through the person is going through and not judging them based on their past story. The skills that are going to brought by me in the process will be my optimum listening skills which is going to be very much important in terms of understanding the current situation of the befriender and applying my skills to approach a person in requirement of care effectively. The experience that is going to be brought by me in these aspects is that I will be capable of looking in the present perspective of the business and take into account the current aspect like the amount of alcohol that is consumed by the person every time they start consuming. I will also be bringing my experience in terms of applying different process of communication by the help of which I can make a person task about the various personal problems that is being faced by the, I have optimum communication skills that is going to be used by me which is going to be highly beneficial in terms of meeting the expectations of the person in care and also being able to help the person effectively (Greenwood et al. 2018). Some of the major challenges that might be faced by me in this process will be faced in this scenario is that self-development as well self-esteem of the person needs to be restored. A person suffering from alcohol abuse is going to lose their self-confidence entirely and under this context, it is going to be highly challenging for a befriender to bring the confidence back in the person. Another important aspect that needs to be taken into account is that I will be facing challenges in ending the relationship with the person as a befriender. It has often been identified that a person suffering from the problem of alcohol abuse will be looking for someone to listen to them and whey they find them then they will be creating a strong bond with them which is very much essential for getting their self-confidence back (Moss et al. 2021). Breaking off the relationship with the person in this scenario, is going to be highly challenging.
To: The Line Manager
Subject – Building up relationship with the person suffering from alcohol abuse
Respected sir,
In order to build a proper relationship with the service user I believe it will be a viable option to become a good friend with the person first and then look into the history of the client in order to understand the problems and issues that are currently being faced by the person. In order to build up a proper relationship I will be maintaining a healthy relationship between us in which there will be presence of optimum communication so that the information that is shared between us is kept intact and the client feels like I am not judging him at all rather than I am being a good friend to him. I will be keeping an open mind and I will also be understanding the goals of my client which will be exceeding the Expectations of the client in terms of a saving help properly. I will be sharing my knowledge with the client and same will be conducted by the client which will help us in bonding in a better way and I will be taking my client as an individual who is capable of rectifying any problem themselves rather than requiring help of other person. Small steps of goals will be selected and slowly it will be maintained over the time and it will also be stated to the client about their performance which will give them with a sense of being capable of bringing change in their life. Improving the self-confidence of the client as well as motivating them to do better in your life is the one of the most important aspects that I will be trying to bring about in the scenario. Once the client is capable of trusting himself it will be possible for me to engage with the client effectively and outline the plans that I will be implementing in order to help the client to come out from the addiction of alcohol. I hope that I will be achieving positive results from this particular scenario and I will be capable of changing the life of the service user in this context. I hope to achieve the best possible positive result from this scenario and ensure the fact that the various aspects that I am learning from this case example will be utilized by me in my future career profession.
Reference List
Dodd, S., Hill, M., Ockenden, N., Algorta, G.P., Payne, S., Preston, N. and Walshe, C., 2018. ‘Being with’or ‘doing for’? How the role of an end-of-life volunteer befriender can impact patient wellbeing: interviews from a multiple qualitative case study (ELSA). Supportive Care in Cancer, 26(9), pp.3163-3172.
Greenwood, D.E., Gordon, C., Pavlou, C. and Bolton, J.V., 2018. Paradoxical and powerful: volunteers’ experiences of befriending people with dementia. Dementia, 17(7), pp.821-839.
Moss, B., Behn, N., Northcott, S., Monnelly, K., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Thomas, S., McVicker, S., Goldsmith, K., Flood, C. and Hilari, K., 2021. “Loneliness can also kill:” a qualitative exploration of outcomes and experiences of the SUPERB peer-befriending scheme for people with aphasia and their significant others. Disability and Rehabilitation, pp.1-10.
Swain, D., Khandelwal, A., Joshi, C., Gawas, A., Roy, P. and Zad, V., 2021. A Suicide Prediction System Based on Twitter Tweets Using Sentiment Analysis and Machine Learning. In Machine Learning and Information Processing (pp. 45-58). Springer, Singapore.
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